Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Koppers Inc. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-07-24

$98M
Total assets
246
Participants
91st
Percentile by assets
$398,394
Avg per participant

Official DOL plan name: Retirement Plan for Koppers Inc. · Sponsored by Koppers Inc. · Pennsylvania · Manufacturing

$98M in assets, 246 participants

Koppers Inc.'s Retirement Plan for Koppers Inc. reported $98M in total assets and 246 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 91st 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.

  • 91st percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)

What the 2023 filing shows

Retirement Plan for Koppers Inc. holds $98M for 246 participants - about $398,394 per participant, in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets, up 5.0% over the 2023 plan year.

$98M
total plan assets (2023 EOY)
246
covered participants
91st
percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)
$398,394
avg assets per participant
State
Industry
Manufacturing

Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

What the Filing Says About Retirement Plan for Koppers Inc.

Retirement Plan for Koppers Inc. is a Defined Benefit (Pension) retirement plan sponsored by Koppers Inc., headquartered in Pennsylvania. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2023 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $98M in total end-of-year assets and covers 246 participants across the Manufacturing industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 251588399, and the plan has been effective since 1989-01-01. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets grew at a solid clip from $93M at the beginning of 2023 to $98M at year-end - up 5.0%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $98M, with reported net income of $5M driven by investment returns, contributions received, and benefit payments during the period. These figures reflect what the plan administrator certified on Schedule H or Schedule I of the Form 5500 annual return and can be compared against 2 prior plan-year filings from the same sponsor shown below.

Across the 3 plan years Koppers Inc. has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $281M to $352M, a gain of 25.3%, while reported participants moved from 1,773 to 2,099 (+18.4%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2024 at $352M; the softest was 2022 at $281M. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $281M in assets across 3 plans covering 1,773 participants; 2023 - $315M in assets across 3 plans covering 1,900 participants; 2024 - $352M in assets across 4 plans covering 2,099 participants.

By assets, Retirement Plan for Koppers Inc. outranks 91% of the 126,618 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2023 plan year, and holds roughly 1.0x the national average plan size of $100M and 730 average participants.

Asset totals and participant counts reflect a single plan year snapshot and can change materially with market conditions, plan mergers, or workforce changes. Fields such as "net income" include both realized investment performance and contribution/distribution flows, a single-year figure does not by itself indicate plan health or participant outcomes. This page summarizes public DOL disclosures for research and educational purposes only and is not retirement, tax, legal, or financial advice. Before making decisions about your own retirement benefits or evaluating an employer's plan, verify the underlying filing directly via the DOL EFAST2 system and consult a qualified professional.

How the percentile is calculated: we count every plan that filed a 2023 Form 5500 with a reported end-of-year asset figure (126,618 plans), rank Retirement Plan for Koppers Inc. against all of them by total assets, and report the share of those plans it outranks. A plan reporting no asset figure for the year is excluded from the ranking rather than assumed to be zero.

Financial Summary (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$93M
Total Assets (End of Year)$98M
Net Assets (End of Year)$98M
Net Income$5M
Plan TypeDefined Benefit (Pension)
Employer EIN251588399
Plan Effective Date1989-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Koppers Inc.)

$250M$300M$350M$400M 202220232024 $281M $352M ▲ +25.3%
Total plan assets by year, all Koppers Inc. 401(k) plans on file
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 3 1,773 $281M
2023 3 1,900 $315M
2024 4 2,099 $352M

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the Retirement Plan for Koppers Inc.?
As of the 2023 Form 5500 filing, Retirement Plan for Koppers Inc. holds $98M in total assets with 246 participants. It is sponsored by Koppers Inc..
What type of plan is Retirement Plan for Koppers Inc.?
Retirement Plan for Koppers Inc. is a Defined Benefit (Pension) plan. It has been effective since 1989-01-01. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 251588399.
Who sponsors the Retirement Plan for Koppers Inc.?
Retirement Plan for Koppers Inc. is sponsored by Koppers Inc., located in Pennsylvania. The sponsor's EIN is 251588399 and the plan operates in the Manufacturing industry.
How did Retirement Plan for Koppers Inc. perform in 2023?
Retirement Plan for Koppers Inc. grew at a solid clip - up 5.0% during 2023, moving from $93M to $98M in total assets. Net income was $5M.

What this filing means

Ways to act on Retirement Plan for Koppers Inc.'s numbers.

  • By total assets, Retirement Plan for Koppers Inc. ranks in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets. See the largest plans
  • Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Pennsylvania. Compare plans
  • Koppers Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets have grown 25.3% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Manufacturing plans
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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 251588399.

Reference: IRS Publication 560, Retirement Plans for Small Business, contribution-limit rules.

Reference: IRS Publication 590-B, Distributions from IRAs, RMD rules under SECURE Act 2.0.

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

Every figure on PlainRetire is rendered directly from the Department of Labor's Form 5500 annual return filings, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-07-24.