401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Employee Savings Plan of Koppers Inc and Subsidiaries

Data updated 2026-07-24

$219M
Total assets
1,214
Participants
95th
Percentile by assets
$180,315
Avg per participant

Sponsored by Koppers Inc. · Pennsylvania · Manufacturing

Koppers Inc.'s Employee Savings Plan of Koppers Inc and Subsidiaries reported $219M in total assets and 1,214 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 95th 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.

What the 2024 filing shows

Employee Savings Plan of Koppers Inc and Subsidiaries holds $219M for 1,214 participants - about $180,315 per participant, in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, up 20.0% over the 2024 plan year.

$219M
total plan assets (2024 EOY)
1,214
covered participants
95th
percentile by assets (of 116,472 plans)
$180,315
avg assets per participant
State
Industry
Manufacturing

401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

What the Filing Says About Employee Savings Plan of Koppers Inc and Subsidiaries

Employee Savings Plan of Koppers Inc and Subsidiaries is a 401(k) retirement plan sponsored by Koppers Inc., headquartered in Pennsylvania. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2024 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $219M in total end-of-year assets and covers 1,214 participants across the Manufacturing industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 251588399, and the plan has been effective since 1989-01-01. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets grew sharply from $182M at the beginning of 2024 to $219M at year-end - up 20.0%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $219M, with reported net income of $36M 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 Koppers Inc. has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $281M to $352M, a gain of 25.3%, while reported participants moved from 1,773 to 2,099 (+18.4%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2024 at $352M; the softest was 2022 at $281M. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $281M in assets across 3 plans covering 1,773 participants; 2023 - $315M in assets across 3 plans covering 1,900 participants; 2024 - $352M in assets across 4 plans covering 2,099 participants.

By assets, Employee Savings Plan of Koppers Inc and Subsidiaries outranks 95% of the 116,472 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2024 plan year, and holds roughly 2.2x 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 2024 Form 5500 with a reported end-of-year asset figure (116,472 plans), rank Employee Savings Plan of Koppers Inc and Subsidiaries 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 (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$182M
Total Assets (End of Year)$219M
Net Assets (End of Year)$219M
Net Income$36M
Plan Type401(k)
Employer EIN251588399
Plan Effective Date1989-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Koppers Inc.)

$250M$300M$350M$400M 202220232024 $281M $352M ▲ +25.3%
Total plan assets by year, all Koppers Inc. 401(k) plans on file
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 3 1,773 $281M
2023 3 1,900 $315M
2024 4 2,099 $352M

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the Employee Savings Plan of Koppers Inc and Subsidiaries?
As of the 2024 Form 5500 filing, Employee Savings Plan of Koppers Inc and Subsidiaries holds $219M in total assets with 1,214 participants. It is sponsored by Koppers Inc..
What type of plan is Employee Savings Plan of Koppers Inc and Subsidiaries?
Employee Savings Plan of Koppers Inc and Subsidiaries is a 401(k) plan. It has been effective since 1989-01-01. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 251588399.
Who sponsors the Employee Savings Plan of Koppers Inc and Subsidiaries?
Employee Savings Plan of Koppers Inc and Subsidiaries is sponsored by Koppers Inc., located in Pennsylvania. The sponsor's EIN is 251588399 and the plan operates in the Manufacturing industry.
How did Employee Savings Plan of Koppers Inc and Subsidiaries perform in 2024?
Employee Savings Plan of Koppers Inc and Subsidiaries grew sharply - up 20.0% during 2024, moving from $182M to $219M in total assets. Net income was $36M.

What this filing means

Ways to act on Employee Savings Plan of Koppers Inc and Subsidiaries's numbers.

  • By total assets, Employee Savings Plan of Koppers Inc and Subsidiaries ranks in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets. See the largest plans
  • Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar 401(k) plans in Pennsylvania. Compare plans
  • Koppers Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets have grown 25.3% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Manufacturing plans
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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 251588399.

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 2026-07-24.