Mars, Incorporated: who to call about your old retirement account

U. S. Retirement Plan. HACKETTSTOWN, NJ. From the plan’s 2024 filing with the U.S. Department of Labor.

Good news: this plan is still running.

It filed for 2024, so if you left money in it, the account should still be there under your name. One phone call usually finds it.

Is this your plan?

From the plan’s public filings. Check that it sounds like the place you worked.

Employer: Mars, Incorporated
Address on file: Hackettstown, NJ · 07840
Industry: Manufacturing
Plan: U. S. Retirement PlanCash balance pension plan
When: Start date on the filing: 1968Still running: latest filing is for 2024Has filed since at least 2009
Size: about 27,000 people in the plan, about $5.1 billion in totalabout 17,000 of them no longer work there and are still owed a benefit from it. Leaving a job does not cancel a pension you earned.

Not the right one? Mars, Incorporated has 6 other retirement plans:

Mars Veterinary Health 401(K) Savings Plan · 401(k) plan · about 67,000 people · filed 2024
U.S. Associate Savings Plan · 401(k) plan · about 21,000 people · filed 2024
Mars Deferred Compensation Plan · 401(k) plan · about 1,900 people · filed 2024
U.S. Associate Savings Advantage Plan · 401(k) plan · about 1,200 people · filed 2024
Mars Puerto Rico Associate Savings Plan · about 100 people · filed 2025
U.S. Defined Contribution Plan Trust · filed 2024

Doesn’t sound like it? Search again. Try the company’s legal name, or the name it had when you worked there.

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If nobody can find you

These official and non-profit registries are free:

DOL Abandoned Plan Search ↗
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DOL Retirement Savings Lost & Found ↗
the Department of Labor’s registry of accounts owed to former participants
National Registry of Unclaimed Retirement Benefits ↗
employers and plan administrators list balances they could not deliver
Your state’s unclaimed property office ↗
uncashed distribution checks often end up here

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401kHunter is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to MARS, INCORPORATED. Plan figures on this page come from public U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings and reflect the plan’s final reported year. This page is educational and is not investment, tax, or legal advice.