Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Ardent Mills, LLC Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$17M
Total assets Small plan by assets
288
Participants Below avg headcount
67th
Percentile by assets National rank
$57,996
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Ardent Mills, LLC Pension Plan for Union Employees · Sponsored by Ardent Mills, LLC · Colorado · Manufacturing

$17M in assets, 288 participants

Ardent Mills, LLC's Ardent Mills, LLC Pension Plan for Union Employees reported $17M in total assets and 288 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 67th 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.

  • #9,824 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)

Ardent Mills, LLC multi-year trail

Ardent Mills, LLC's plans moved +49.1% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows Ardent Mills, LLC Pension Plan for Union Employees at $17M / 288 participants.

#9,824
in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
-0.1%
assets change YoY

The plan reported a net loss of $25K for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Ardent Mills, LLC Pension Plan for Union Employees's outsized position by total assets

Ardent Mills, LLC Pension Plan for Union Employees vs every filed plan by assets

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

$16,702,793 Top 33% higher than 67% 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

Ardent Mills, LLC Pension Plan for Union Employees 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. Ardent Mills, LLC Pension Plan for Union Employees sits mid-pack in the medium band (288 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Ardent Mills, LLC Pension Plan for Union Employees reported net income fell from $2M in the plan year 2023 filing to -$25K in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Ardent Mills, LLC Pension Plan for Union Employees reported participants fell from 313 in the plan year 2023 filing to 288 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 300007111 · Ardent Mills, LLC PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Ardent Mills, LLC Pension Plan for Union Employees · $17M · 288 · 67th

  • VS-ST $17M
  • VS-ST 288
  • VS-ST 67th
  • VS-ST Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • VS-ST near Operating Engineers Local 428 Pension Trust
  • VS-ST ind #9824

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 Colorado →

Ardent Mills, LLC Pension Plan for Union Employees in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Ardent Mills, LLC Pension Plan for Union Employees and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Ardent Mills, LLC multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Ardent Mills, LLC plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$312M 49.084586704098996% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$150M$200M$250M$300M$350M 202220232024 $209M $312M ▲ +49.1%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 2,465 $209M
2023 2 2,600 $268M
2024 2 2,676 $312M

Ardent Mills, LLC filing trail (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$17M
Net Assets (End of Year)$17M
Net Income-$25K
Employer EIN300007111
Plan Effective Date2014-05-29
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Colorado

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

Ardent Mills, LLC Pension Plan for Union Employees vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Colorado, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -1000001000020000300004000050000 -0.500.511.5 Total assets ($B) Participants Ardent Mills, LLC Pension Plan for Union Employees, Total assets ($B): 0.016702793 · Participants: 288Ardent Mills, LLC Pension Plan for Union EmployeesRocky Mountain Ufcw Unions and Employers Retail and Meat Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.290530979 · Participants: 38340Rocky Mountain Ufcw Unions and Employers Retail and Meat Pension PlanBall Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.901154325 · Participants: 1243Ball Pension PlanPcs U.S. Employees' Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.810486388 · Participants: 1243Pcs U.S. Employees' Pension PlanMedianews Group Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.443617213 · Participants: 217Medianews Group Pension PlanNational Laboratory of the Rockies Shared Security Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.43554378 · Participants: 3154National Laboratory of the Rockies Shared Security Pension Plan
Ardent Mills, LLC Pension Plan for Union Employees vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Colorado, assets vs. participants
Compare Ardent Mills, LLC Pension Plan for Union Employees side-by-side with 3 peers →

Ardent Mills, LLC Pension Plan for Union Employees's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Colorado, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Operating Engineers Local 428 Pension Trust in AZ ($17M); by covered participants it is Henry Crown and Company Pension Plan in IL (288 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (288 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 Ardent Mills, LLC Pension Plan for Union Employees assets move in 2024? ▼
Ardent Mills, LLC Pension Plan for Union Employees held essentially flat - down 0.1% during 2024, from $17M to $17M. Reported net income was -$25K.
How have Ardent Mills, LLC plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Ardent Mills, LLC's sponsor-wide assets grew 49.1%, from $209M to $312M.
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Ardent Mills, LLC Pension Plan for Union Employees? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Operating Engineers Local 428 Pension Trust in AZ ($17M, N/A participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Ardent Mills, LLC Pension Plan for Union Employees? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Henry Crown and Company Pension Plan in IL (288 participants, $159M 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 300007111.

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.