Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Sears Manufacturing Company Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $15M
- Total assets Small plan by assets
- 79
- Participants Small participant base
- 64th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $188,664
- Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Sears Manufacturing Company Defined Benefit Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Sears Manufacturing Company · Iowa · Manufacturing
$15M in assets, 79 participants
Sears Manufacturing Company's Sears Manufacturing Company Defined Benefit Retirement Plan reported $15M in total assets and 79 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 64th percentile by assets among filed plans. Figures are as reported by the plan sponsor to the Department of Labor, not audited or endorsed by PlainRetire.
- #9,283 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
Sears Manufacturing Company multi-year trail
Sears Manufacturing Company's plans moved +12.2% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows Sears Manufacturing Company Defined Benefit Retirement Plan at $15M / 79 participants.
- #9,283
- in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
- +4.9%
- assets growth YoY
Sears Manufacturing Company Defined Benefit Retirement Plan's mid-pack asset rank among Manufacturing and all filers
Sears Manufacturing Company Defined Benefit Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$14,904,493 Top 36% higher than 64% of 123,620 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2024
Sears Manufacturing Company Defined Benefit Retirement Plan among smaller filed plans by headcount
Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Sears Manufacturing Company Defined Benefit Retirement Plan is a small filing (79 participants) on this national headcount ladder.
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- Sears Manufacturing Company Defined Benefit Retirement Plan reported net income fell from $1M in the plan year 2023 filing to $699K in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Sears Manufacturing Company Defined Benefit Retirement Plan reported participants fell from 92 in the plan year 2023 filing to 79 in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Sears Manufacturing Company Defined Benefit Retirement Plan end-of-year assets rose from $14M in the plan year 2023 filing to $15M in the plan year 2024 filing.
Plan-year Form 5500 strip
Filing strip 420712643 · Sears Manufacturing Company PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Sears Manufacturing Company Defined Benefit Retirement Plan · $15M · 79 · 64th
- EBSA $15M
- EBSA 79
- EBSA 64th
- EBSA Defined Benefit (Pension)
- EBSA near Apex Tool Group, LLC Pension Plan for Apex Bargaining Unit Employees in Dayton, Oh
- EBSA ind #9283
Stamps derive from this plan's Form 5500 line items (assets, participants, type, EIN, cohort placement) - not a quality rating of the sponsor. Read with Manufacturing retirement plans → · Plans in Iowa →
Sears Manufacturing Company Defined Benefit Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Sears Manufacturing Company multi-year asset trail
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Sears Manufacturing Company plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $60M 12.197670565665447% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | 736 | $53M |
| 2023 | 3 | 825 | $58M |
| 2024 | 3 | 708 | $60M |
Sears Manufacturing Company filing trail (2024)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $14M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $15M |
| Net Income | $699K |
| Employer EIN | 420712643 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1975-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Iowa
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
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Sears Manufacturing Company Defined Benefit Retirement Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Iowa, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Apex Tool Group, LLC Pension Plan for Apex Bargaining Unit Employees in Dayton, Oh in MD ($15M); by covered participants it is Glasgow, Inc. Pension Plan in PA (79 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($15M here).
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (79 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Glasgow, Inc. Pension Plan (PA) 79 · 0 off
- Fulton Financial Affiliates Defined Benefit Pension Plan (PA) 79 · 0 off
- The Steinway Musical Pension Plan (NY) 79 · 0 off
- Interstate Batteries Employees Pension Plan (TX) 79 · 0 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.