Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Nba Services Corp. Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $34M
- Total assets Below avg plan size
- 27
- Participants Small participant base
- 79th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $1.3M
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: National Basketball Association Referees' Pension Plan · Sponsored by Nba Services Corp. · New Jersey · Arts, Entertainment & Recreation
$34M in assets, 27 participants
Nba Services Corp.'s National Basketball Association Referees' Pension Plan reported $34M in total assets and 27 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 79th 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.
- #2,550 in Arts, Entertainment & Recreation (2,921 peers)
Where National Basketball Association Referees' Pension Plan sits by assets
National Basketball Association Referees' Pension Plan sits in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, $34M for 27 participants (~$1.3M/participant), down 5.8% in 2024.
- #2,550
- in Arts, Entertainment & Recreation (2,921 peers)
- -5.8%
- assets change YoY
- 0.3×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $2M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
National Basketball Association Referees' Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets
National Basketball Association Referees' Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$33,791,196 Top 21% higher than 79% of 123,620 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2024
National Basketball Association Referees' Pension 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. National Basketball Association Referees' Pension Plan is a small filing (27 participants) on this national headcount ladder.
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- National Basketball Association Referees' Pension Plan reported net income fell from $63K in the plan year 2023 filing to -$2M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- National Basketball Association Referees' Pension Plan end-of-year assets fell from $36M in the plan year 2023 filing to $34M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- National Basketball Association Referees' Pension Plan reported participants fell from 28 in the plan year 2023 filing to 27 in the plan year 2024 filing.
Form 5500 schedule snapshot
Filing strip 263863272 · Nba Services Corp. PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
National Basketball Association Referees' Pension Plan · $34M · 27 · 79th
- BOOK $34M
- VS-ST 27
- BOY 79th
- SCH Defined Benefit (Pension)
- EBSA near Aaa Cooper Transportation Pension Plan for Eligible Employees
- PART ind #2550
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 New Jersey →
National Basketball Association Referees' Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Scale-class filing particulars (2024)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $36M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $34M |
| Net Income | -$2M |
| Employer EIN | 263863272 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1968-10-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Nba Services Corp.)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Nba Services Corp. plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $117M 34.51140557342291% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 105 | $87M |
| 2023 | 2 | 102 | $105M |
| 2024 | 2 | 103 | $117M |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in New Jersey
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Retirement Plan of Johnson and Johnson $21.1B · 37,882
- JPMorgan Chase Retirement Plan $16.1B · 83,812
- Nokia Retirement Income Plan $12.9B · 7,280
- The Prudential Merged Retirement Plan $12.0B · 16,233
- Merck US Pension Plan $10.1B · 26,843
National Basketball Association Referees' Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside New Jersey, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Aaa Cooper Transportation Pension Plan for Eligible Employees in AL ($34M); by covered participants it is Retirement Plan for Employees of Beckley Water Company in WV (27 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($34M here).
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (27 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Retirement Plan for Employees of Beckley Water Company (WV) 27 · 0 off
- Johnson & Rountree Premium, Inc. Defined Benefit Pension Plan (CA) 27 · 0 off
- Pension Plan for Hourly Employees of Timber Products Michigan Limited Partnership (MI) 27 · 0 off
- Cantex Inc Administrative Employees Pension Plan (TX) 27 · 0 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.