Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Six Flags Entertainment Corporation Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-11
- $162M
- Total assets
- 369
- Participants
- 93rd
- Percentile by assets
- $438,189
- Avg per participant
Official DOL plan name: Six Flags, Inc. Pension Plan · Sponsored by Six Flags Entertainment Corporation · Texas · Arts, Entertainment & Recreation
$162M in assets, 369 participants
Six Flags Entertainment Corporation's Six Flags, Inc. Pension Plan reported $162M in total assets and 369 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 93rd 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.
- 93rd percentile by assets (of 123,622 plans)
- #2,837 in Arts, Entertainment & Recreation (2,921 peers)
Where Six Flags, Inc. Pension Plan sits by assets
Six Flags, Inc. Pension Plan sits in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets, $162M for 369 participants (~$438,189/participant), down 6.9% in 2024.
- $162M
- total plan assets (2024 EOY)
- 369
- covered participants
- 93rd
- percentile by assets (of 123,622 plans)
- $438,189
- avg assets per participant
The plan reported a net loss of $12M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- Six Flags, Inc. Pension Plan reported net income fell from $806K in the plan year 2023 filing to -$12M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Six Flags, Inc. Pension Plan reported participants fell from 428 in the plan year 2023 filing to 369 in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Six Flags, Inc. Pension Plan end-of-year assets fell from $174M in the plan year 2023 filing to $162M in the plan year 2024 filing.
Six Flags, Inc. Pension Plan vs the 2024 asset distribution
By assets, Six Flags, Inc. Pension Plan outranks 93% of the 123,622 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2024 plan year, and holds roughly 1.6x the national average plan size of $100M (721 average participants).
Scale-class filing particulars (2024)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $174M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $162M |
| Net Income | -$12M |
| Employer EIN | 133995059 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1987-05-20 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Six Flags Entertainment Corporation)
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 8,345 | $334M |
| 2023 | 2 | 5,970 | $340M |
| 2024 | 2 | 6,602 | $338M |
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