Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Lorain County Printing & Publishing Company Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$6M
Total assets Small plan by assets
36
Participants Small participant base
47th
Percentile by assets National rank
$157,823
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Lorain County Printing & Publishing Employees Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Lorain County Printing & Publishing Company · Ohio · Information & Media

$6M in assets, 36 participants

Lorain County Printing & Publishing Company's Lorain County Printing & Publishing Employees Retirement Plan reported $6M in total assets and 36 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 47th 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.

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

Lorain County Printing & Publishing Company multi-year trail

Lorain County Printing & Publishing Company's plans moved -78.1% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows Lorain County Printing & Publishing Employees Retirement Plan at $6M / 36 participants.

#873
in Information & Media (2,818 peers)
-53.8%
assets change YoY

The plan reported a net loss of $7M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Lorain County Printing & Publishing Employees Retirement Plan's mid-pack asset rank among Information & Media and all filers

Lorain County Printing & Publishing Employees Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$5,681,616 47th percentile higher than 47% 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

Lorain County Printing & Publishing Employees Retirement Plan among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Lorain County Printing & Publishing Employees Retirement Plan is a small filing (36 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Lorain County Printing & Publishing Employees Retirement Plan reported net income fell from -$3M in the plan year 2022 filing to -$7M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Lorain County Printing & Publishing Employees Retirement Plan end-of-year assets fell from $12M in the plan year 2022 filing to $6M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Lorain County Printing & Publishing Employees Retirement Plan reported participants fell from 41 in the plan year 2022 filing to 36 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 340365210 · Lorain County Printing & Publishing Company PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Lorain County Printing & Publishing Employees Retirement Plan · $6M · 36 · 47th

  • EOY $6M
  • 5500 36
  • ASSETS 47th
  • PCT Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • EIN near Community Action Agency of South Alabama Defined Benefit Pension Plan
  • RANK ind #873

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 Ohio →

Lorain County Printing & Publishing Employees Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Lorain County Printing & Publishing Employees Retirement Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Lorain County Printing & Publishing Company multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Lorain County Printing & Publishing Company plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$3M 78.11056122819784% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$0M$5M$10M$15M$20M 202220232024 $15.4M $3.38M ▼ -78.1%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 184 $15M
2023 2 170 $9M
2024 1 130 $3M

Lorain County Printing & Publishing Company filing trail (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$12M
Net Assets (End of Year)$6M
Net Income-$7M
Employer EIN340365210
Plan Effective Date1953-09-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Ohio

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

Lorain County Printing & Publishing Employees Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Ohio, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000500010000150002000025000 -202468 Total assets ($B) Participants Lorain County Printing & Publishing Employees Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.005681616 · Participants: 36Lorain County Printing & Publishing Employees Retirement PlanFirstenergy Corp. Master Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 7.144086795 · Participants: 12304Firstenergy Corp. Master Pension PlanNationwide Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.281060445 · Participants: 22311Nationwide Retirement PlanAmerican Electric Power System Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.475896468 · Participants: 15595American Electric Power System Retirement PlanParker Defined Benefit Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.656915014 · Participants: 191Parker Defined Benefit PlanOhio Operating Engineers Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.592540979 · Participants: 10029Ohio Operating Engineers Pension Plan
Lorain County Printing & Publishing Employees Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Ohio, assets vs. participants
Compare Lorain County Printing & Publishing Employees Retirement Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Lorain County Printing & Publishing Employees Retirement Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Ohio, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Community Action Agency of South Alabama Defined Benefit Pension Plan in AL ($6M); by covered participants it is The People's Credit Union Defined Benefit Plan and Trust in RI (36 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (36 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 Lorain County Printing & Publishing Employees Retirement Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Lorain County Printing & Publishing Employees Retirement Plan contracted severely - down 53.8% during 2023, from $12M to $6M. Reported net income was -$7M.
How have Lorain County Printing & Publishing Company plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Lorain County Printing & Publishing Company's sponsor-wide assets declined 78.1%, from $15M to $3M.
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Lorain County Printing & Publishing Employees Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Community Action Agency of South Alabama Defined Benefit Pension Plan in AL ($6M, 33 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Lorain County Printing & Publishing Employees Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is The People's Credit Union Defined Benefit Plan and Trust in RI (36 participants, $14M 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 340365210.

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.