401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

L Brands Service Company LLC 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$1.1B
Total assets Very large vs avg
19,674
Participants Very large workforce
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$58,244
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Bath & Body Works, Inc. 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan · Sponsored by L Brands Service Company LLC · Ohio · Retail Trade

$1.1B in assets, 19,674 participants

L Brands Service Company LLC's Bath & Body Works, Inc. 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan reported $1.1B in total assets and 19,674 participants in its 2023 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.

  • #8,353 in Retail Trade (8,414 peers)

Coverage in Ohio

Bath & Body Works, Inc. 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan covers 19,674 participants in Ohio, 26x the typical Ohio plan (state average ~765 per filing). Assets: $1.1B.

#8,353
in Retail Trade (8,414 peers)
+11.8%
assets growth YoY
11×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Bath & Body Works, Inc. 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets

Bath & Body Works, Inc. 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500

$1,145,885,666 Top 1% higher than 99% of 127,068 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 2023

Bath & Body Works, Inc. 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan's mega-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Bath & Body Works, Inc. 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan is a mega filing (19,674 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Bath & Body Works, Inc. 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan reported net income rose from -$227M in the plan year 2022 filing to $121M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Bath & Body Works, Inc. 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan end-of-year assets rose from $1.0B in the plan year 2022 filing to $1.1B in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Bath & Body Works, Inc. 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan reported participants rose from 19,262 in the plan year 2022 filing to 19,674 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 311048997 · L Brands Service Company LLC PY 2023 · 401(k)

Bath & Body Works, Inc. 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan · $1.1B · 19,674 · 99th

  • 5500 $1.1B
  • 5500 19,674
  • 5500 99th
  • 5500 401(k)
  • 5500 near Marvell Semiconductor 401(k) Retirement Plan
  • 5500 ind #8353

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 Retail Trade retirement plans → · Plans in Ohio →

Bath & Body Works, Inc. 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Bath & Body Works, Inc. 401(k) Savings and Retirement PlanBath & Body Works, Inc. 401(…$1.1BMarvell Semiconductor 401(k) Retirement PlanMarvell Semiconductor 401(k)…$1.1BPackaging Corporation of America Thrift Plan for Hourly EmployeesPackaging Corporation of Ame…$1.1BGpi Savings Plan$1.1BFood Lion 401(k) Plan$1.1B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Bath & Body Works, Inc. 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Ohio filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$1.0B
Net Assets (End of Year)$1.1B
Net Income$121M
Employer EIN311048997
Plan Effective Date1971-08-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (L Brands Service Company LLC)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All L Brands Service Company LLC plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$1.2B 18.844742440595162% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$1B$1.1B$1.2B$1.3B 202220232024 $1.03B $1.22B ▲ +18.4%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 19,389 $1.0B
2023 1 19,674 $1.1B
2024 1 21,265 $1.2B

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Ohio

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

Bath & Body Works, Inc. 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Ohio, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 050000100000150000 0510152025 Total assets ($B) Participants Bath & Body Works, Inc. 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.145885666 · Participants: 19674Bath & Body Works, Inc. 401(k) Savings and Retirement PlanGE Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 19.485469047 · Participants: 59766GE Retirement Savings PlanThe Sherwin-Williams Company 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 10.12932701 · Participants: 47362The Sherwin-Williams Company 401(k) PlanThe Progressive 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.225573063 · Participants: 56176The Progressive 401(k) PlanThe Kroger Co. 401(k) Retirement Savings Account Plan, Total assets ($B): 8.445085 · Participants: 129769The Kroger Co. 401(k) Retirement Savings Account PlanNationwide Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 7.618883027 · Participants: 24715Nationwide Savings Plan
Bath & Body Works, Inc. 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Ohio, assets vs. participants
Compare Bath & Body Works, Inc. 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Bath & Body Works, Inc. 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan

Bath & Body Works, Inc. 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan reports $1.1B in end-of-year assets across 19,674 participants (0.009% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.021% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $58,244 per participant (42% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $121M.

This plan identity (EIN 311048997, plan #002) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $1.0B to $1.2B (+18.9%) while covered participants moved from 19,262 to 21,265 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 19,262 $1.0B Open filing
2023 19,674 $1.1B This page
2024 · index core 21,265 $1.2B Open filing

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

Bath & Body Works, Inc. 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Ohio, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Marvell Semiconductor 401(k) Retirement Plan in CA ($1.1B); by covered participants it is The Odp Corporation Retirement Savings Plan in FL (19,687 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($1.1B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (19,674 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Bath & Body Works, Inc. 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Bath & Body Works, Inc. 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan grew at a solid clip - up 11.8% during 2023, from $1.0B to $1.1B. Reported net income was $121M.
How have L Brands Service Company LLC plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), L Brands Service Company LLC's sponsor-wide assets grew 18.8%, from $1.0B to $1.2B.
Where does Bath & Body Works, Inc. 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Bath & Body Works, Inc. 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan ranks in the 99th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (among the largest 1% of all filed plans).
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Bath & Body Works, Inc. 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Marvell Semiconductor 401(k) Retirement Plan in CA ($1.1B, 3,352 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Bath & Body Works, Inc. 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is The Odp Corporation Retirement Savings Plan in FL (19,687 participants, $1.3B in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2023.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 311048997.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.