Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Sysco Corporation Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$2.5B
Total assets Very large vs avg
9,955
Participants Very large workforce
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$248,870
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Sysco Corporation Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Sysco Corporation · Texas · Wholesale Trade

$2.5B in assets, 9,955 participants

Sysco Corporation's Sysco Corporation Retirement Plan reported $2.5B in total assets and 9,955 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 99th 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.

  • #6,063 in Wholesale Trade (6,080 peers)

Coverage in Texas

Sysco Corporation Retirement Plan covers 9,955 participants in Texas, 14x the typical Texas plan (state average ~688 per filing). Assets: $2.5B.

#6,063
in Wholesale Trade (6,080 peers)
-6.8%
assets change YoY
25×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $176M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Sysco Corporation Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets

Sysco Corporation Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$2,477,496,154 Top 1% higher than 99% 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

Sysco Corporation Retirement Plan's large-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Sysco Corporation Retirement Plan lands in the large band (9,955 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Sysco Corporation Retirement Plan reported net income fell from $105M in the plan year 2023 filing to -$176M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Sysco Corporation Retirement Plan end-of-year assets fell from $2.7B in the plan year 2023 filing to $2.5B in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Sysco Corporation Retirement Plan reported participants fell from 10,406 in the plan year 2023 filing to 9,955 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 741648137 · Sysco Corporation PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Sysco Corporation Retirement Plan · $2.5B · 9,955 · 99th

  • PHOTO $2.5B
  • IND 9,955
  • EOY 99th
  • 5500 Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • ASSETS near Directors Guild of America-Producer Pension Plan Basic Benefit Plan
  • PCT ind #6063

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 Texas →

Sysco Corporation Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Massachusetts Laborers' Pension FundMassachusetts Laborers' Pens…$2.5BNewyork-Presbyterian Pension PlanNewyork-Presbyterian Pension…$2.5BMassmutual Pension Plan$2.5BSysco Corporation Retirement PlanSysco Corporation Retirement…$2.5BDirectors Guild of America-Producer Pension Plan Basic Benefit PlanDirectors Guild of America-P…$2.5B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Sysco Corporation Retirement Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Texas filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$2.7B
Net Assets (End of Year)$2.5B
Net Income-$176M
Employer EIN741648137
Plan Effective Date1973-07-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Sysco Corporation)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Sysco Corporation plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$7.7B 20.215991515633714% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$6B$6.5B$7B$7.5B$8B 202220232024 $6.43B $7.73B ▲ +20.2%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 49,742 $6.4B
2023 2 53,825 $7.2B
2024 2 54,240 $7.7B

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Texas

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

Sysco Corporation Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Texas, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 020000400006000080000100000120000 0102030 Total assets ($B) Participants Sysco Corporation Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.477496154 · Participants: 9955Sysco Corporation Retirement PlanAT&T Pension Benefit Plan, Total assets ($B): 28.265893 · Participants: 100400AT&T Pension Benefit PlanExxonmobil Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 12.095 · Participants: 22000Exxonmobil Pension PlanChevron Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.731784707 · Participants: 21297Chevron Retirement PlanShell Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.694184685 · Participants: 12688Shell Pension PlanCaterpillar Inc. Retirement Income Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.1940497 · Participants: 11498Caterpillar Inc. Retirement Income Plan
Sysco Corporation Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Texas, assets vs. participants

Scale composition for Sysco Corporation Retirement Plan

Sysco Corporation Retirement Plan reports $2.5B in end-of-year assets across 9,955 participants (0.020% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.011% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $248,870 per participant (1.8x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was -$176M.

This plan identity (EIN 741648137, plan #004) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $2.6B to $2.5B (-3.4%) while covered participants moved from 11,360 to 9,955 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 11,360 $2.6B Open filing
2023 10,406 $2.7B Open filing
2024 · index core 9,955 $2.5B This page

The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:

Sysco Corporation Retirement Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Texas, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Directors Guild of America-Producer Pension Plan Basic Benefit Plan in CA ($2.5B); by covered participants it is Disney Salaried Pension Plan D in CA (9,984 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($2.5B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (9,955 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 Sysco Corporation Retirement Plan assets move in 2024?
Sysco Corporation Retirement Plan pulled back noticeably - down 6.8% during 2024, from $2.7B to $2.5B. Reported net income was -$176M.
How have Sysco Corporation plan assets changed over time?
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Sysco Corporation's sponsor-wide assets grew 20.2%, from $6.4B to $7.7B.
Where does Sysco Corporation Retirement Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers?
Sysco Corporation Retirement Plan ranks in the 99th percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (among the largest 1% of all filed plans).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Sysco Corporation Retirement Plan?
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Directors Guild of America-Producer Pension Plan Basic Benefit Plan in CA ($2.5B, 7,530 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Sysco Corporation Retirement Plan?
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Disney Salaried Pension Plan D in CA (9,984 participants, $10.4B in assets).