Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Tropper Ink, Inc. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$5M
Total assets Small plan by assets
3
Participants Small participant base
42nd
Percentile by assets National rank
$1.7M
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Tropper Ink, Inc. Defined Benefit Plan · Sponsored by Tropper Ink, Inc. · Connecticut · Arts, Entertainment & Recreation

$5M in assets, 3 participants

Tropper Ink, Inc.'s Tropper Ink, Inc. Defined Benefit Plan reported $5M in total assets and 3 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 42nd 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.

  • #1,839 in Arts, Entertainment & Recreation (2,921 peers)

Arts, Entertainment & Recreation sector rank

Within Arts, Entertainment & Recreation, Tropper Ink, Inc. Defined Benefit Plan ranks #1,839 of 2,921 2024 filers by assets (558% of the sector average)-$5M for 3 participants.

#1,839
in Arts, Entertainment & Recreation (2,921 peers)
+11.7%
assets growth YoY

Tropper Ink, Inc. Defined Benefit Plan's mid-pack asset rank among Arts, Entertainment & Recreation and all filers

Tropper Ink, Inc. Defined Benefit Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$4,978,342 42nd percentile higher than 42% 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

Tropper Ink, Inc. Defined Benefit Plan among micro filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Tropper Ink, Inc. Defined Benefit Plan is a micro filing (3 participants), the leftmost band.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Tropper Ink, Inc. Defined Benefit Plan reported participants rose from 1 in the plan year 2023 filing to 3 in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Tropper Ink, Inc. Defined Benefit Plan reported net income rose from $429K in the plan year 2023 filing to $523K in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Tropper Ink, Inc. Defined Benefit Plan end-of-year assets rose from $4M in the plan year 2023 filing to $5M in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 454750493 · Tropper Ink, Inc. PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Tropper Ink, Inc. Defined Benefit Plan · $5M · 3 · 42nd

  • EOY $5M
  • EOY 3
  • EOY 42nd
  • EOY Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • EOY near Retirement Plan for Koppers Inc.
  • EOY ind #1839

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 Connecticut →

Tropper Ink, Inc. Defined Benefit Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Tropper Ink, Inc. Defined Benefit Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Arts, Entertainment & Recreation filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$4M
Net Assets (End of Year)$5M
Net Income$523K
Employer EIN454750493
Plan Effective Date2014-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Tropper Ink, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Tropper Ink, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$6M 42.201601972265905% vs 2023
2024 filing year
$4M$5M$6M$7M 20232024 $4.46M $6.34M ▲ +42.2%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2023 1 1 $4M
2024 2 6 $6M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Connecticut

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

Tropper Ink, Inc. Defined Benefit Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Connecticut, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -10000010000200003000040000 -1001020304050 Total assets ($B) Participants Tropper Ink, Inc. Defined Benefit Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.004978342 · Participants: 3Tropper Ink, Inc. Defined Benefit PlanRtx Consolidated Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 41.643558189 · Participants: 36180Rtx Consolidated Pension PlanThe Citigroup Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.993084827 · Participants: 15906The Citigroup Pension PlanEversource Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.763055773 · Participants: 3428Eversource Pension PlanRetirement Plan for Employees of Aetna Inc., Total assets ($B): 5.242514983 · Participants: 9682Retirement Plan for Employees of Aetna Inc.The Hartford Retirement Plan for U.S. Employees, Total assets ($B): 3.395288837 · Participants: 7034The Hartford Retirement Plan for U.S. Employees
Tropper Ink, Inc. Defined Benefit Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Connecticut, assets vs. participants
Compare Tropper Ink, Inc. Defined Benefit Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Tropper Ink, Inc. Defined Benefit Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Connecticut, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Retirement Plan for Koppers Inc. in PA ($5M); by covered participants it is Merkley, Newman & Mclaws, Inc. Defined Benefit Pension Plan in AZ (3 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (3 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

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 Tropper Ink, Inc. Defined Benefit Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Tropper Ink, Inc. Defined Benefit Plan grew at a solid clip - up 11.7% during 2024, from $4M to $5M. Reported net income was $523K.
How have Tropper Ink, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 2 plan years on file (2023-2024), Tropper Ink, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 42.2%, from $4M to $6M.
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Tropper Ink, Inc. Defined Benefit Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Retirement Plan for Koppers Inc. in PA ($5M, 224 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Tropper Ink, Inc. Defined Benefit Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Merkley, Newman & Mclaws, Inc. Defined Benefit Pension Plan in AZ (3 participants, $2M 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 454750493.

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.