Darling Ingredients 401(k) and pension plans

Darling Ingredients Inc., Irving, TX. EIN 36-2495346. Annual reports 2009–2025. Also filed as Darling International, Inc.; Darling International Inc.; Darling International Fbo Local 2326 UAW.

Darling Ingredients Inc. has 2 active retirement plans on file. The largest is the Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried 401(k) Savings Plan, with 6,051 participants and $237 million in assets in 2024. Principal has been its recordkeeper since 2023.

Active plans: 2
Participants: 6,820
Plan assets: $318 million
401(k) recordkeeper: Principal
Plans on file: 5
Industry: Manufacturing

All 5 plans

Active plans first

Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried 401(k) Savings Plan

401(k)Active

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

Plan number: 040Employer EIN 36-2495346
Participants (2024): 6,051
Net assets (2024): $237 million
Recordkeeper: PrincipalEarlier: Newport (2019–2022), Principal (2009–2011)
Plan administrator: Darling Ingredients Inc.
5601 North Macarthur Boulevard
Irving, TX 75038
(972) 717-0300As filed for 2024
In effect since: January 1, 1994

Plans merged into this one: Darling Ingredients Inc. Hourly and Bargaining 401(k) Savings Plan (2025); Griffin Industries, LLC Management 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan (2011).

Earlier sponsor: Darling International Inc. (2009–2013).

Earlier plan names: Darling International Inc. Salaried 401(k) Savings Plan.

Year by year, 2009 to 2024

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2024	6,051	$237 million	Principal
2023	2,103	$225 million	Principal
2022	1,370	$148 million	Newport
2021	1,671	$179 million	Newport
2020	1,667	$166 million	Newport
2019	1,651	$149 million	Newport
2018	1,565	$131 million	not listed
2017	1,497	$142 million	not listed
2016	1,473	$126 million	not listed
2015	1,382	$116 million	not listed
2014	1,267	$116 million	not listed
2013	1,224	$114 million	not listed
2012	1,074	$93.6 million	not listed
2011	571	$34.8 million	Principal
2010	634	$36.5 million	Principal
2009	664	$31.9 million	Principal

Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan

Pension (defined benefit), frozenActive

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

Plan number: 001Employer EIN 36-2495346
Participants (2024): 769
Net assets (2024): $81.1 million
Administered by: Principal2010–2024
Plan administrator: Darling Ingredients Inc.
5601 N. Macarthur BLVD
Irving, TX 75038
(972) 281-4434As filed for 2024
In effect since: December 1, 1965

Earlier sponsors: Darling International, Inc. (2009–2012); Darling International Fbo Local 2326 UAW (2014–2015).

Earlier plan names: Darling International, Inc. Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan; Darling Int'L 401(k) Fbo Local 2326 UAW.

Year by year, 2009 to 2024

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2024	769	$81.1 million	Principal
2023	801	$83.8 million	Principal
2022	821	$80.6 million	Principal
2021	851	$108 million	Principal
2020	870	$104 million	Principal
2019	887	$97.9 million	Principal
2018	902	$79.9 million	Principal
2017	927	$92.4 million	Principal
2016	950	$82.9 million	Principal
2015	31	$741,243	not listed
2014	31	$773,208	not listed
2013	1,012	$86.0 million	Principal
2012	1,027	$78.5 million	Principal
2011	1,063	$71.2 million	Principal
2010	1,050	$75.8 million	Principal
2009	1,034	$62.9 million	not listed

Darling Ingredients Inc. Hourly Employees' Retirement Plan

Pension (defined benefit), frozenClosed

Closed. The plan filed its final annual report for 2025, which means its assets were paid out or moved and it no longer exists.

Plan number: 008Employer EIN 36-2495346
Participants (2024): 845
Net assets (2024): $18.7 million
Administered by: Principal2010–2025
Plan administrator: Darling Ingredients Inc.
5601 N. Macarthur BLVD
Irving, TX 75038
(972) 281-4434As filed for 2025
In effect since: January 1, 1973

Earlier sponsor: Darling International, Inc. (2009–2012).

Earlier plan names: Darling International, Inc. Hourly Employees' Retirement Plan.

Year by year, 2009 to 2025

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2025	0	$0	Principal
2024	845	$18.7 million	Principal
2023	860	$20.1 million	Principal
2022	870	$19.4 million	Principal
2021	892	$25.8 million	Principal
2020	915	$24.5 million	Principal
2019	937	$22.9 million	Principal
2018	943	$18.6 million	Principal
2017	964	$21.0 million	Principal
2016	985	$18.8 million	Principal
2015	996	$18.1 million	Principal
2014	1,032	$19.7 million	Principal
2013	1,067	$19.1 million	Principal
2012	1,076	$17.1 million	Principal
2011	1,139	$15.4 million	Principal
2010	1,174	$16.0 million	Principal
2009	1,055	$12.9 million	not listed

Darling Ingredients Retirement Income Plan for Union Employees

Pension (defined benefit), frozenClosed

Closed. The plan filed its final annual report for 2025, which means its assets were paid out or moved and it no longer exists.

Plan number: 031Employer EIN 36-2495346
Participants (2024): 313
Net assets (2024): $12.7 million
Administered by: Principal2010–2025
Plan administrator: Darling Ingredients Inc.
5601 N. Macarthur BLVD
Irving, TX 75038
(972) 281-4430As filed for 2025
In effect since: October 1, 1977

Earlier sponsor: Darling International, Inc. (2009–2012).

Earlier plan names: Darling International Retirement Income Plan for Union Employees.

Year by year, 2009 to 2025

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2025	0	$0	Principal
2024	313	$12.7 million	Principal
2023	317	$13.7 million	Principal
2022	323	$13.3 million	Principal
2021	333	$17.8 million	Principal
2020	341	$17.3 million	Principal
2019	345	$16.1 million	Principal
2018	349	$13.8 million	Principal
2017	360	$15.3 million	Principal
2016	365	$13.8 million	Principal
2015	373	$13.2 million	Principal
2014	381	$14.2 million	Principal
2013	374	$14.2 million	Principal
2012	399	$11.9 million	Principal
2011	401	$10.6 million	Principal
2010	372	$11.1 million	Principal
2009	377	$9.1 million	not listed

Darling Ingredients Inc. Hourly and Bargaining 401(k) Savings Plan

401(k)Merged

Merged. In 2025 its assets moved to the Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried 401(k) Savings Plan, sponsored by Darling Ingredients Inc. (EIN 36-2495346, plan 040). Accounts moved with them, so that plan is the one to contact.

Plan number: 004Employer EIN 36-2495346
Participants (2024): 4,461
Net assets (2024): $126 million
Recordkeeper: PrincipalEarlier: Newport (2019–2022), Principal (2009–2011)
Plan administrator: Darling Ingredients Inc.
5601 North Macarthur Boulevard
Irving, TX 75038
(972) 717-0300As filed for 2025
In effect since: January 1, 1996

Plans merged into this one: Valley Proteins, Inc. Retirement Plan (2023).

Earlier sponsor: Darling International, Inc. (2009–2013).

Earlier plan names: Darling International Inc. Hourly and Bargaining 401(k) Savings Plan.

Year by year, 2009 to 2025

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2025	0	$0	not listed
2024	4,461	$126 million	Principal
2023	4,610	$121 million	Principal
2022	3,131	$53.9 million	Newport
2021	4,126	$67.1 million	Newport
2020	4,197	$60.3 million	Newport
2019	4,062	$57.4 million	Newport
2018	3,753	$47.1 million	not listed
2017	3,189	$48.8 million	not listed
2016	3,325	$40.7 million	not listed
2015	3,116	$35.3 million	not listed
2014	2,398	$34.3 million	not listed
2013	2,289	$30.0 million	not listed
2012	2,222	$23.2 million	not listed
2011	973	$11.5 million	Principal
2010	1,097	$11.1 million	Principal
2009	1,129	$9.3 million	Principal

If you had money in one of these plans

Call Principal (principal.com), which runs the Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried 401(k) Savings 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 ((972) 717-0300). That number was filed for 2024; ask for the benefits or retirement plan office.
If your plan was merged, your account moved with it. Follow the link on the plan to the plan it went into, and contact that one.
If your plan closed, unclaimed balances usually went to an IRA in your name, to the PBGC's missing participants program, or to state unclaimed property. Here is how to check each one.
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 5 plans

Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried 401(k) Savings Plan

Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan

Darling Ingredients Inc. Hourly Employees' Retirement Plan

Darling Ingredients Retirement Income Plan for Union Employees

Darling Ingredients Inc. Hourly and Bargaining 401(k) Savings Plan

If you had money in one of these plans

What these numbers are

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