401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Bread Financial Payments, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$784M
Total assets Above avg plan size
5,715
Participants Above avg headcount
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$137,174
Avg per participant Near avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Bread Financial 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Bread Financial Payments, Inc. · Ohio · Finance & Insurance

$784M in assets, 5,715 participants

Bread Financial Payments, Inc.'s Bread Financial 401(k) Plan reported $784M in total assets and 5,715 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 99th 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.

  • #9,019 in Finance & Insurance (9,261 peers)

Coverage in Ohio

Bread Financial 401(k) Plan covers 5,715 participants in Ohio, 7.5x the typical Ohio plan (state average ~765 per filing). Assets: $784M.

#9,019
in Finance & Insurance (9,261 peers)
-20.6%
assets change YoY
7.9×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $203M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Bread Financial 401(k) Plan's outsized position by total assets

Bread Financial 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500

$783,951,975 Top 1% higher than 99% of 139,123 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 2022

Bread Financial 401(k) Plan's large-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Bread Financial 401(k) Plan lands in the large band (5,715 participants).

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 133163498 · Bread Financial Payments, Inc. PY 2022 · 401(k)

Bread Financial 401(k) Plan · $784M · 5,715 · 99th

  • BOOK $784M
  • VS-ST 5,715
  • BOY 99th
  • SCH 401(k)
  • EBSA near Dentons US LLP Profit Sharing Plan
  • PART ind #9019

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 Finance & Insurance retirement plans → · Plans in Ohio →

Bread Financial 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Curtiss Wright Corporation Savings & Investment PlanCurtiss Wright Corporation S…$786MCslb Holdings Inc. 401(k) PlanCslb Holdings Inc. 401(k) Pl…$785MBread Financial 401(k) Plan$784MDentons US LLP Profit Sharing PlanDentons US LLP Profit Sharin…$784MDte Electric Company Savings and Stock Ownership Plan for Employees Represented by Local 223 of Utility Workers Union of AmericaDte Electric Company Savings…$783M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Bread Financial 401(k) Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

Ohio filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$988M
Net Assets (End of Year)$784M
Net Income-$203M
Employer EIN133163498
Plan Effective Date1996-01-24
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Bread Financial Payments, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Bread Financial Payments, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$932M 18.901381682213376% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$750M$800M$850M$900M$950M 202220232024 $784M $932M ▲ +18.9%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 5,715 $784M
2023 1 7,094 $824M
2024 1 6,062 $932M

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Ohio

Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Bread Financial 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Ohio, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 050000100000150000 0246810 Total assets ($B) Participants Bread Financial 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.783951975 · Participants: 5715Bread Financial 401(k) PlanThe Sherwin-Williams Company 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 8.343834208 · Participants: 44890The Sherwin-Williams Company 401(k) PlanThe Progressive 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 7.60950811 · Participants: 50299The Progressive 401(k) PlanThe Kroger Co. 401(k) Retirement Savings Account Plan, Total assets ($B): 7.311555 · Participants: 116133The Kroger Co. 401(k) Retirement Savings Account PlanNationwide Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 6.73672335 · Participants: 24278Nationwide Savings PlanMarathon Petroleum Thrift Plan, Total assets ($B): 6.371480588 · Participants: 17666Marathon Petroleum Thrift Plan
Bread Financial 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Ohio, assets vs. participants

Scale composition for Bread Financial 401(k) Plan

Bread Financial 401(k) Plan reports $784M in end-of-year assets across 5,715 participants (0.006% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.006% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $137,174 per participant (99% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$203M.

This plan identity (EIN 133163498, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $784M to $932M (+18.9%) while covered participants moved from 5,715 to 6,062 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 5,715 $784M This page
2023 7,094 $824M Open filing
2024 · index core 6,062 $932M Open filing

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

Bread Financial 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Ohio, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Dentons US LLP Profit Sharing Plan in IL ($784M); by covered participants it is Savings Program for Employees of Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC at the U.S. Department of Energy Facilities at Oak Ridge, Tennessee in TN (5,711 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Bread Financial 401(k) Plan assets move in 2022? ▼
Bread Financial 401(k) Plan declined sharply - down 20.6% during 2022, from $988M to $784M. Reported net income was -$203M.
How have Bread Financial Payments, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Bread Financial Payments, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 18.9%, from $784M to $932M.
Where does Bread Financial 401(k) Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Bread Financial 401(k) Plan ranks in the 99th percentile by end-of-year assets among 139,126 plans that reported assets for plan year 2022 (among the largest 1% of all filed plans).
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Bread Financial 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Dentons US LLP Profit Sharing Plan in IL ($784M, 1,559 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Bread Financial 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Savings Program for Employees of Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC at the U.S. Department of Energy Facilities at Oak Ridge, Tennessee in TN (5,711 participants, $1.1B in assets).