Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Sony Music Holdings Inc. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$116M
Total assets Near avg plan size
273
Participants Below avg headcount
93rd
Percentile by assets National rank
$423,576
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Sony Music Entertainment Pension Plan · Sponsored by Sony Music Holdings Inc. · New York · Arts, Entertainment & Recreation

$116M in assets, 273 participants

Sony Music Holdings Inc.'s Sony Music Entertainment Pension Plan reported $116M in total assets and 273 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 93rd 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.

  • #2,989 in Arts, Entertainment & Recreation (3,077 peers)

Coverage in New York

Sony Music Entertainment Pension Plan covers 273 participants in New York, about 34% of the average New York filer (state average ~798 per filing). Assets: $116M.

#2,989
in Arts, Entertainment & Recreation (3,077 peers)
-29.8%
assets change YoY
1.2×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $50M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Sony Music Entertainment Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets

Sony Music Entertainment Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$115,636,347 Top 7% higher than 93% 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

Sony Music Entertainment Pension Plan among mid-size filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Sony Music Entertainment Pension Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (273 participants).

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 133431958 · Sony Music Holdings Inc. PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Sony Music Entertainment Pension Plan · $116M · 273 · 93rd

  • NET $116M
  • NET 273
  • NET 93rd
  • NET Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • NET near Employers and Laborers Locals 100 & 397 Pension Fund
  • NET ind #2989

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 Arts, Entertainment & Recreation retirement plans → · Plans in New York →

Sony Music Entertainment Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Convergys Corporation Pension PlanConvergys Corporation Pensio…$116MContran Corporation Pension PlanContran Corporation Pension …$116MSony Music Entertainment Pension PlanSony Music Entertainment Pen…$116MEmployers and Laborers Locals 100 & 397 Pension FundEmployers and Laborers Local…$116MHuntington Memorial Hospital Retirement PlanHuntington Memorial Hospital…$116M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Sony Music Entertainment Pension Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

New York filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$165M
Net Assets (End of Year)$114M
Net Income-$50M
Employer EIN133431958
Plan Effective Date1987-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Sony Music Holdings Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Sony Music Holdings Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$442K 99.61781826262637% vs 2022
2023 filing year
$0M$50M$100M$150M 20222023 $116M $0.44M ▼ -99.6%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 273 $116M
2023 1 262 $442K

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in New York

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

Sony Music Entertainment Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New York, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -500005000100001500020000 -100102030 Total assets ($B) Participants Sony Music Entertainment Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.115636347 · Participants: 273Sony Music Entertainment Pension PlanIBM Personal Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 25.511753238 · Participants: 16431IBM Personal Pension PlanConsolidated Edison Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 15.815266303 · Participants: 11303Consolidated Edison Retirement PlanPepsico Employees Retirement Plan I, Total assets ($B): 7.656963 · Participants: 11386Pepsico Employees Retirement Plan INew York State Nurses Association Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.019503014 · Participants: 18592New York State Nurses Association Pension PlanNew York District Council of Carpenters Pension Pl, Total assets ($B): 4.837058087 · Participants: 11318New York District Council of Carpenters Pension Pl
Sony Music Entertainment Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New York, assets vs. participants
Compare Sony Music Entertainment Pension Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Sony Music Entertainment Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside New York, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Employers and Laborers Locals 100 & 397 Pension Fund in MO ($116M); by covered participants it is Southwest Ambulance Pension Plan in CO (273 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($116M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (273 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 Sony Music Entertainment Pension Plan assets move in 2022? ▼
Sony Music Entertainment Pension Plan declined sharply - down 29.8% during 2022, from $165M to $116M. Reported net income was -$50M.
How have Sony Music Holdings Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 2 plan years on file (2022-2023), Sony Music Holdings Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets declined 99.6%, from $116M to $442K.
Where does Sony Music Entertainment Pension Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Sony Music Entertainment Pension Plan ranks in the 93rd percentile by end-of-year assets among 139,126 plans that reported assets for plan year 2022 (in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Sony Music Entertainment Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Employers and Laborers Locals 100 & 397 Pension Fund in MO ($116M, 398 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Sony Music Entertainment Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Southwest Ambulance Pension Plan in CO (273 participants, $25M 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 133431958.

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.