Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Pension Plan of York Container Company

Data updated 2026-05-15

$6M
Total assets
62
Participants
45th
Percentile by assets
$95,104
Avg per participant

Sponsored by York Container Company · Pennsylvania · Manufacturing

What the 2024 filing shows

Pension Plan of York Container Company holds $6M for 62 participants - about $95,104 per participant, in the lower half of filed plans by assets, up 5.8% over the 2024 plan year.

$6M
total plan assets (2024 EOY)
62
covered participants
45th
percentile by assets (of 116,472 plans)
$95,104
avg assets per participant
State
Industry
Manufacturing

Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

What the Filing Says About Pension Plan of York Container Company

Pension Plan of York Container Company is a Defined Benefit (Pension) retirement plan sponsored by York Container Company, headquartered in Pennsylvania. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2024 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $6M in total end-of-year assets and covers 62 participants across the Manufacturing industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 231434215, and the plan has been effective since 1966-01-01. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets grew at a solid clip from $6M at the beginning of 2024 to $6M at year-end - up 5.8%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $6M, with reported net income of $325K driven by investment returns, contributions received, and benefit payments during the period. These figures reflect what the plan administrator certified on Schedule H or Schedule I of the Form 5500 annual return and can be compared against 2 prior plan-year filings from the same sponsor shown below.

Across the 3 plan years York Container Company has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $45M to $53M, a gain of 19.3%, while reported participants moved from 368 to 420 (+14.1%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2024 at $53M; the softest was 2022 at $45M. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $45M in assets across 2 plans covering 368 participants; 2023 - $50M in assets across 2 plans covering 379 participants; 2024 - $53M in assets across 2 plans covering 420 participants.

Asset totals and participant counts reflect a single plan year snapshot and can change materially with market conditions, plan mergers, or workforce changes. Fields such as "net income" include both realized investment performance and contribution/distribution flows, a single-year figure does not by itself indicate plan health or participant outcomes. This page summarizes public DOL disclosures for research and educational purposes only and is not retirement, tax, legal, or financial advice. Before making decisions about your own retirement benefits or evaluating an employer's plan, verify the underlying filing directly via the DOL EFAST2 system and consult a qualified professional.

How the percentile is calculated: we count every plan that filed a 2024 Form 5500 with a reported end-of-year asset figure (116,472 plans), rank Pension Plan of York Container Company against all of them by total assets, and report the share of those plans it outranks. A plan reporting no asset figure for the year is excluded from the ranking rather than assumed to be zero.

Financial Summary (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$6M
Total Assets (End of Year)$6M
Net Assets (End of Year)$6M
Net Income$325K
Plan TypeDefined Benefit (Pension)
Employer EIN231434215
Plan Effective Date1966-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (York Container Company)

Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 368 $45M
2023 2 379 $50M
2024 2 420 $53M

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the Pension Plan of York Container Company?
As of the 2024 Form 5500 filing, Pension Plan of York Container Company holds $6M in total assets with 62 participants. It is sponsored by York Container Company.
What type of plan is Pension Plan of York Container Company?
Pension Plan of York Container Company is a Defined Benefit (Pension) plan. It has been effective since 1966-01-01. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 231434215.
Who sponsors the Pension Plan of York Container Company?
Pension Plan of York Container Company is sponsored by York Container Company, located in Pennsylvania. The sponsor's EIN is 231434215 and the plan operates in the Manufacturing industry.
How did Pension Plan of York Container Company perform in 2024?
Pension Plan of York Container Company grew at a solid clip - up 5.8% during 2024, moving from $6M to $6M in total assets. Net income was $325K.

What this filing means

Ways to act on Pension Plan of York Container Company's numbers.

  • By total assets, Pension Plan of York Container Company ranks in the lower half of filed plans by assets. See the largest plans
  • Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Pennsylvania. Compare plans
  • York Container Company's sponsor-wide assets have grown 19.3% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Manufacturing plans
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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 231434215.

Reference: IRS Publication 560, Retirement Plans for Small Business, contribution-limit rules.

Reference: IRS Publication 590-B, Distributions from IRAs, RMD rules under SECURE Act 2.0.

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

Every figure on PlainRetire is rendered directly from the Department of Labor's Form 5500 annual return filings, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-05-15.