Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
Bush Brothers & Company Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $219M
- Total assets Near avg plan size
- 641
- Participants Below avg headcount
- 95th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $341,963
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: The Retirement Plan for Employees of Bush Brothers & Company · Sponsored by Bush Brothers & Company · Tennessee · Manufacturing
$219M in assets, 641 participants
Bush Brothers & Company's The Retirement Plan for Employees of Bush Brothers & Company reported $219M in total assets and 641 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 95th 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.
- #17,275 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
Where The Retirement Plan for Employees of Bush Brothers & Company sits by assets
The Retirement Plan for Employees of Bush Brothers & Company sits in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, $219M for 641 participants (~$341,963/participant), up 11.7% in 2023.
- #17,275
- in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
- +11.7%
- assets growth YoY
- 2.2×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The Retirement Plan for Employees of Bush Brothers & Company's outsized position by total assets
The Retirement Plan for Employees of Bush Brothers & Company vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500
$219,197,992 Top 5% higher than 95% of 127,068 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2023
The Retirement Plan for Employees of Bush Brothers & Company among mid-size filed plans by headcount
Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. The Retirement Plan for Employees of Bush Brothers & Company sits mid-pack in the medium band (641 participants).
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- The Retirement Plan for Employees of Bush Brothers & Company reported net income rose from -$39M in the plan year 2022 filing to $23M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- The Retirement Plan for Employees of Bush Brothers & Company end-of-year assets rose from $196M in the plan year 2022 filing to $219M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- The Retirement Plan for Employees of Bush Brothers & Company reported participants fell from 657 in the plan year 2022 filing to 641 in the plan year 2023 filing.
Form 5500 schedule snapshot
Filing strip 620145910 · Bush Brothers & Company PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
The Retirement Plan for Employees of Bush Brothers & Company · $219M · 641 · 95th
- VS-ST $219M
- VS-ST 641
- VS-ST 95th
- VS-ST Defined Benefit (Pension)
- VS-ST near Revised Pension Plan for Employees of Pennsylvania National Mutual Casualty Insurance Company and Its Affiliated Companies
- VS-ST ind #17275
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 Manufacturing retirement plans → · Plans in Tennessee →
The Retirement Plan for Employees of Bush Brothers & Company in the asset neighbourhood
Scale-class filing particulars (2023)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $196M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $219M |
| Net Income | $23M |
| Employer EIN | 620145910 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1953-09-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Bush Brothers & Company)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Bush Brothers & Company plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $299M 21.144341327119715% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 1,387 | $247M |
| 2023 | 2 | 1,346 | $277M |
| 2024 | 2 | 1,365 | $299M |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Tennessee
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Fedex Corporation Employees' Pension Plan $26.6B · 139,031
- Retirement Plan of International Paper Company $8.8B · 20,164
- Pace Industry Union-Management Pension Fund $2.7B · 3,192
- Pension Plan for Employees at Ornl $2.5B · 5,801
- Retirement Program Plan for Employees of Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC at the U.S. Department of Energy at Oak Ridge, Tennessee $2.1B · 2,710
The Retirement Plan for Employees of Bush Brothers & Company's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Tennessee, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Revised Pension Plan for Employees of Pennsylvania National Mutual Casualty Insurance Company and Its Affiliated Companies in PA ($219M); by covered participants it is Sonoco Pension Plan in SC (641 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($219M here).
- Revised Pension Plan for Employees of Pennsylvania National Mutual Casualty Insurance Company and Its Affiliated Companies (PA) $219M · 330
- Non-Contributory Retirement Program for Certain Employees of Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association (IL) $219M · 182
- Erc Retirement Plan (CT) $220M · 121
- Mcasf Local 725 Pension Plan (FL) $220M · 920
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (641 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Sonoco Pension Plan (SC) 641 · 0 off
- Sgs North America Inc. Pension Plan (NJ) 641 · 0 off
- Gate Gourmet, Inc. Defined Benefit Pension Plan (VA) 641 · 0 off
- Mcwane Hourly Pension Plan (AL) 643 · 2 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.