Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Six Flags Entertainment Corporation Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$174M
Total assets Near avg plan size
428
Participants Below avg headcount
94th
Percentile by assets National rank
$405,646
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Six Flags, Inc. Pension Plan · Sponsored by Six Flags Entertainment Corporation · Texas · Arts, Entertainment & Recreation

$174M in assets, 428 participants

Six Flags Entertainment Corporation's Six Flags, Inc. Pension Plan reported $174M in total assets and 428 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 94th 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.

  • #2,878 in Arts, Entertainment & Recreation (2,945 peers)

Where Six Flags, Inc. Pension Plan sits by assets

Six Flags, Inc. Pension Plan sits in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets, $174M for 428 participants (~$405,646/participant), up 0.4% in 2023.

#2,878
in Arts, Entertainment & Recreation (2,945 peers)
+0.4%
assets growth YoY
1.7×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Six Flags, Inc. Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets

Six Flags, Inc. Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$173,616,440 Top 6% higher than 94% 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

Six Flags, Inc. Pension Plan among mid-size filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Six Flags, Inc. Pension Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (428 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Six Flags, Inc. Pension Plan reported net income rose from -$47M in the plan year 2022 filing to $806K in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Six Flags, Inc. Pension Plan reported participants fell from 533 in the plan year 2022 filing to 428 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Six Flags, Inc. Pension Plan end-of-year assets rose from $173M in the plan year 2022 filing to $174M in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 133995059 · Six Flags Entertainment Corporation PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Six Flags, Inc. Pension Plan · $174M · 428 · 94th

  • PART $174M
  • PART 428
  • PART 94th
  • PART Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • PART near Employees' Retirement Plan of John Wiley & Sons,Inc.
  • PART ind #2878

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 Arts, Entertainment & Recreation retirement plans → · Plans in Texas →

Six Flags, Inc. Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Six Flags, Inc. Pension 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)$173M
Net Assets (End of Year)$173M
Net Income$806K
Employer EIN133995059
Plan Effective Date1987-05-20
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Six Flags Entertainment Corporation)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Six Flags Entertainment Corporation plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$338M 1.382093071892495% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$330M$335M$340M$345M 202220232024 $334M $338M ▲ +1.4%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 8,345 $334M
2023 2 5,970 $340M
2024 2 6,602 $338M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Texas

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

Six Flags, Inc. Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Texas, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 -10010203040 Total assets ($B) Participants Six Flags, Inc. Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.17361644 · Participants: 428Six Flags, Inc. Pension PlanAT&T Pension Benefit Plan, Total assets ($B): 30.018512 · Participants: 107859AT&T Pension Benefit PlanShell Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 15.133347097 · Participants: 12215Shell Pension PlanExxonmobil Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 12.015 · Participants: 22551Exxonmobil Pension PlanCaterpillar Inc. Retirement Income Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.803014695 · Participants: 12138Caterpillar Inc. Retirement Income PlanBp Retirement Accumulation Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.493677099 · Participants: 9360Bp Retirement Accumulation Plan
Six Flags, Inc. Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Texas, assets vs. participants
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Six Flags, Inc. Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Texas, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Employees' Retirement Plan of John Wiley & Sons,Inc. in NJ ($174M); by covered participants it is Mary Washington Healthcare Defined Benefit Retirement Plan in VA (428 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (428 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 Six Flags, Inc. Pension Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Six Flags, Inc. Pension Plan held essentially flat - up 0.4% during 2023, from $173M to $174M. Reported net income was $806K.
How have Six Flags Entertainment Corporation plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Six Flags Entertainment Corporation's sponsor-wide assets grew 1.4%, from $334M to $338M.
Where does Six Flags, Inc. Pension Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Six Flags, Inc. Pension Plan ranks in the 94th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Six Flags, Inc. Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Employees' Retirement Plan of John Wiley & Sons,Inc. in NJ ($174M, 396 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Six Flags, Inc. Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Mary Washington Healthcare Defined Benefit Retirement Plan in VA (428 participants, $124M 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 133995059.

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.