Central Garden & Pet 401(k) and retirement plans

Central Garden & Pet Company, Walnut Creek, CA. EIN 68-0275553. Annual reports 2009–2025. Also filed as Central Pet Group, LLC; Central Garden & Pet Co.

Central Garden & Pet Company has 2 active retirement plans on file. The largest is the Central Garden & Pet Company Investment Growth Plan, with 5,813 participants and $444 million in assets in 2025. No traditional pension plan appears in Central Garden & Pet's filings since 2009.

Active plans: 2
Participants: 6,147
Plan assets: $470 million
401(k) recordkeeper: J.P. Morgan
Plans on file: 2
Industry: Retail

All 2 plans

Active plans first

Central Garden & Pet Company Investment Growth Plan

401(k)Active

Active. The plan filed its annual report for the 2025 plan year.

Plan number: 001Employer EIN 68-0275553
Participants (2025): 5,813
Net assets (2025): $444 million
Last listed recordkeeper: Voya2009–2022
Plan administrator: Central Garden & Pet Company
1340 Treat BLVD.
Walnut Creek, CA 94597
(925) 948-3676As filed for 2025
In effect since: July 1, 1985

Earlier plan names: Central Garden & Pet Investment Growth Plan; Central Garden & Pet Investment; Central Garden & Pet Company Investment Growth.

Year by year, 2009 to 2025

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2025	5,813	$444 million	not listed
2024	6,076	$435 million	not listed
2023	6,217	$408 million	not listed
2022	6,203	$368 million	Voya
2021	6,194	$413 million	Voya
2020	6,202	$352 million	Voya
2019	6,233	$306 million	Voya
2018	5,538	$262 million	not listed
2017	6,003	$284 million	Voya
2016	5,339	$250 million	Voya
2015	5,226	$213 million	Voya
2014	4,557	$208 million	Voya
2013	5,089	$194 million	Voya
2012	5,843	$173 million	Voya
2011	7,120	$162 million	Voya
2010	8,184	$159 million	Voya
2009	8,013	$142 million	Voya

General Pet 401(k) Plan

401(k)Active

Active. The plan filed its annual report for the 2024 plan year.

Plan number: 002Employer EIN 68-0275553
Participants (2024): 334
Net assets (2024): $25.2 million
Recordkeeper: J.P. Morgan2018–2024
Plan administrator: Central Garden & Pet Co
1340 Treat Boulevard Suite 600
Walnut Creek, CA 94597
(925) 948-2744As filed for 2024
In effect since: November 1, 1988

Earlier sponsor: Central Pet Group, LLC (2020–2021).

Earlier plan names: The Merco Group Inc. Profit Sharing Plan.

Year by year, 2018 to 2024

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2024	334	$25.2 million	J.P. Morgan
2023	341	$22.8 million	J.P. Morgan
2022	359	$20.5 million	J.P. Morgan
2021	353	$25.2 million	J.P. Morgan
2020	347	$22.3 million	J.P. Morgan
2019	327	$20.1 million	J.P. Morgan
2018	331	$16.0 million	J.P. Morgan

If you had money in one of these plans

Call J.P. Morgan (jpmorgan.com), which runs the General Pet 401(k) Plan. With your Social Security number and the plan name, it can tell you whether you still have a balance and, if not, where it went.
Or call the plan administrator listed on the plan below ((925) 948-3676). That number was filed for 2025; ask for the benefits or retirement plan office.
Still stuck? The Department of Labor's benefits advisers help for free: askebsa.dol.gov or 1-866-444-3272. Never pay anyone to find your own money.

What these numbers are

They come from the Form 5500 annual reports each plan files with the Department of Labor, as the plan filed them. A plan year is usually a calendar year.
Participants counts everyone in the plan at year end: current employees, former employees who still have a balance or a pension coming, and retirees or beneficiaries being paid.
The recordkeeper is the service provider whose Schedule C entry says it keeps the plan's records. Small plans do not file Schedule C, so some plans show none.
We cannot see anyone's account. Only the plan or its recordkeeper can tell you your balance.

Sources: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 datasets and PBGC trusteed plans. How we read them.

All 2 plans

Central Garden & Pet Company Investment Growth Plan

General Pet 401(k) Plan

If you had money in one of these plans

What these numbers are

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