401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Darling Ingredients Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$237M
Total assets Near avg plan size
5,267
Participants Above avg headcount
95th
Percentile by assets National rank
$44,952
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried 401(k) Savings Plan · Sponsored by Darling Ingredients Inc. · Texas · Manufacturing

$237M in assets, 5,267 participants

Darling Ingredients Inc.'s Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried 401(k) Savings Plan reported $237M in total assets and 5,267 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 95th 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.

  • #16,389 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)

Coverage in Texas

Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried 401(k) Savings Plan covers 5,267 participants in Texas, 7.7x the typical Texas plan (state average ~688 per filing). Assets: $237M.

#16,389
in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
+5.4%
assets growth YoY
2.4×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried 401(k) Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets

Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried 401(k) Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$236,761,041 Top 5% higher than 95% 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. Salaried 401(k) Savings 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. Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried 401(k) Savings Plan lands in the large band (5,267 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried 401(k) Savings Plan reported participants rose from 1,852 in the plan year 2023 filing to 5,267 in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried 401(k) Savings Plan reported net income fell from $27M in the plan year 2023 filing to $11M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried 401(k) Savings Plan end-of-year assets rose from $225M in the plan year 2023 filing to $237M 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 · 401(k)

Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried 401(k) Savings Plan · $237M · 5,267 · 95th

  • IND $237M
  • IND 5,267
  • IND 95th
  • IND 401(k)
  • IND near Mueller Group, LLC Retirement Savings Plan No. 1
  • IND ind #16389

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 401(k) Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried 401(k) Savings Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Texas filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$225M
Net Assets (End of Year)$237M
Net Income$11M
Employer EIN362495346
Plan Effective Date1994-01-01
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 401(k) Plans in Texas

Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried 401(k) Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Texas, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 050000100000150000 -1001020304050 Total assets ($B) Participants Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.236761041 · Participants: 5267Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried 401(k) Savings PlanAT&T Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 43.121795 · Participants: 109889AT&T Retirement Savings PlanExxonmobil Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 23.711 · Participants: 21990Exxonmobil Savings PlanChevron Employee Savings Investment Plan, Total assets ($B): 20.378704663 · Participants: 21505Chevron Employee Savings Investment PlanCaterpillar 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 18.81200478 · Participants: 43873Caterpillar 401(k) Savings PlanSouthwest Airlines Co. Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 16.991748637 · Participants: 67820Southwest Airlines Co. Retirement Savings Plan
Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried 401(k) Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Texas, assets vs. participants

Scale composition for Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried 401(k) Savings Plan

Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried 401(k) Savings Plan reports $237M in end-of-year assets across 5,267 participants (0.002% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.006% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $44,952 per participant (33% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was $11M.

This plan identity (EIN 362495346, plan #040) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $148M to $237M (+60.1%) while covered participants moved from 1,060 to 5,267 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 1,060 $148M Open filing
2023 1,852 $225M Open filing
2024 · index core 5,267 $237M This page

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

Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried 401(k) Savings Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Texas, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Mueller Group, LLC Retirement Savings Plan No. 1 in GA ($237M); by covered participants it is Party City Holdings Inc. 401(k) Plan in NJ (5,268 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (5,267 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 Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried 401(k) Savings Plan assets move in 2024?
Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried 401(k) Savings Plan grew at a solid clip - up 5.4% during 2024, from $225M to $237M. Reported net income was $11M.
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.
Where does Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried 401(k) Savings Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers?
Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried 401(k) Savings Plan ranks in the 95th percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets).
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried 401(k) Savings Plan?
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Mueller Group, LLC Retirement Savings Plan No. 1 in GA ($237M, 1,495 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried 401(k) Savings Plan?
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Party City Holdings Inc. 401(k) Plan in NJ (5,268 participants, $221M in assets).