Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

National Amusements Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-05-15

$132M
Total assets
531
Participants
93th
Percentile by assets
$248,335
Avg per participant

Sponsored by National Amusements, Inc. · Massachusetts · Arts, Entertainment & Recreation

What the 2023 filing shows

National Amusements Pension Plan holds $132M for 531 participants - about $248,335 per participant, in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets, up 9.0% over the 2023 plan year.

$132M
total plan assets (2023 EOY)
531
covered participants
93th
percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)
$248,335
avg assets per participant
Industry
Arts, Entertainment & Recreation

Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

What the Filing Says About National Amusements Pension Plan

National Amusements Pension Plan is a Defined Benefit (Pension) retirement plan sponsored by National Amusements, Inc., headquartered in Massachusetts. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2023 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $132M in total end-of-year assets and covers 531 participants across the Arts, Entertainment & Recreation industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 042261332, and the plan has been effective since 1968-12-01. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets grew at a solid clip from $121M at the beginning of 2023 to $132M at year-end - up 9.0%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $132M, with reported net income of $11M driven by investment returns, contributions received, and benefit payments during the period. These figures reflect what the plan administrator certified on Schedule H or Schedule I of the Form 5500 annual return and can be compared against 2 prior plan-year filings from the same sponsor shown below.

Across the 3 plan years National Amusements, Inc. has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $191M to $99M, a decline of 48.2%, while reported participants moved from 1,261 to 943 (-25.2%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2023 at $219M; the softest was 2024 at $99M. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $191M in assets across 2 plans covering 1,261 participants; 2023 - $219M in assets across 2 plans covering 1,421 participants; 2024 - $99M in assets across 1 plan covering 943 participants.

By assets, National Amusements Pension Plan outranks 93% of the 126,618 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2023 plan year, and holds roughly 1.3x the national average plan size of $100M and 730 average participants.

Asset totals and participant counts reflect a single plan year snapshot and can change materially with market conditions, plan mergers, or workforce changes. Fields such as "net income" include both realized investment performance and contribution/distribution flows, a single-year figure does not by itself indicate plan health or participant outcomes. This page summarizes public DOL disclosures for research and educational purposes only and is not retirement, tax, legal, or financial advice. Before making decisions about your own retirement benefits or evaluating an employer's plan, verify the underlying filing directly via the DOL EFAST2 system and consult a qualified professional.

How the percentile is calculated: we count every plan that filed a 2023 Form 5500 with a reported end-of-year asset figure (126,618 plans), rank National Amusements Pension Plan against all of them by total assets, and report the share of those plans it outranks. A plan reporting no asset figure for the year is excluded from the ranking rather than assumed to be zero.

Financial Summary (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$121M
Total Assets (End of Year)$132M
Net Assets (End of Year)$132M
Net Income$11M
Plan TypeDefined Benefit (Pension)
Employer EIN042261332
Plan Effective Date1968-12-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (National Amusements, Inc.)

Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 1,261 $191M
2023 2 1,421 $219M
2024 1 943 $99M

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the National Amusements Pension Plan?
As of the 2023 Form 5500 filing, National Amusements Pension Plan holds $132M in total assets with 531 participants. It is sponsored by National Amusements, Inc..
What type of plan is National Amusements Pension Plan?
National Amusements Pension Plan is a Defined Benefit (Pension) plan. It has been effective since 1968-12-01. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 042261332.
Who sponsors the National Amusements Pension Plan?
National Amusements Pension Plan is sponsored by National Amusements, Inc., located in Massachusetts. The sponsor's EIN is 042261332 and the plan operates in the Arts, Entertainment & Recreation industry.
How did National Amusements Pension Plan perform in 2023?
National Amusements Pension Plan grew at a solid clip - up 9.0% during 2023, moving from $121M to $132M in total assets. Net income was $11M.

What this filing means

Ways to act on National Amusements Pension Plan's numbers.

  • By total assets, National Amusements Pension Plan ranks in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets. See the largest plans
  • Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Massachusetts. Compare plans
  • National Amusements, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets have declined 48.2% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Arts, Entertainment & Recreation plans
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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 042261332.

Reference: IRS Publication 560, Retirement Plans for Small Business, contribution-limit rules.

Reference: IRS Publication 590-B, Distributions from IRAs, RMD rules under SECURE Act 2.0.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.

Every figure on PlainRetire is rendered directly from the Department of Labor's Form 5500 annual return filings, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-05-15.