Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Gea Farm Technologies, Inc. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$22M
Total assets Small plan by assets
34
Participants Small participant base
72nd
Percentile by assets National rank
$639,096
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Babson Bros. Co. Pension Plan · Sponsored by Gea Farm Technologies, Inc. · Illinois · Wholesale Trade

$22M in assets, 34 participants

Gea Farm Technologies, Inc.'s Babson Bros. Co. Pension Plan reported $22M in total assets and 34 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 72nd 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.

  • #4,152 in Wholesale Trade (6,080 peers)

What the 2024 filing shows

Babson Bros. Co. Pension Plan holds $22M for 34 participants - about $639,096 per participant, above the median plan by assets.

#4,152
in Wholesale Trade (6,080 peers)
-1.0%
assets change YoY

The plan reported a net loss of $210K for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Babson Bros. Co. Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets

Babson Bros. Co. Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$21,729,277 Top 28% higher than 72% 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

Babson Bros. Co. Pension 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. Babson Bros. Co. Pension Plan is a small filing (34 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Babson Bros. Co. Pension Plan reported net income fell from $397K in the plan year 2023 filing to -$210K in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Babson Bros. Co. Pension Plan reported participants fell from 39 in the plan year 2023 filing to 34 in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Babson Bros. Co. Pension Plan end-of-year assets fell from $22M in the plan year 2023 filing to $22M in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 364037707 · Gea Farm Technologies, Inc. PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Babson Bros. Co. Pension Plan · $22M · 34 · 72nd

  • VS-ST $22M
  • BOY 34
  • SCH 72nd
  • EBSA Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • PART near Heritage Family Federal Credit Union Defined Benefit Plan and Trust
  • TYPE ind #4152

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 Wholesale Trade retirement plans → · Plans in Illinois →

Babson Bros. Co. Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Heritage Family Federal Credit Union Defined Benefit Plan and TrustHeritage Family Federal Cred…$22MBabson Bros. Co. Pension Plan$22MNational Western Life Insurance Company Pension PlanNational Western Life Insura…$22MAmerican Farm Bureau Federation and Affiliated Companies Employees' Retirement PlanAmerican Farm Bureau Federat…$22MThe Fiesta Tableware Company Salaried Employees Pension PlanThe Fiesta Tableware Company…$22M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Babson Bros. Co. Pension Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Filing particulars (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$22M
Net Assets (End of Year)$22M
Net Income-$210K
Employer EIN364037707
Plan Effective Date1965-11-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Gea Farm Technologies, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Gea Farm Technologies, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$22M 0.8696946717118357% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$21.4M$21.6M$21.8M$22M 202220232024 $21.5M $21.7M ▲ +0.9%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 47 $22M
2023 1 39 $22M
2024 1 34 $22M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Illinois

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

Babson Bros. Co. Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -1000001000020000300004000050000 -200204060 Total assets ($B) Participants Babson Bros. Co. Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.021729277 · Participants: 34Babson Bros. Co. Pension PlanCentral States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 48.22071058 · Participants: 36799Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension PlanState Farm Insurance Companies Retirement Plan for United States Employees, Total assets ($B): 37.736369487 · Participants: 41619State Farm Insurance Companies Retirement Plan for United States EmployeesGE Healthcare Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 13.74052931 · Participants: 5554GE Healthcare Pension PlanAbbott Laboratories Annuity Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 8.591907247 · Participants: 17875Abbott Laboratories Annuity Retirement PlanUnited Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union - Industry Pension Fund, Total assets ($B): 8.17675965 · Participants: 20984United Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union - Industry Pension Fund
Babson Bros. Co. Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants
Compare Babson Bros. Co. Pension Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Babson Bros. Co. Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Illinois, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Heritage Family Federal Credit Union Defined Benefit Plan and Trust in VT ($22M); by covered participants it is The People's Credit Union Defined Benefit Plan and Trust in RI (34 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (34 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 Babson Bros. Co. Pension Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Babson Bros. Co. Pension Plan held essentially flat - down 1.0% during 2024, from $22M to $22M. Reported net income was -$210K.
How have Gea Farm Technologies, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Gea Farm Technologies, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 0.9%, from $22M to $22M.
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Babson Bros. Co. Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Heritage Family Federal Credit Union Defined Benefit Plan and Trust in VT ($22M, 104 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Babson Bros. Co. Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is The People's Credit Union Defined Benefit Plan and Trust in RI (34 participants, $15M 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 364037707.

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.