Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Springer Science + Business Media,LLC Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$25M
Total assets Below avg plan size
34
Participants Small participant base
77th
Percentile by assets National rank
$748,655
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Group Pension Plan for Ees of Springer Science · Sponsored by Springer Science + Business Media,LLC · New York · Information & Media

$25M in assets, 34 participants

Springer Science + Business Media,LLC's Group Pension Plan for Ees of Springer Science reported $25M in total assets and 34 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 77th 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.

  • #1,915 in Information & Media (2,818 peers)

Where Group Pension Plan for Ees of Springer Science sits by assets

Group Pension Plan for Ees of Springer Science sits in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, $25M for 34 participants (~$748,655/participant), up 9.5% in 2023.

#1,915
in Information & Media (2,818 peers)
+9.5%
assets growth YoY
0.3×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Group Pension Plan for Ees of Springer Science's outsized position by total assets

Group Pension Plan for Ees of Springer Science vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500

$25,454,284 Top 23% higher than 77% 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

Group Pension Plan for Ees of Springer Science among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Group Pension Plan for Ees of Springer Science is a small filing (34 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Group Pension Plan for Ees of Springer Science reported net income rose from -$6M in the plan year 2022 filing to $2M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Group Pension Plan for Ees of Springer Science reported participants fell from 38 in the plan year 2022 filing to 34 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Group Pension Plan for Ees of Springer Science end-of-year assets rose from $23M in the plan year 2022 filing to $25M in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 042509538 · Springer Science + Business Media,LLC PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Group Pension Plan for Ees of Springer Science · $25M · 34 · 77th

  • PART $25M
  • PART 34
  • PART 77th
  • PART Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • PART near Pension Plan for Salaried Employees of Neville Chemical Company
  • PART ind #1915

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 New York →

Group Pension Plan for Ees of Springer Science in the asset neighbourhood

Entergy Corporation Retirement Plan IV for Bargaining EmployeesEntergy Corporation Retireme…$25MGroup Pension Plan for Ees of Springer ScienceGroup Pension Plan for Ees o…$25MPension Plan for Salaried Employees of Neville Chemical CompanyPension Plan for Salaried Em…$25MDelong's, Inc. Pension Plan$25MGreat Plains Communications LLC & Adopting Affiliates Employees' Pension PlanGreat Plains Communications …$25M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Group Pension Plan for Ees of Springer Science and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Scale-class filing particulars (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$23M
Net Assets (End of Year)$25M
Net Income$2M
Employer EIN042509538
Plan Effective Date1974-12-31
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Springer Science + Business Media,LLC)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Springer Science + Business Media,LLC plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$251M 36.131157146698875% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$150M$200M$250M$300M 202220232024 $185M $251M ▲ +36.1%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 762 $185M
2023 2 771 $222M
2024 2 827 $251M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in New York

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

Group Pension Plan for Ees of Springer Science vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New York, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 -100102030 Total assets ($B) Participants Group Pension Plan for Ees of Springer Science, Total assets ($B): 0.025454284 · Participants: 34Group Pension Plan for Ees of Springer ScienceIBM Personal Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 24.955758896 · Participants: 14881IBM Personal Pension PlanConsolidated Edison Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 16.184377155 · Participants: 10779Consolidated Edison Retirement Plan1199seiu Health Care Employees Pension Fund, Total assets ($B): 16.16620463 · Participants: 1075821199seiu Health Care Employees Pension FundPfizer Consolidated Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 10.955262618 · Participants: 9616Pfizer Consolidated Pension PlanPepsico Employees Retirement Plan I, Total assets ($B): 7.599669 · Participants: 12289Pepsico Employees Retirement Plan I
Group Pension Plan for Ees of Springer Science vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New York, assets vs. participants
Compare Group Pension Plan for Ees of Springer Science side-by-side with 3 peers →

Group Pension Plan for Ees of Springer Science's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside New York, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Pension Plan for Salaried Employees of Neville Chemical Company in PA ($25M); by covered participants it is H&n Group, Inc. Defined Benefit Pension Plan in CA (34 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (34 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 Group Pension Plan for Ees of Springer Science assets move in 2023? ▼
Group Pension Plan for Ees of Springer Science grew at a solid clip - up 9.5% during 2023, from $23M to $25M. Reported net income was $2M.
How have Springer Science + Business Media,LLC plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Springer Science + Business Media,LLC's sponsor-wide assets grew 36.1%, from $185M to $251M.
Where does Group Pension Plan for Ees of Springer Science rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Group Pension Plan for Ees of Springer Science ranks in the 77th 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 Group Pension Plan for Ees of Springer Science? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Pension Plan for Salaried Employees of Neville Chemical Company in PA ($25M, 34 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Group Pension Plan for Ees of Springer Science? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is H&n Group, Inc. Defined Benefit Pension Plan in CA (34 participants, $7M 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 042509538.

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.