Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Cox Enterprises, Inc. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$7.4B
Total assets Very large vs avg
24,023
Participants Very large workforce
100th
Percentile by assets National rank
$307,872
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Cox Enterprises, Inc. Pension Plan · Sponsored by Cox Enterprises, Inc. · Georgia · Information & Media

$7.4B in assets, 24,023 participants

Cox Enterprises, Inc.'s Cox Enterprises, Inc. Pension Plan reported $7.4B in total assets and 24,023 participants in its 2023 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.

  • #2,804 in Information & Media (2,818 peers)

Coverage in Georgia

Cox Enterprises, Inc. Pension Plan covers 24,023 participants in Georgia, 22x the typical Georgia plan (state average ~1,096 per filing). Assets: $7.4B.

#2,804
in Information & Media (2,818 peers)
+4.7%
assets growth YoY
74×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

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 2023 · DOL Form 5500

$7,396,009,274 Highest reported value at or above every one 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

Cox Enterprises, Inc. Pension Plan's mega-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Cox Enterprises, Inc. Pension Plan is a mega filing (24,023 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Cox Enterprises, Inc. Pension Plan reported net income rose from -$1.7B in the plan year 2022 filing to $329M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Cox Enterprises, Inc. Pension Plan reported participants fell from 26,075 in the plan year 2022 filing to 24,023 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Cox Enterprises, Inc. Pension Plan end-of-year assets rose from $7.1B in the plan year 2022 filing to $7.4B in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 581035149 · Cox Enterprises, Inc. PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Cox Enterprises, Inc. Pension Plan · $7.4B · 24,023 · 100th

  • TYPE $7.4B
  • NET 24,023
  • BOOK 100th
  • VS-ST Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • BOY near Dominion Energy Pension Plan
  • SCH ind #2804

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

Pepsico Employees Retirement Plan IPepsico Employees Retirement…$7.6BDominion Energy Pension Plan$7.6BCox Enterprises, Inc. Pension PlanCox Enterprises, Inc. Pensio…$7.4BFirstenergy Corp. Master Pension PlanFirstenergy Corp. Master Pen…$7.1BUnited Association National Pension FundUnited Association National …$7.1B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Cox Enterprises, Inc. Pension Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Georgia filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$7.1B
Net Assets (End of Year)$7.4B
Net Income$329M
Employer EIN581035149
Plan Effective Date1968-01-01
Filing StatusFILING 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
$12B$13B$14B$15B$16B 202220232024 $13B $15.3B ▲ +17.6%
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.

Cox Enterprises, Inc. Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Georgia, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 050000100000150000200000250000 05101520 Total assets ($B) Participants Cox Enterprises, Inc. Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 7.396009274 · Participants: 24023Cox Enterprises, Inc. Pension PlanThe Southern Company Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 15.596954837 · Participants: 25241The Southern Company Pension PlanUPS/Ibt Full-Time Employee Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 12.285105757 · Participants: 70241UPS/Ibt Full-Time Employee Pension PlanUPS Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.733665646 · Participants: 153217UPS Pension PlanDelta Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 7.309889555 · Participants: 15601Delta Retirement PlanUfcw Consolidated Pension Fund, Total assets ($B): 5.460667911 · Participants: 191597Ufcw Consolidated Pension Fund
Cox Enterprises, Inc. Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Georgia, assets vs. participants
Compare Cox Enterprises, Inc. Pension Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Cox Enterprises, Inc. Pension Plan

Cox Enterprises, Inc. Pension Plan reports $7.4B in end-of-year assets across 24,023 participants (0.060% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.026% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $307,872 per participant (2.2x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $329M.

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 Open filing
2023 24,023 $7.4B This page
2024 · index core 22,501 $7.1B Open filing

The same sponsor also keeps 2 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:

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 Dominion Energy Pension Plan in VA ($7.6B); by covered participants it is New York Hotel Trades Council and Hotel Association of New York City, Inc. Pension Fund in NY (24,024 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($7.4B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (24,023 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

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 Cox Enterprises, Inc. Pension Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Cox Enterprises, Inc. Pension Plan edged up modestly - up 4.7% during 2023, from $7.1B to $7.4B. Reported net income was $329M.
How have Cox Enterprises, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Cox Enterprises, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 17.6%, from $13.0B to $15.3B.
Where does Cox Enterprises, Inc. Pension Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Cox Enterprises, Inc. Pension Plan ranks in the 100th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (among the largest 1% of all filed plans).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Cox Enterprises, Inc. Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Dominion Energy Pension Plan in VA ($7.6B, 12,263 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Cox Enterprises, Inc. Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is New York Hotel Trades Council and Hotel Association of New York City, Inc. Pension Fund in NY (24,024 participants, $2.3B 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 581035149.

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.