Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Merchants & Farmers Bank & Trust Co Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $5M
- Total assets Small plan by assets
- 20
- Participants Small participant base
- 43rd
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $258,612
- Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: The Retirement Plan of Merchants & Farmers Bank & Trust Company · Sponsored by Merchants & Farmers Bank & Trust Co · Louisiana · Finance & Insurance
$5M in assets, 20 participants
Merchants & Farmers Bank & Trust Co's The Retirement Plan of Merchants & Farmers Bank & Trust Company reported $5M in total assets and 20 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 43rd 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.
- #2,458 in Finance & Insurance (8,549 peers)
What the 2024 filing shows
The Retirement Plan of Merchants & Farmers Bank & Trust Company holds $5M for 20 participants - about $258,612 per participant, in the lower half of filed plans by assets.
- #2,458
- in Finance & Insurance (8,549 peers)
- +1.2%
- assets growth YoY
The Retirement Plan of Merchants & Farmers Bank & Trust Company's mid-pack asset rank among Finance & Insurance and all filers
The Retirement Plan of Merchants & Farmers Bank & Trust Company vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$5,172,243 43rd percentile higher than 43% 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
The Retirement Plan of Merchants & Farmers Bank & Trust Company among smaller filed plans by headcount
Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. The Retirement Plan of Merchants & Farmers Bank & Trust Company is a small filing (20 participants) on this national headcount ladder.
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- The Retirement Plan of Merchants & Farmers Bank & Trust Company reported net income fell from $293K in the plan year 2023 filing to $62K in the plan year 2024 filing.
- The Retirement Plan of Merchants & Farmers Bank & Trust Company reported participants fell from 21 in the plan year 2023 filing to 20 in the plan year 2024 filing.
- The Retirement Plan of Merchants & Farmers Bank & Trust Company end-of-year assets rose from $5M in the plan year 2023 filing to $5M in the plan year 2024 filing.
EBSA filing schedule strip
Filing strip 720258810 · Merchants & Farmers Bank & Trust Co PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
The Retirement Plan of Merchants & Farmers Bank & Trust Company · $5M · 20 · 43rd
- PART $5M
- PART 20
- PART 43rd
- PART Defined Benefit (Pension)
- PART near The Steel Improvement Boilermakers & Blacksmiths Pension Plan
- PART ind #2458
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 Finance & Insurance retirement plans → · Plans in Louisiana →
The Retirement Plan of Merchants & Farmers Bank & Trust Company in the asset neighbourhood
Filing particulars (2024)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $5M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $5M |
| Net Income | $62K |
| Employer EIN | 720258810 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1964-11-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Merchants & Farmers Bank & Trust Co)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Merchants & Farmers Bank & Trust Co plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $5M 7.377362626959669% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 23 | $5M |
| 2023 | 1 | 21 | $5M |
| 2024 | 1 | 20 | $5M |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Louisiana
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Lumen Combined Pension Plan $4.3B · 10,043
- Entergy Corporation Retirement Plan for Non-Bargaining Employees $1.8B · 6,385
- Entergy Corporation Retirement Plan VI for Non-Bargaining Employees $1.6B · 783
- Willis-Knighton Medical Center Employees Retirement Plan $1.2B · 6,197
- Entergy Corporation Retirement Plan for Bargaining Employees $916M · 2,317
The Retirement Plan of Merchants & Farmers Bank & Trust Company's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Louisiana, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is The Steel Improvement Boilermakers & Blacksmiths Pension Plan in OH ($5M); by covered participants it is Lily Bleu, Inc. Defined Benefit Pension Plan in CA (20 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($5M here).
- The Steel Improvement Boilermakers & Blacksmiths Pension Plan (OH) $5M · 103
- Solov and Teitell, a Professional Corporation Pension Plan (CA) $5M · 29
- County Concrete Corporation Union Pension Plan for Hourly Employees (NJ) $5M · 130
- Pension Plan for Union Employees of Johanna Foods, Inc., Lacto Milk Products Division (NJ) $5M · 56
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (20 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Lily Bleu, Inc. Defined Benefit Pension Plan (CA) 20 · 0 off
- The Scott Fetzer Pension Plan for Hourly Employees of Adalet (IBEW) (OH) 20 · 0 off
- The Retirement Income Plan for Employees of the Rockefeller Foundation (NY) 20 · 0 off
- Pension Plan for Hourly and Bargaining Unit Employees of Arcelormittal USA Research LLC (IN) 20 · 0 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.