Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Bradken, Inc. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$26M
Total assets Below avg plan size
51
Participants Small participant base
77th
Percentile by assets National rank
$507,972
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Hourly Employees Retirement Plan of Bradken, Inc. · Sponsored by Bradken, Inc. · Kansas · Manufacturing

$26M in assets, 51 participants

Bradken, Inc.'s Hourly Employees Retirement Plan of Bradken, Inc. reported $26M in total assets and 51 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.

  • #12,763 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)

Where Hourly Employees Retirement Plan of Bradken, Inc. sits by assets

Hourly Employees Retirement Plan of Bradken, Inc. sits in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, $26M for 51 participants (~$507,972/participant), up 1.6% in 2023.

#12,763
in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
+1.6%
assets growth YoY
0.3×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Hourly Employees Retirement Plan of Bradken, Inc.'s outsized position by total assets

Hourly Employees Retirement Plan of Bradken, Inc. vs every filed plan by assets

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

$25,906,575 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

Hourly Employees Retirement Plan of Bradken, Inc. among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Hourly Employees Retirement Plan of Bradken, Inc. is a small filing (51 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Hourly Employees Retirement Plan of Bradken, Inc. reported net income rose from -$4M in the plan year 2022 filing to $396K in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Hourly Employees Retirement Plan of Bradken, Inc. reported participants fell from 57 in the plan year 2022 filing to 51 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Hourly Employees Retirement Plan of Bradken, Inc. end-of-year assets rose from $26M in the plan year 2022 filing to $26M in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 300258772 · Bradken, Inc. PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Hourly Employees Retirement Plan of Bradken, Inc. · $26M · 51 · 77th

  • RANK $26M
  • RANK 51
  • RANK 77th
  • RANK Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • RANK near Greene, Tweed & Co., Inc. Pension Plan
  • RANK ind #12763

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 Kansas →

Hourly Employees Retirement Plan of Bradken, Inc. in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Hourly Employees Retirement Plan of Bradken, Inc. and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Scale-class filing particulars (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$26M
Net Assets (End of Year)$26M
Net Income$396K
Employer EIN300258772
Plan Effective Date1969-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Bradken, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Bradken, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$1M 94.67560603599902% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$0M$10M$20M$30M 202220232024 $25.5M $1.36M ▼ -94.7%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 57 $26M
2023 1 51 $26M
2024 1 46 $1M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Kansas

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

Hourly Employees Retirement Plan of Bradken, Inc. vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Kansas, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -20000200040006000 -0.500.511.52 Total assets ($B) Participants Hourly Employees Retirement Plan of Bradken, Inc., Total assets ($B): 0.025906575 · Participants: 51Hourly Employees Retirement Plan of Bradken, Inc.Koch Employees' Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.477041162 · Participants: 5542Koch Employees' Pension PlanSprint Retirement Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.270759544 · Participants: 3592Sprint Retirement Pension PlanInvista Pension Plan for Certain Grandfathered Employees, Total assets ($B): 0.394870358 · Participants: 0Invista Pension Plan for Certain Grandfathered EmployeesNon-Contributory Retirement Program for Certain Employees of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas, Inc., Total assets ($B): 0.287846688 · Participants: 502Non-Contributory Retirement Program for Certain Employees of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas, Inc.Roadway LLC Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.192952558 · Participants: 290Roadway LLC Pension Plan
Hourly Employees Retirement Plan of Bradken, Inc. vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Kansas, assets vs. participants
Compare Hourly Employees Retirement Plan of Bradken, Inc. side-by-side with 3 peers →

Hourly Employees Retirement Plan of Bradken, Inc.'s out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Kansas, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Greene, Tweed & Co., Inc. Pension Plan in PA ($26M); by covered participants it is Woodward Fst Employees' Pension Plan in CO (51 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (51 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 Hourly Employees Retirement Plan of Bradken, Inc. assets move in 2023? ▼
Hourly Employees Retirement Plan of Bradken, Inc. edged up modestly - up 1.6% during 2023, from $26M to $26M. Reported net income was $396K.
How have Bradken, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Bradken, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets declined 94.7%, from $26M to $1M.
Where does Hourly Employees Retirement Plan of Bradken, Inc. rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Hourly Employees Retirement Plan of Bradken, Inc. 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 Hourly Employees Retirement Plan of Bradken, Inc.? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Greene, Tweed & Co., Inc. Pension Plan in PA ($26M, 53 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Hourly Employees Retirement Plan of Bradken, Inc.? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Woodward Fst Employees' Pension Plan in CO (51 participants, $20M 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 300258772.

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.