Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Darling Ingredients Inc. Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $13M
- Total assets Small plan by assets
- 30
- Participants Small participant base
- 61st
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $423,910
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Darling Ingredients Retirement Income Plan for Union Employees · Sponsored by Darling Ingredients Inc. · Texas · Manufacturing
$13M in assets, 30 participants
Darling Ingredients Inc.'s Darling Ingredients Retirement Income Plan for Union Employees reported $13M in total assets and 30 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 61st 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.
- #8,523 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
Darling Ingredients Inc. multi-year trail
Darling Ingredients Inc.'s plans moved +50.9% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows Darling Ingredients Retirement Income Plan for Union Employees at $13M / 30 participants.
- #8,523
- in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
- -7.2%
- assets change YoY
The plan reported a net loss of $983K for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Darling Ingredients Retirement Income Plan for Union Employees's mid-pack asset rank among Manufacturing and all filers
Darling Ingredients Retirement Income Plan for Union Employees vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$12,717,290 Top 39% higher than 61% 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 Retirement Income Plan for Union Employees among smaller filed plans by headcount
Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Darling Ingredients Retirement Income Plan for Union Employees is a small filing (30 participants) on this national headcount ladder.
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- Darling Ingredients Retirement Income Plan for Union Employees reported net income fell from $371K in the plan year 2023 filing to -$983K in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Darling Ingredients Retirement Income Plan for Union Employees reported participants fell from 33 in the plan year 2023 filing to 30 in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Darling Ingredients Retirement Income Plan for Union Employees end-of-year assets fell from $14M in the plan year 2023 filing to $13M in the plan year 2024 filing.
DOL schedule card
Filing strip 362495346 · Darling Ingredients Inc. PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Darling Ingredients Retirement Income Plan for Union Employees · $13M · 30 · 61st
- SCH $13M
- EBSA 30
- PART 61st
- TYPE Defined Benefit (Pension)
- NET near Pension Plan for Bargaining Group Hourly Employees of the Cambridge, Ohio Plant of Bluescope Coated Products, LLC
- BOOK ind #8523
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 Retirement Income Plan for Union Employees in the asset neighbourhood
Darling Ingredients Inc. multi-year asset trail
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 |
Darling Ingredients Inc. filing trail (2024)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $14M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $13M |
| Net Income | -$983K |
| Employer EIN | 362495346 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1977-10-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
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Darling Ingredients Retirement Income Plan for Union Employees's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Texas, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Pension Plan for Bargaining Group Hourly Employees of the Cambridge, Ohio Plant of Bluescope Coated Products, LLC in MO ($13M); by covered participants it is Defined Benefit Plan for Employees of Epic in IL (30 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($13M here).
- Pension Plan for Bargaining Group Hourly Employees of the Cambridge, Ohio Plant of Bluescope Coated Products, LLC (MO) $13M · 7
- Alfred Conhagen, Inc. Pension Plan (LA) $13M · 46
- University Neurosurgical Associates, P.C. Vip Plan (MI) $13M · 102
- Tuality Healthcare Cash Balance Pension Plan (OR) $13M · 523
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (30 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.