The new Czech Republic pension savings system (DPS) will overtake the old pension system, both in terms of the number of participants and the volume of funds, data from the Association of Pension Companies of the Czech Republic (APS) has revealed.

The APS shared selected results for the third pillar savings system during Q3 2025, revealing that a total of 3,902,756 participants saved and invested in pension companies, with assets for these savers amounting to CZK 644.177bn.

This was primarily driven by participation in the new pension scheme, as 2,131,090 people invested in participant funds, and the volume of their managed assets reached CZK 288.489bn.

Meanwhile, 1,771,666 participants saved into old "transformed" funds, marking a year-on-year fall of around 211,000 savers, with a combined volume of managed assets of CZK 355.688bn.

"The volume of funds in the new pension fund will soon equal the volume of funds in the old transformed funds, which people are naturally leaving," APS president, Aleš Poklop, explained.

This is in line with wider data shared by the APS, as previous research found that the DPS, which passed the 2 million member milestone at the start of this year, is made up primarily of younger Czechs.

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