Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
Cox Enterprises, Inc. Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $7.1B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 26,075
- Participants Very large workforce
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $271,019
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Cox Enterprises, Inc. Pension Plan · Sponsored by Cox Enterprises, Inc. · Georgia · Information & Media
$7.1B in assets, 26,075 participants
Cox Enterprises, Inc.'s Cox Enterprises, Inc. Pension Plan reported $7.1B in total assets and 26,075 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 100th 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.
- #2,899 in Information & Media (2,911 peers)
Coverage in Georgia
Cox Enterprises, Inc. Pension Plan covers 26,075 participants in Georgia, 24x the typical Georgia plan (state average ~1,096 per filing). Assets: $7.1B.
- #2,899
- in Information & Media (2,911 peers)
- -19.0%
- assets change YoY
- 71×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $1.7B for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Cox Enterprises, Inc. Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets
Cox Enterprises, Inc. Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$7,066,826,894 Highest reported value at or above every one of 139,123 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2022
Cox Enterprises, Inc. Pension Plan's mega-plan peer group by participant headcount
Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Cox Enterprises, Inc. Pension Plan is a mega filing (26,075 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
Published 5500 schedule card
Filing strip 581035149 · Cox Enterprises, Inc. PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Cox Enterprises, Inc. Pension Plan · $7.1B · 26,075 · 100th
- EIN $7.1B
- RANK 26,075
- PHOTO 100th
- IND Defined Benefit (Pension)
- EOY near Sheet Metal Workers' National Pension Fund
- 5500 ind #2899
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 Georgia →
Cox Enterprises, Inc. Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Georgia filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $8.7B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $7.1B |
| Net Income | -$1.7B |
| Employer EIN | 581035149 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1968-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Cox Enterprises, Inc.)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Cox Enterprises, Inc. plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $15.3B 17.643931892089153% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 65,741 | $13.0B |
| 2023 | 2 | 68,876 | $14.5B |
| 2024 | 2 | 67,848 | $15.3B |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Georgia
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- UPS Retirement Plan $22.0B · 52,821
- The Southern Company Pension Plan $14.8B · 25,663
- UPS/Ibt Full-Time Employee Pension Plan $11.9B · 68,592
- UPS Pension Plan $9.6B · 151,682
- Delta Retirement Plan $7.4B · 15,951
Scale composition for Cox Enterprises, Inc. Pension Plan
Cox Enterprises, Inc. Pension Plan reports $7.1B in end-of-year assets across 26,075 participants (0.057% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.028% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $271,019 per participant (2.0x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$1.7B.
This plan identity (EIN 581035149, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $7.1B to $7.1B (+0.9%) while covered participants moved from 26,075 to 22,501 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 26,075 | $7.1B | This page |
| 2023 | 24,023 | $7.4B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 22,501 | $7.1B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 2 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- Cox Enterprises, Inc. 401(k) Plan (401(k), $8.1B, 45,347 participants)
- Cox Enterprises, Inc. Pension Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $7.1B, 22,501 participants)
Cox Enterprises, Inc. Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Georgia, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Sheet Metal Workers' National Pension Fund in VA ($7.2B); by covered participants it is Allstate Retirement Plan in TX (26,157 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($7.1B here).
- Sheet Metal Workers' National Pension Fund (VA) $7.2B · 61,068
- Dominion Energy Pension Plan (VA) $7.3B · 12,832
- John Deere Pension Plan for Salaried Employees (IL) $7.3B · N/A
- Abbott Laboratories Annuity Retirement Plan (IL) $6.8B · 16,809
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (26,075 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Allstate Retirement Plan (TX) 26,157 · 82 off
- Verizon Pension Plan for Associates (NJ) 25,746 · 329 off
- Pacific Gas and Electric Company Retirement Plan (CA) 25,709 · 366 off
- Desert States Employers & Ufcw Unions Pension Plan (AZ) 25,673 · 402 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.