Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Acuity Brands, Inc. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$68M
Total assets Below avg plan size
857
Participants Near avg headcount
87th
Percentile by assets National rank
$79,327
Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Acuity Brands, Inc. Pension Plan · Sponsored by Acuity Brands, Inc. · Georgia · Management of Enterprises

$68M in assets, 857 participants

Acuity Brands, Inc.'s Acuity Brands, Inc. Pension Plan reported $68M in total assets and 857 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 87th 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.

  • #814 in Management of Enterprises (1,133 peers)

Where Acuity Brands, Inc. Pension Plan sits by assets

Acuity Brands, Inc. Pension Plan sits in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, $68M for 857 participants (~$79,327/participant), down 4.0% in 2024.

#814
in Management of Enterprises (1,133 peers)
-4.0%
assets change YoY
0.7×
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.

Acuity Brands, Inc. Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets

Acuity Brands, Inc. Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$67,983,151 Top 13% higher than 87% 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

Acuity Brands, Inc. Pension 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. Acuity Brands, Inc. Pension Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (857 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Acuity Brands, Inc. Pension Plan reported net income fell from $2M in the plan year 2023 filing to -$3M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Acuity Brands, Inc. Pension Plan reported participants fell from 980 in the plan year 2023 filing to 857 in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Acuity Brands, Inc. Pension Plan end-of-year assets fell from $71M in the plan year 2023 filing to $68M in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 582632672 · Acuity Brands, Inc. PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Acuity Brands, Inc. Pension Plan · $68M · 857 · 87th

  • PCT $68M
  • PCT 857
  • PCT 87th
  • PCT Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • PCT near Kerry Inc. Employees Retirement Plan
  • PCT ind #814

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 Management of Enterprises retirement plans → · Plans in Georgia →

Acuity Brands, Inc. Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Acuity Brands, Inc. Pension Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Scale-class filing particulars (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$71M
Net Assets (End of Year)$68M
Net Income-$3M
Employer EIN582632672
Plan Effective Date1971-04-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Acuity Brands, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Acuity Brands, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$686M 23.55502278185964% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$500M$550M$600M$650M$700M 202220232024 $555M $686M ▲ +23.6%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 5 5,186 $555M
2023 5 4,882 $627M
2024 5 4,584 $686M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Georgia

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

Acuity Brands, Inc. Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Georgia, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000200000 -50510152025 Total assets ($B) Participants Acuity Brands, Inc. Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.067983151 · Participants: 857Acuity Brands, Inc. Pension PlanUPS Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 21.2364871 · Participants: 43465UPS Retirement PlanThe Southern Company Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 15.319238036 · Participants: 25843The Southern Company Pension PlanUPS/Ibt Full-Time Employee Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 12.219463258 · Participants: 69627UPS/Ibt Full-Time Employee Pension PlanUPS Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.280234765 · Participants: 157587UPS Pension PlanDelta Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 7.253434311 · Participants: 15222Delta Retirement Plan
Acuity Brands, Inc. Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Georgia, assets vs. participants
Compare Acuity Brands, Inc. Pension Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Acuity Brands, Inc. Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Georgia, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Kerry Inc. Employees Retirement Plan in WI ($68M); by covered participants it is Pitney Bowes Pension Plan in CT (858 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (857 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 Acuity Brands, Inc. Pension Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Acuity Brands, Inc. Pension Plan edged down modestly - down 4.0% during 2024, from $71M to $68M. Reported net income was -$3M.
How have Acuity Brands, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Acuity Brands, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 23.6%, from $555M to $686M.
Where does Acuity Brands, Inc. Pension Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Acuity Brands, Inc. Pension Plan ranks in the 87th percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Acuity Brands, Inc. Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Kerry Inc. Employees Retirement Plan in WI ($68M, 209 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Acuity Brands, Inc. Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Pitney Bowes Pension Plan in CT (858 participants, $959M 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 582632672.

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.