Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Darling Ingredients Inc. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$19M
Total assets Small plan by assets
109
Participants Small participant base
69th
Percentile by assets National rank
$171,850
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Darling Ingredients Inc. Hourly Employees' Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Darling Ingredients Inc. · Texas · Manufacturing

$19M in assets, 109 participants

Darling Ingredients Inc.'s Darling Ingredients Inc. Hourly Employees' Retirement Plan reported $19M in total assets and 109 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 69th 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.

  • #10,337 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)

Coverage in Texas

Darling Ingredients Inc. Hourly Employees' Retirement Plan covers 109 participants in Texas, about 16% of the average Texas filer (state average ~688 per filing). Assets: $19M.

#10,337
in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
-6.8%
assets change YoY

The plan reported a net loss of $1M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Darling Ingredients Inc. Hourly Employees' Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets

Darling Ingredients Inc. Hourly Employees' Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$18,731,600 Top 31% higher than 69% 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

Darling Ingredients Inc. Hourly 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. Hourly Employees' Retirement Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (109 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Darling Ingredients Inc. Hourly Employees' Retirement Plan reported net income fell from $715K in the plan year 2023 filing to -$1M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Darling Ingredients Inc. Hourly Employees' Retirement Plan reported participants fell from 119 in the plan year 2023 filing to 109 in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Darling Ingredients Inc. Hourly Employees' Retirement Plan end-of-year assets fell from $20M in the plan year 2023 filing to $19M in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 362495346 · Darling Ingredients Inc. PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Darling Ingredients Inc. Hourly Employees' Retirement Plan · $19M · 109 · 69th

  • IND $19M
  • IND 109
  • IND 69th
  • IND Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • IND near Nfo Research, Inc. Pension Plan
  • IND ind #10337

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. Hourly Employees' Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Darling Ingredients Inc. Hourly Employees' Retirement Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Texas filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$20M
Net Assets (End of Year)$19M
Net Income-$1M
Employer EIN362495346
Plan Effective Date1973-01-01
Filing StatusFILING 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
$250M$300M$350M$400M$450M$500M 202220232024 $315M $475M ▲ +50.9%
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.

Darling Ingredients Inc. Hourly Employees' Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Texas, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 -100102030 Total assets ($B) Participants Darling Ingredients Inc. Hourly Employees' Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.0187316 · Participants: 109Darling Ingredients Inc. Hourly Employees' 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
Darling Ingredients Inc. Hourly Employees' Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Texas, assets vs. participants
Compare Darling Ingredients Inc. Hourly Employees' Retirement Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Darling Ingredients Inc. Hourly 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 Nfo Research, Inc. Pension Plan in NY ($19M); by covered participants it is Spencer Savings Bank, Sla Employees' Pension Plan in NJ (109 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

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 Darling Ingredients Inc. Hourly Employees' Retirement Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Darling Ingredients Inc. Hourly Employees' Retirement Plan pulled back noticeably - down 6.8% during 2024, from $20M to $19M. Reported net income was -$1M.
How have Darling Ingredients Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Darling Ingredients Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 50.9%, from $315M to $475M.
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Darling Ingredients Inc. Hourly Employees' Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Nfo Research, Inc. Pension Plan in NY ($19M, 43 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Darling Ingredients Inc. Hourly Employees' Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Spencer Savings Bank, Sla Employees' Pension Plan in NJ (109 participants, $69M 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 362495346.

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.