Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Brandenburg Telephone Company Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$61M
Total assets Below avg plan size
86
Participants Small participant base
86th
Percentile by assets National rank
$706,792
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Brandenburg Telephone Company Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Brandenburg Telephone Company · Kentucky · Information & Media

$61M in assets, 86 participants

Brandenburg Telephone Company's Brandenburg Telephone Company Retirement Plan reported $61M in total assets and 86 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 86th 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.

  • #2,283 in Information & Media (2,822 peers)

Where Brandenburg Telephone Company Retirement Plan sits by assets

Brandenburg Telephone Company Retirement Plan sits in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, $61M for 86 participants (~$706,792/participant), up 16.1% in 2024.

#2,283
in Information & Media (2,822 peers)
+16.1%
assets growth YoY
0.6×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Brandenburg Telephone Company Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets

Brandenburg Telephone Company Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500

$60,784,124 Top 14% higher than 86% of 123,620 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 2024

Brandenburg Telephone Company Retirement Plan among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Brandenburg Telephone Company Retirement Plan is a small filing (86 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Brandenburg Telephone Company Retirement Plan reported net income rose from $7M in the plan year 2023 filing to $8M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Brandenburg Telephone Company Retirement Plan end-of-year assets rose from $52M in the plan year 2023 filing to $61M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Brandenburg Telephone Company Retirement Plan reported participants fell from 90 in the plan year 2023 filing to 86 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 610452936 · Brandenburg Telephone Company PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Brandenburg Telephone Company Retirement Plan · $61M · 86 · 86th

  • PHOTO $61M
  • IND 86
  • EOY 86th
  • 5500 Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • ASSETS near Ufcw Int'l Union-Albertsons Variable Annuity Pension Fund
  • PCT ind #2283

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 Kentucky →

Brandenburg Telephone Company Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood

The Tenacre Foundation Pension PlanThe Tenacre Foundation Pensi…$61MUfcw Int'l Union-Albertsons Variable Annuity Pension FundUfcw Int'l Union-Albertsons …$61MBrandenburg Telephone Company Retirement PlanBrandenburg Telephone Compan…$61MPerini Corporation Pension PlanPerini Corporation Pension P…$61MSt. Peter's Health Cashplus Retirement PlanSt. Peter's Health Cashplus …$61M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Brandenburg Telephone Company Retirement Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Scale-class filing particulars (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$52M
Net Assets (End of Year)$61M
Net Income$8M
Employer EIN610452936
Plan Effective Date1955-07-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Brandenburg Telephone Company)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Brandenburg Telephone Company plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$61M 34.14253886835251% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$40M$45M$50M$55M$60M$65M 202220232024 $45.3M $60.8M ▲ +34.1%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 90 $45M
2023 1 90 $52M
2024 1 86 $61M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Kentucky

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

Brandenburg Telephone Company Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Kentucky, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -10000100020003000 00.511.5 Total assets ($B) Participants Brandenburg Telephone Company Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.060784124 · Participants: 86Brandenburg Telephone Company Retirement PlanLg&e and Ku Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.022111396 · Participants: 742Lg&e and Ku Pension PlanAshland Hercules Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.924092 · Participants: 43Ashland Hercules Pension PlanYum Brands Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.711228 · Participants: 2572Yum Brands Retirement PlanBrown-Forman Corporation Salaried Employees Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.477947218 · Participants: 1237Brown-Forman Corporation Salaried Employees Retirement PlanAshland Hercules Pension Plan II, Total assets ($B): 0.441399 · Participants: 69Ashland Hercules Pension Plan II
Brandenburg Telephone Company Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Kentucky, assets vs. participants
Compare Brandenburg Telephone Company Retirement Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Brandenburg Telephone Company Retirement Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Kentucky, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Ufcw Int'l Union-Albertsons Variable Annuity Pension Fund in IL ($61M); by covered participants it is Petroleum Heat and Power Co., Inc. Retirement Plan in CT (86 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Brandenburg Telephone Company Retirement Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Brandenburg Telephone Company Retirement Plan grew sharply - up 16.1% during 2024, from $52M to $61M. Reported net income was $8M.
How have Brandenburg Telephone Company plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Brandenburg Telephone Company's sponsor-wide assets grew 34.1%, from $45M to $61M.
Where does Brandenburg Telephone Company Retirement Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Brandenburg Telephone Company Retirement Plan ranks in the 86th percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Brandenburg Telephone Company Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Ufcw Int'l Union-Albertsons Variable Annuity Pension Fund in IL ($61M, 5,138 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Brandenburg Telephone Company Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Petroleum Heat and Power Co., Inc. Retirement Plan in CT (86 participants, $44M in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2024.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 610452936.

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.