Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
American Honda Motor Company, Inc. Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-06
- $3.3B
- Total assets
- 8,401
- Participants
- 100th
- Percentile by assets
- $392,923
- Avg per participant
Official DOL plan name: Honda Retirement Plan · Sponsored by American Honda Motor Company, Inc. · California · Manufacturing
$3.3B in assets, 8,401 participants
American Honda Motor Company, Inc.'s Honda Retirement Plan reported $3.3B in total assets and 8,401 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 100th 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.
- 100th percentile by assets (of 116,472 plans)
- #16,734 in Manufacturing (16,886 peers)
Coverage in California
Honda Retirement Plan covers 8,401 participants in California, 13x the typical California plan (state average ~637 per filing). Assets: $3.3B.
- $3.3B
- total plan assets (2024 EOY)
- 8,401
- covered participants
- 100th
- percentile by assets (of 116,472 plans)
- $392,923
- avg assets per participant
The plan reported a net loss of $130M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- Honda Retirement Plan reported net income rose from -$142M in the plan year 2023 filing to -$130M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Honda Retirement Plan reported participants fell from 8,837 in the plan year 2023 filing to 8,401 in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Honda Retirement Plan end-of-year assets fell from $3.4B in the plan year 2023 filing to $3.3B in the plan year 2024 filing.
Participants vs California filers
In California, the average filing covers about 637 participants across 14,392 plans. Honda Retirement Plan reports 8,401 participants - 13x that state average ($3.3B EOY assets).
California filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $3.4B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $3.3B |
| Net Income | -$130M |
| Employer EIN | 952041006 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1962-07-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (American Honda Motor Company, Inc.)
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 37,616 | $8.3B |
| 2023 | 2 | 43,755 | $8.9B |
| 2024 | 2 | 38,011 | $9.6B |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in California
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
Honda Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in California, assets vs. participants
- Kaiser Permanente Retirement Plan $34.5B · 135,057
- Pacific Gas and Electric Company Retirement Plan $17.6B · 27,500
- Retirement Plan for Physicians and Salaried Employees of the Permanente Medical Group, Inc. $11.4B · 18,983
- Western States Carpenters Pension Plan $11.3B · 48,582
- Disney Salaried Pension Plan D $10.4B · 9,984
Scale composition for Honda Retirement Plan
Honda Retirement Plan reports $3.3B in end-of-year assets across 8,401 participants (0.028% of the $11.6T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.009% of 89,805,449 covered participants) - about $392,923 per participant (2.9x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was -$130M.
This plan identity (EIN 952041006, plan #334) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $3.6B to $3.3B (-7.6%) while covered participants moved from 10,177 to 8,401 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 10,177 | $3.6B | Open filing |
| 2023 | 8,837 | $3.4B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 8,401 | $3.3B | This page |
The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:
- Honda 401(k) Savings Plan (401(k), $6.3B, 29,610 participants)
Similar-Sized Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans Nationally
Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states closest to Honda Retirement Plan by total assets, not by location.
- Target Corporation Pension Plan (MN) $3.3B · 41,726
- Locals 302 & 612 of the Iuoe - Employers Construction Industry Retirement Plan (WA) $3.3B · 8,695
- Hsbc - North America (U.S.) Pension Plan (IL) $3.3B · 2,447
- The Northwestern Mutual Employee Retirement Plan (WI) $3.3B · 8,254
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Filing takeaways
Ways to act on Honda Retirement Plan's numbers.
- By total assets, Honda Retirement Plan ranks among the largest 1% of all filed plans. See the largest plans
- Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in California. Compare plans
- American Honda Motor Company, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets have grown 15.4% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Manufacturing plans