Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Cox Enterprises, Inc. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$7.1B
Total assets Very large vs avg
22,501
Participants Very large workforce
100th
Percentile by assets National rank
$317,019
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Cox Enterprises, Inc. Pension Plan · Sponsored by Cox Enterprises, Inc. · Georgia · Information & Media

$7.1B in assets, 22,501 participants

Cox Enterprises, Inc.'s Cox Enterprises, Inc. Pension Plan reported $7.1B in total assets and 22,501 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 100th 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.

  • #2,805 in Information & Media (2,822 peers)

Coverage in Georgia

Cox Enterprises, Inc. Pension Plan covers 22,501 participants in Georgia, 21x the typical Georgia plan (state average ~1,096 per filing). Assets: $7.1B.

#2,805
in Information & Media (2,822 peers)
-3.6%
assets change YoY
72×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $263M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Cox Enterprises, Inc. Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets

Cox Enterprises, Inc. Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$7,133,243,224 Highest reported value at or above every one 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

Cox Enterprises, Inc. Pension Plan's mega-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Cox Enterprises, Inc. Pension Plan is a mega filing (22,501 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Cox Enterprises, Inc. Pension Plan reported net income fell from $329M in the plan year 2023 filing to -$263M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Cox Enterprises, Inc. Pension Plan reported participants fell from 24,023 in the plan year 2023 filing to 22,501 in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Cox Enterprises, Inc. Pension Plan end-of-year assets fell from $7.4B in the plan year 2023 filing to $7.1B in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 581035149 · Cox Enterprises, Inc. PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Cox Enterprises, Inc. Pension Plan · $7.1B · 22,501 · 100th

  • BOOK $7.1B
  • VS-ST 22,501
  • BOY 100th
  • SCH Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • EBSA near Deseret Mutual Master Retirement Plan
  • PART ind #2805

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 Georgia →

Cox Enterprises, Inc. Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension TrustBoilermaker-Blacksmith Natio…$7.5BSteelworkers Pension Trust$7.2BCox Enterprises, Inc. Pension PlanCox Enterprises, Inc. Pensio…$7.1BDeseret Mutual Master Retirement PlanDeseret Mutual Master Retire…$7.1BPepsico Employees Retirement Plan IPepsico Employees Retirement…$6.8B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Cox Enterprises, Inc. Pension Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Georgia filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$7.4B
Net Assets (End of Year)$7.1B
Net Income-$263M
Employer EIN581035149
Plan Effective Date1968-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Cox Enterprises, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Cox Enterprises, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$15.3B 17.643931892089153% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$12B$13B$14B$15B$16B 202220232024 $13B $15.3B ▲ +17.6%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 65,741 $13.0B
2023 2 68,876 $14.5B
2024 2 67,848 $15.3B

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Georgia

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

Cox Enterprises, Inc. Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Georgia, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 050000100000150000200000 510152025 Total assets ($B) Participants Cox Enterprises, Inc. Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 7.133243224 · Participants: 22501Cox Enterprises, Inc. Pension PlanUPS Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 21.2364871 · Participants: 43465UPS Retirement PlanThe Southern Company Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 15.319238036 · Participants: 25843The Southern Company Pension PlanUPS/Ibt Full-Time Employee Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 12.219463258 · Participants: 69627UPS/Ibt Full-Time Employee Pension PlanUPS Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.280234765 · Participants: 157587UPS Pension PlanDelta Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 7.253434311 · Participants: 15222Delta Retirement Plan
Cox Enterprises, Inc. Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Georgia, assets vs. participants
Compare Cox Enterprises, Inc. Pension Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Cox Enterprises, Inc. Pension Plan

Cox Enterprises, Inc. Pension Plan reports $7.1B in end-of-year assets across 22,501 participants (0.058% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.024% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $317,019 per participant (2.3x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was -$263M.

This plan identity (EIN 581035149, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $7.1B to $7.1B (+0.9%) while covered participants moved from 26,075 to 22,501 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 26,075 $7.1B Open filing
2023 24,023 $7.4B Open filing
2024 · index core 22,501 $7.1B This page

The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:

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

Outside Georgia, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Deseret Mutual Master Retirement Plan in UT ($7.1B); by covered participants it is Verizon Pension Plan for Associates in NJ (22,644 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($7.1B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (22,501 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 Cox Enterprises, Inc. Pension Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Cox Enterprises, Inc. Pension Plan edged down modestly - down 3.6% during 2024, from $7.4B to $7.1B. Reported net income was -$263M.
How have Cox Enterprises, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Cox Enterprises, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 17.6%, from $13.0B to $15.3B.
Where does Cox Enterprises, Inc. Pension Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Cox Enterprises, Inc. Pension Plan ranks in the 100th percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (among the largest 1% of all filed plans).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Cox Enterprises, Inc. Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Deseret Mutual Master Retirement Plan in UT ($7.1B, 10,478 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Cox Enterprises, Inc. Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Verizon Pension Plan for Associates in NJ (22,644 participants, $5.7B 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 581035149.

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.