401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
Basf Corporation 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $5.7B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 13,152
- Participants Very large workforce
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $433,935
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Basf Corporation Retirement Savings Plan · Sponsored by Basf Corporation · New Jersey · Manufacturing
$5.7B in assets, 13,152 participants
Basf Corporation's Basf Corporation Retirement Savings Plan reported $5.7B in total assets and 13,152 participants in its 2022 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.
- #20,514 in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)
Coverage in New Jersey
Basf Corporation Retirement Savings Plan covers 13,152 participants in New Jersey, 16x the typical New Jersey plan (state average ~844 per filing). Assets: $5.7B.
- #20,514
- in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)
- -17.5%
- assets change YoY
- 57×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $1.2B for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Basf Corporation Retirement Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets
Basf Corporation Retirement Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$5,707,109,734 Highest reported value at or above every one of 139,123 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2022
Basf Corporation Retirement Savings Plan's mega-plan peer group by participant headcount
Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Basf Corporation Retirement Savings Plan is a mega filing (13,152 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
Plan-year Form 5500 strip
Filing strip 161090809 · Basf Corporation PY 2022 · 401(k)
Basf Corporation Retirement Savings Plan · $5.7B · 13,152 · 100th
- RANK $5.7B
- PHOTO 13,152
- IND 100th
- EOY 401(k)
- 5500 near Kaiser Permanente Tax Sheltered Annuity Plan II
- ASSETS ind #20514
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 Manufacturing retirement plans → · Plans in New Jersey →
Basf Corporation Retirement Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood
New Jersey filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $6.9B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $5.7B |
| Net Income | -$1.2B |
| Employer EIN | 161090809 |
| Plan Effective Date | 2007-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Basf Corporation)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Basf Corporation plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $8.6B 6.649327745108343% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | 19,158 | $8.1B |
| 2023 | 4 | 17,798 | $8.4B |
| 2024 | 4 | 15,945 | $8.6B |
Nearby 401(k) Plans in New Jersey
Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- JPMorgan Chase 401(k) Savings Plan $36.8B · 168,280
- Verizon Savings Plan for Management Employees $25.2B · 76,788
- Johnson and Johnson Savings Plan $21.2B · 43,271
- Pfizer Savings Plan $17.8B · 27,796
- Ernst & Young Retirement Savings Plan $12.4B · 52,975
Scale composition for Basf Corporation Retirement Savings Plan
Basf Corporation Retirement Savings Plan reports $5.7B in end-of-year assets across 13,152 participants (0.046% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.014% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $433,935 per participant (3.1x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$1.2B.
This plan identity (EIN 161090809, plan #004) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $5.7B to $6.3B (+11.2%) while covered participants moved from 13,152 to 11,317 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 13,152 | $5.7B | This page |
| 2023 | 12,806 | $6.0B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 11,317 | $6.3B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 4 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- Basf Corporation Retirement Savings Plan (401(k), $6.3B, 11,317 participants)
- Basf Corporation Salaried Employees' Pension Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $1.6B, 2,805 participants)
- Basf Corporation Consolidated Bargaining Unit Employees' Pension Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $352M, 449 participants)
- Basf Corporation Bargaining Unit Savings Plan (401(k), $336M, 1,374 participants)
Basf Corporation Retirement Savings Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount
Outside New Jersey, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Kaiser Permanente Tax Sheltered Annuity Plan II in CA ($5.7B); by covered participants it is National Healthcare Corporation 401(k) Plan in TN (13,170 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($5.7B here).
- Kaiser Permanente Tax Sheltered Annuity Plan II (CA) $5.7B · 39,137
- Salesforce 401(k) Plan (CA) $5.7B · 39,662
- Providence Health & Services 403(b) Value Plan (WA) $5.7B · 63,476
- Marsh & Mclennan Companies 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan (NY) $5.8B · 18,458
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (13,152 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- National Healthcare Corporation 401(k) Plan (TN) 13,170 · 18 off
- Baystate Health, Inc Retirement Plan (MA) 13,128 · 24 off
- Penske Truck Leasing Co., L.P. Savings Retirement Plan (PA) 13,128 · 24 off
- Lululemon Savings Plan (DE) 13,125 · 27 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.