Mars 401(k) and pension plans

Mars, Incorporated, Hackettstown, NJ. EIN 22-1594774. Annual reports 2009–2024. Also filed as Mars Incorporated.

Mars, Incorporated has 5 active retirement plans on file. The largest is the Mars Veterinary Health 401(k) Savings Plan, with 66,642 participants and $2.6 billion in assets in 2024. Fidelity has been its recordkeeper since 2020.

Active plans: 5
Participants: 117,176
Plan assets: $11.6 billion
401(k) recordkeeper: Fidelity
Plans on file: 6
Industry: Manufacturing

All 6 plans

Active plans first

Mars Veterinary Health 401(k) Savings Plan

401(k)Active

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

Plan number: 008Employer EIN 22-1594774
Participants (2024): 66,642
Net assets (2024): $2.6 billion
Recordkeeper: Fidelity2020–2024
Plan administrator: U.S Benefit Plans Committee
800 High Street
Hackettstown, NJ 07840
(703) 821-4900As filed for 2024
In effect since: August 30, 2019

Plans merged into this one: Vca Inc. Salary Savings Plan (2020); Pet Partners, LLC 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan (2019).

Year by year, 2019 to 2024

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2024	66,642	$2.6 billion	Fidelity
2023	44,798	$2.1 billion	Fidelity
2022	40,327	$976 million	Fidelity
2021	39,532	$1.1 billion	Fidelity
2020	37,223	$852 million	Fidelity
2019	2,392	$24.8 million	not listed

U. S. Retirement Plan

Cash balance pensionActive

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

Plan number: 001Employer EIN 22-1594774
Participants (2024): 26,885
Net assets (2024): $5.1 billion
Administered by: WTWEarlier: Dandelion Communications (2021–2022), Conduent (2020), Universal Mailing (2014–2019), Alight (2013), Aon (2012), Alight (2009–2011)
Plan administrator: U.S. Benefit Plans Committee
800 High Street
Hackettstown, NJ 07840
(703) 821-4900As filed for 2024
In effect since: January 1, 1968

Plans merged into this one: Wrigley Retirement Plan (2017).

Earlier plan names: U.S. Retirement Plan.

Year by year, 2009 to 2024

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2024	26,885	$5.1 billion	WTW
2023	27,552	$5.3 billion	not listed
2022	28,471	$5.4 billion	Dandelion Communications
2021	29,147	$6.4 billion	Dandelion Communications
2020	30,423	$6.0 billion	Conduent
2019	34,541	$5.5 billion	Universal Mailing
2018	34,095	$5.1 billion	Universal Mailing
2017	33,011	$5.4 billion	Universal Mailing
2016	25,002	$4.3 billion	Universal Mailing
2015	24,117	$4.2 billion	Universal Mailing
2014	25,144	$4.4 billion	Universal Mailing
2013	22,920	$4.3 billion	Alight
2012	22,252	$4.0 billion	Aon
2011	21,458	$3.7 billion	Alight
2010	20,818	$3.5 billion	Alight
2009	18,435	$3.3 billion	Alight

U.S. Associate Savings Plan

401(k)Active

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

Plan number: 004Employer EIN 22-1594774
Participants (2024): 20,530
Net assets (2024): $3.4 billion
Recordkeeper: FidelityEarlier: Vanguard (2009–2019)
Plan administrator: U.S. Benefit Plans Committee
800 High Street
Hackettstown, NJ 07840
(703) 821-4900As filed for 2024
In effect since: October 1, 2003

Plans merged into this one: Mars Veterinary Health 401(k) Savings Plan (2019); Medical Management International 401(k) Savings Plan (2023).

Earlier plan names: U. S. Associate Savings Plan.

Year by year, 2009 to 2024

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2024	20,530	$3.4 billion	Fidelity
2023	20,394	$3.0 billion	Fidelity
2022	19,091	$2.5 billion	Fidelity
2021	17,846	$2.9 billion	Fidelity
2020	17,607	$2.6 billion	Fidelity
2019	17,235	$2.3 billion	Vanguard
2018	17,437	$1.9 billion	Vanguard
2017	16,577	$1.9 billion	Vanguard
2016	12,185	$1.1 billion	Vanguard
2015	11,244	$947 million	Vanguard
2014	10,013	$857 million	Vanguard
2013	8,265	$744 million	Vanguard
2012	7,803	$586 million	Vanguard
2011	7,257	$491 million	Vanguard
2010	6,721	$460 million	Vanguard
2009	6,278	$370 million	Vanguard

Mars Deferred Compensation Plan

401(k)Active

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

Plan number: 003Employer EIN 22-1594774
Participants (2024): 1,877
Net assets (2024): $598 million
Recordkeeper: FidelityEarlier: Vanguard (2009–2019)
Plan administrator: U.S. Benefit Plans Committee
800 High Street
Hackettstown, NJ 07840
(703) 821-4900As filed for 2024
In effect since: August 1, 1955

Plans merged into this one: Wrigley Associate Savings Plan (2017).

Year by year, 2009 to 2024

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2024	1,877	$598 million	not listed
2023	1,985	$612 million	Fidelity
2022	1,925	$607 million	Fidelity
2021	2,105	$805 million	Fidelity
2020	2,363	$820 million	Fidelity
2019	2,494	$792 million	Vanguard
2018	2,822	$771 million	Vanguard
2017	2,985	$859 million	Vanguard
2016	3,079	$799 million	Vanguard
2015	3,175	$797 million	Vanguard
2014	3,357	$844 million	Vanguard
2013	3,622	$847 million	Vanguard
2012	3,866	$799 million	Vanguard
2011	4,114	$773 million	Vanguard
2010	4,389	$814 million	Vanguard
2009	4,764	$781 million	Vanguard

U.S. Associate Savings Advantage Plan

401(k)Active

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

Plan number: 006Employer EIN 22-1594774
Participants (2024): 1,242
Net assets (2024): $22.7 million
Recordkeeper: FidelityEarlier: Vanguard (2009–2019)
Plan administrator: U.S. Benefits Plan Committee
800 High Street
Hackettstown, NJ 07840
(703) 821-4900As filed for 2024
In effect since: July 1, 2006

Earlier plan names: U. S. Associate Savings Advantage Plan.

Year by year, 2009 to 2024

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2024	1,242	$22.7 million	Fidelity
2023	1,232	$16.7 million	Fidelity
2022	809	$7.3 million	Fidelity
2021	486	$6.2 million	Fidelity
2020	496	$5.8 million	Fidelity
2019	638	$5.4 million	Vanguard
2018	682	$4.5 million	Vanguard
2017	686	$4.2 million	Vanguard
2016	707	$3.6 million	Vanguard
2015	603	$3.4 million	Vanguard
2014	612	$3.3 million	Vanguard
2013	593	$3.1 million	Vanguard
2012	597	$2.9 million	Vanguard
2011	639	$2.6 million	Vanguard
2010	521	$2.5 million	Vanguard
2009	561	$2.2 million	Vanguard

Mars Veterinary Health 401(k) Savings Plan

401(k)Merged

Merged. In 2019 its assets moved to the U.S. Associate Savings Plan, sponsored by Mars, Incorporated (EIN 22-1594774, plan 004). Accounts moved with them, so that plan is the one to contact.

Plan number: 007Employer EIN 22-1594774
Participants (2019): 2,392
Net assets (2019): $24.8 million
Last listed recordkeeper: Vanguard2009
Plan administrator: U.S Benefit Plans Committee
350 Clark Drive, Suite 202
Mount Olive, NJ 07828
(877) 662-7562As filed for 2019
In effect since: August 30, 2019

Plans merged into this one: Bluepearl Management 401(k) Plan (2020).

Earlier plan names: Mars Savings Plan.

Year by year, 2009 to 2019

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2019	2,392	$24.8 million	not listed
2009	0	$0	Vanguard

If you had money in one of these plans

Call Fidelity (fidelity.com), which runs the Mars Veterinary Health 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 ((703) 821-4900). 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.
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 6 plans

Mars Veterinary Health 401(k) Savings Plan

U. S. Retirement Plan

U.S. Associate Savings Plan

Mars Deferred Compensation Plan

U.S. Associate Savings Advantage Plan

Mars Veterinary Health 401(k) Savings Plan

If you had money in one of these plans

What these numbers are

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