Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Darling Ingredients Inc. Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $81M
- Total assets Below avg plan size
- 110
- Participants Small participant base
- 89th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $737,356
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Darling Ingredients Inc. · Texas · Manufacturing
$81M in assets, 110 participants
Darling Ingredients Inc.'s Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan reported $81M in total assets and 110 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 89th 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.
- #14,852 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
Coverage in Texas
Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan covers 110 participants in Texas, about 16% of the average Texas filer (state average ~688 per filing). Assets: $81M.
- #14,852
- in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
- -3.2%
- assets change YoY
- 0.8×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $3M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets
Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$81,109,146 Top 11% higher than 89% 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
Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan 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. Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (110 participants).
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan reported net income fell from $3M in the plan year 2023 filing to -$3M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan reported participants fell from 118 in the plan year 2023 filing to 110 in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan end-of-year assets fell from $84M in the plan year 2023 filing to $81M in the plan year 2024 filing.
Published 5500 schedule card
Filing strip 362495346 · Darling Ingredients Inc. PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan · $81M · 110 · 89th
- TYPE $81M
- TYPE 110
- TYPE 89th
- TYPE Defined Benefit (Pension)
- TYPE near The Rumpke Consolidated Companies, Inc. & Affiliates Defined Benefit Pension Plan
- TYPE ind #14852
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 Texas →
Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Texas filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $84M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $81M |
| Net Income | -$3M |
| Employer EIN | 362495346 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1965-12-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Darling Ingredients Inc.)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Darling Ingredients Inc. plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $475M 50.91375501073811% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | 3,813 | $315M |
| 2023 | 5 | 5,924 | $463M |
| 2024 | 5 | 9,295 | $475M |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Texas
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
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Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Texas, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is The Rumpke Consolidated Companies, Inc. & Affiliates Defined Benefit Pension Plan in OH ($81M); by covered participants it is York International Corporation Pension Plan Number Fifteen in WI (110 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($81M here).
- The Rumpke Consolidated Companies, Inc. & Affiliates Defined Benefit Pension Plan (OH) $81M · 561
- Tata Chemicals Soda Ash Partners LLC Hourly Employees' Pension Plan (UT) $81M · 267
- Painters Local Union 802 Retirement Plan (WI) $81M · 458
- Logix Employment Services, Inc. Retirement Plan (CA) $81M · 85
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (110 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.