Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Brandenburg Telephone Company Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$52M
Total assets Below avg plan size
90
Participants Small participant base
86th
Percentile by assets National rank
$581,511
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

$52M in assets, 90 participants

Brandenburg Telephone Company's Brandenburg Telephone Company Retirement Plan reported $52M in total assets and 90 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 86th 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.

  • #2,267 in Information & Media (2,818 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, $52M for 90 participants (~$581,511/participant), up 15.5% in 2023.

#2,267
in Information & Media (2,818 peers)
+15.5%
assets growth YoY
0.5×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

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 2023 · DOL Form 5500

$52,335,988 Top 14% higher than 86% of 127,068 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 2023

Brandenburg Telephone Company Retirement Plan among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2023 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.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Brandenburg Telephone Company Retirement Plan reported net income rose from -$9M in the plan year 2022 filing to $7M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Brandenburg Telephone Company Retirement Plan end-of-year assets rose from $45M in the plan year 2022 filing to $52M in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 610452936 · Brandenburg Telephone Company PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Brandenburg Telephone Company Retirement Plan · $52M · 90 · 86th

  • VS-ST $52M
  • VS-ST 90
  • VS-ST 86th
  • VS-ST Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • VS-ST near Capital Health Pension Plan
  • VS-ST ind #2267

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

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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 2023.

Scale-class filing particulars (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$45M
Net Assets (End of Year)$52M
Net Income$7M
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): 0.052335988 · Participants: 90Brandenburg Telephone Company Retirement PlanLg&e and Ku Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.112165749 · Participants: 833Lg&e and Ku Pension PlanAshland Hercules Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.984309 · Participants: 70Ashland Hercules Pension PlanYum Brands Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.734224 · Participants: 3834Yum Brands Retirement PlanBrown-Forman Corporation Salaried Employees Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.499207588 · Participants: 1160Brown-Forman Corporation Salaried Employees Retirement PlanAshland Hercules Pension Plan II, Total assets ($B): 0.468812 · Participants: 57Ashland 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 Capital Health Pension Plan in NJ ($52M); by covered participants it is Southwest Airlines Federal Credit Union Pension Plan in TX (90 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. 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 2023? ▼
Brandenburg Telephone Company Retirement Plan grew sharply - up 15.5% during 2023, from $45M to $52M. Reported net income was $7M.
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 86th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (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 Capital Health Pension Plan in NJ ($52M, 864 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 Southwest Airlines Federal Credit Union Pension Plan in TX (90 participants, $30M in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2023.

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.