Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

The J.M. Smucker Company Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$122M
Total assets Near avg plan size
119
Participants Small participant base
92nd
Percentile by assets National rank
$1.0M
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Big Heart Pet Brands Retirement Plan · Sponsored by The J.M. Smucker Company · Ohio · Manufacturing

$122M in assets, 119 participants

The J.M. Smucker Company's Big Heart Pet Brands Retirement Plan reported $122M in total assets and 119 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 92nd 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.

  • #15,595 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)

Coverage in Ohio

Big Heart Pet Brands Retirement Plan covers 119 participants in Ohio, about 16% of the average Ohio filer (state average ~765 per filing). Assets: $122M.

#15,595
in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
+0.6%
assets growth YoY
1.2×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Big Heart Pet Brands Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets

Big Heart Pet Brands Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500

$122,398,455 Top 8% higher than 92% of 123,620 filed plans

This plan $0 $2,050,000,000 every filed plan with reported assets, bucketed by value

Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.

Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2024

Big Heart Pet Brands Retirement Plan among mid-size filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Big Heart Pet Brands Retirement Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (119 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Big Heart Pet Brands Retirement Plan reported net income rose from -$14M in the plan year 2023 filing to $2M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Big Heart Pet Brands Retirement Plan reported participants fell from 179 in the plan year 2023 filing to 119 in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Big Heart Pet Brands Retirement Plan end-of-year assets rose from $122M in the plan year 2023 filing to $122M in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 340538550 · The J.M. Smucker Company PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Big Heart Pet Brands Retirement Plan · $122M · 119 · 92nd

  • PCT $122M
  • PCT 119
  • PCT 92nd
  • PCT Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • PCT near IBEW Local 129 Pension Fund Pension Plan
  • PCT ind #15595

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 Ohio →

Big Heart Pet Brands Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood

The Retirement Plan for Employees of the United States Offices of Lloyds Bank PLCThe Retirement Plan for Empl…$123MIBEW Local 129 Pension Fund Pension PlanIBEW Local 129 Pension Fund …$123MBig Heart Pet Brands Retirement PlanBig Heart Pet Brands Retirem…$122MTotalenergies Finance USA, Inc. Cash Balance Pension PlanTotalenergies Finance USA, I…$122MWeil, Gotshal & Manges Employees' Pension PlanWeil, Gotshal & Manges Emplo…$122M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Big Heart Pet Brands Retirement Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Ohio filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$122M
Net Assets (End of Year)$121M
Net Income$2M
Employer EIN340538550
Plan Effective Date1990-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (The J.M. Smucker Company)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All The J.M. Smucker Company plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$1.8B 14.727470065418464% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$1.5B$1.6B$1.7B$1.8B 202220232024 $1.53B $1.76B ▲ +15.0%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 5 7,215 $1.5B
2023 4 7,324 $1.6B
2024 4 6,689 $1.8B

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Ohio

Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Big Heart Pet Brands Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Ohio, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -500005000100001500020000 -505101520 Total assets ($B) Participants Big Heart Pet Brands Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.122398455 · Participants: 119Big Heart Pet Brands Retirement PlanGE Aerospace Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 19.026079363 · Participants: 9637GE Aerospace Pension PlanFirstenergy Corp. Master Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 6.474467697 · Participants: 12187Firstenergy Corp. Master Pension PlanAmerican Electric Power System Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.085797504 · Participants: 16073American Electric Power System Retirement PlanOhio Operating Engineers Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.912834719 · Participants: 10387Ohio Operating Engineers Pension PlanParker Defined Benefit Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.496388263 · Participants: 8120Parker Defined Benefit Pension Plan
Big Heart Pet Brands Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Ohio, assets vs. participants
Compare Big Heart Pet Brands Retirement Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Big Heart Pet Brands Retirement Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Ohio, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is IBEW Local 129 Pension Fund Pension Plan in MI ($123M); by covered participants it is Signature Healthcare Retirement Plan in MA (119 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (119 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Big Heart Pet Brands Retirement Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Big Heart Pet Brands Retirement Plan held essentially flat - up 0.6% during 2024, from $122M to $122M. Reported net income was $2M.
How have The J.M. Smucker Company plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), The J.M. Smucker Company's sponsor-wide assets grew 14.7%, from $1.5B to $1.8B.
Where does Big Heart Pet Brands Retirement Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Big Heart Pet Brands Retirement Plan ranks in the 92nd percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Big Heart Pet Brands Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is IBEW Local 129 Pension Fund Pension Plan in MI ($123M, 287 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Big Heart Pet Brands Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Signature Healthcare Retirement Plan in MA (119 participants, $56M in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2024.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 340538550.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.