Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Farmer Bros. Co. Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-11
- $45M
- Total assets
- 36
- Participants
- 83rd
- Percentile by assets
- $1.3M
- Avg per participant
Official DOL plan name: Farmer Bros. Co. Pension Plan · Sponsored by Farmer Bros. Co. · Texas · Manufacturing
$45M in assets, 36 participants
Farmer Bros. Co.'s Farmer Bros. Co. Pension Plan reported $45M in total assets and 36 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 83rd 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.
- 83rd percentile by assets (of 123,622 plans)
- #13,498 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
Where Farmer Bros. Co. Pension Plan sits by assets
Farmer Bros. Co. Pension Plan sits in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, $45M for 36 participants (~$1.3M/participant), down 45.3% in 2024.
- $45M
- total plan assets (2024 EOY)
- 36
- covered participants
- 83rd
- percentile by assets (of 123,622 plans)
- $1.3M
- avg assets per participant
The plan reported a net loss of $37M 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
- Farmer Bros. Co. Pension Plan reported net income fell from $7M in the plan year 2023 filing to -$37M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Farmer Bros. Co. Pension Plan end-of-year assets fell from $83M in the plan year 2023 filing to $45M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Farmer Bros. Co. Pension Plan reported participants fell from 43 in the plan year 2023 filing to 36 in the plan year 2024 filing.
Farmer Bros. Co. Pension Plan vs the 2024 asset distribution
By assets, Farmer Bros. Co. Pension Plan outranks 83% of the 123,622 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2024 plan year, and holds roughly 0.5x the national average plan size of $100M (721 average participants).
Scale-class filing particulars (2024)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $83M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $45M |
| Net Income | -$37M |
| Employer EIN | 950725980 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1962-08-30 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Farmer Bros. Co.)
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | 1,166 | $176M |
| 2023 | 3 | 1,190 | $188M |
| 2024 | 3 | 1,053 | $149M |
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- By total assets, Farmer Bros. Co. Pension Plan ranks in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets. See the largest plans
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- Farmer Bros. Co.'s sponsor-wide assets have declined 15.5% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Manufacturing plans