Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
A.M. Castle & Co. Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $100M
- Total assets Below avg plan size
- 126
- Participants Small participant base
- 90th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $789,987
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Pension Plan for Employees of a.M. Castle & Co. · Sponsored by A.M. Castle & Co. · Illinois · Wholesale Trade
$100M in assets, 126 participants
A.M. Castle & Co.'s Pension Plan for Employees of a.M. Castle & Co. reported $100M in total assets and 126 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 90th 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.
- #5,604 in Wholesale Trade (6,080 peers)
Coverage in Illinois
Pension Plan for Employees of a.M. Castle & Co. covers 126 participants in Illinois, about 16% of the average Illinois filer (state average ~779 per filing). Assets: $100M.
- #5,604
- in Wholesale Trade (6,080 peers)
- -28.3%
- assets change YoY
- 1.0×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $9M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Pension Plan for Employees of a.M. Castle & Co.'s outsized position by total assets
Pension Plan for Employees of a.M. Castle & Co. vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$99,538,402 Top 10% higher than 90% 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
Pension Plan for Employees of a.M. Castle & Co. 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. Pension Plan for Employees of a.M. Castle & Co. sits mid-pack in the medium band (126 participants).
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- Pension Plan for Employees of a.M. Castle & Co. reported net income fell from -$132K in the plan year 2023 filing to -$9M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Pension Plan for Employees of a.M. Castle & Co. end-of-year assets fell from $139M in the plan year 2023 filing to $100M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Pension Plan for Employees of a.M. Castle & Co. reported participants fell from 136 in the plan year 2023 filing to 126 in the plan year 2024 filing.
Published 5500 schedule card
Filing strip 360879160 · A.M. Castle & Co. PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Pension Plan for Employees of a.M. Castle & Co. · $100M · 126 · 90th
- EBSA $100M
- EBSA 126
- EBSA 90th
- EBSA Defined Benefit (Pension)
- EBSA near The San Diego Union-Tribune LLC Retirement Plan
- EBSA ind #5604
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 →
Pension Plan for Employees of a.M. Castle & Co. in the asset neighbourhood
Illinois filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $139M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $100M |
| Net Income | -$9M |
| Employer EIN | 360879160 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1950-03-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (A.M. Castle & Co.)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All A.M. Castle & Co. plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $201M 0.22100818923883458% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 607 | $202M |
| 2023 | 2 | 628 | $214M |
| 2024 | 2 | 579 | $201M |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Illinois
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Plan $48.2B · 36,799
- State Farm Insurance Companies Retirement Plan for United States Employees $37.7B · 41,619
- GE Healthcare Pension Plan $13.7B · 5,554
- Abbott Laboratories Annuity Retirement Plan $8.6B · 17,875
- United Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union - Industry Pension Fund $8.2B · 20,984
Pension Plan for Employees of a.M. Castle & Co.'s out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Illinois, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is The San Diego Union-Tribune LLC Retirement Plan in CO ($100M); by covered participants it is Local 153-Ghi Pension Plan in NY (126 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($100M here).
- The San Diego Union-Tribune LLC Retirement Plan (CO) $100M · 54
- Guthrie Retirement Plan (PA) $100M · 149
- Middlesex Water Company Pension Plan (NJ) $100M · 88
- American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Retirement Income Plan (MD) $100M · 291
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (126 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.