Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Brandenburg Telephone Company Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$45M
Total assets Below avg plan size
90
Participants Small participant base
87th
Percentile by assets National rank
$503,479
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Brandenburg Telephone Company Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Brandenburg Telephone Company · Kentucky · Information & Media

$45M in assets, 90 participants

Brandenburg Telephone Company's Brandenburg Telephone Company Retirement Plan reported $45M in total assets and 90 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 87th 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.

  • #2,372 in Information & Media (2,911 peers)

Where Brandenburg Telephone Company Retirement Plan sits by assets

Brandenburg Telephone Company Retirement Plan sits in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, $45M for 90 participants (~$503,479/participant), down 16.1% in 2022.

#2,372
in Information & Media (2,911 peers)
-16.1%
assets change YoY
0.5×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $9M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Brandenburg Telephone Company Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets

Brandenburg Telephone Company Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500

$45,313,086 Top 13% higher than 87% of 139,123 filed plans

This plan $0 $2,050,000,000 every filed plan with reported assets, bucketed by value

Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.

Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2022

Brandenburg Telephone Company Retirement Plan among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Brandenburg Telephone Company Retirement Plan is a small filing (90 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 610452936 · Brandenburg Telephone Company PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Brandenburg Telephone Company Retirement Plan · $45M · 90 · 87th

  • BOOK $45M
  • VS-ST 90
  • BOY 87th
  • SCH Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • EBSA near Just Born, Inc. Employees Pension Plan
  • PART ind #2372

Stamps derive from this plan's Form 5500 line items (assets, participants, type, EIN, cohort placement) - not a quality rating of the sponsor. Read with Information & Media retirement plans → · Plans in Kentucky →

Brandenburg Telephone Company Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Pension Equity Plan of Doylestown HospitalPension Equity Plan of Doyle…$45MWec Energy Group Retirement Plan for Minnesota Energy Resources CorporationWec Energy Group Retirement …$45MBrandenburg Telephone Company Retirement PlanBrandenburg Telephone Compan…$45MJust Born, Inc. Employees Pension PlanJust Born, Inc. Employees Pe…$45MRetirement Plan of Liggett Group Inc. for Bargaining Unit & Hourly EmployeesRetirement Plan of Liggett G…$45M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Brandenburg Telephone Company Retirement Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

Scale-class filing particulars (2022)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$54M
Net Assets (End of Year)$45M
Net Income-$9M
Employer EIN610452936
Plan Effective Date1955-07-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Brandenburg Telephone Company)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Brandenburg Telephone Company plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$61M 34.14253886835251% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$40M$45M$50M$55M$60M$65M 202220232024 $45.3M $60.8M ▲ +34.1%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 90 $45M
2023 1 90 $52M
2024 1 86 $61M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Kentucky

Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Brandenburg Telephone Company Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Kentucky, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -1000010002000300040005000 -0.500.511.5 Total assets ($B) Participants Brandenburg Telephone Company Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.045313086 · Participants: 90Brandenburg Telephone Company Retirement PlanLg&e and Ku Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.114176604 · Participants: 983Lg&e and Ku Pension PlanAshland Hercules Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.945981 · Participants: 317Ashland Hercules Pension PlanYum Brands Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.753576 · Participants: 4539Yum Brands Retirement PlanBrown-Forman Corporation Salaried Employees Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.559607588 · Participants: 1262Brown-Forman Corporation Salaried Employees Retirement PlanAshland Hercules Pension Plan II, Total assets ($B): 0.415049 · Participants: 285Ashland Hercules Pension Plan II
Brandenburg Telephone Company Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Kentucky, assets vs. participants
Compare Brandenburg Telephone Company Retirement Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Brandenburg Telephone Company Retirement Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Kentucky, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Just Born, Inc. Employees Pension Plan in PA ($45M); by covered participants it is Exchangeright Real Estate, LLC Cash Balance Plan in CA (90 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (90 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Brandenburg Telephone Company Retirement Plan assets move in 2022? ▼
Brandenburg Telephone Company Retirement Plan declined sharply - down 16.1% during 2022, from $54M to $45M. Reported net income was -$9M.
How have Brandenburg Telephone Company plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Brandenburg Telephone Company's sponsor-wide assets grew 34.1%, from $45M to $61M.
Where does Brandenburg Telephone Company Retirement Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Brandenburg Telephone Company Retirement Plan ranks in the 87th percentile by end-of-year assets among 139,126 plans that reported assets for plan year 2022 (in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Brandenburg Telephone Company Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Just Born, Inc. Employees Pension Plan in PA ($45M, 96 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Brandenburg Telephone Company Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Exchangeright Real Estate, LLC Cash Balance Plan in CA (90 participants, $5M in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2022.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 610452936.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.