Other Β· DOL Form 5500 Β· 2023

Brown Strauss, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan

Data updated 2026-05-15

$209M
Total assets
206
Participants
95th
Percentile by assets
$1.0M
Avg per participant

Sponsored by Bsi Holdings Inc. Β· Colorado Β· Manufacturing

What the 2023 filing shows

Brown Strauss, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan holds $209M for 206 participants - about $1.0M per participant, in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, down 10.1% over the 2023 plan year.

$209M
total plan assets (2023 EOY)
206
covered participants
95th
percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)
$1.0M
avg assets per participant

The plan reported a net loss of $24M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

State
Industry
Manufacturing

Other Β· DOL Form 5500 Β· 2023

What the Filing Says About Brown Strauss, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan

Brown Strauss, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan is an Other retirement plan sponsored by Bsi Holdings Inc., headquartered in Colorado. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2023 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $209M in total end-of-year assets and covers 206 participants across the Manufacturing industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 352523825, and the plan has been effective since 1996-01-01. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets pulled back noticeably from $233M at the beginning of 2023 to $209M at year-end - down 10.1%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $209M, with reported net income of -$24M driven by investment returns, contributions received, and benefit payments during the period. These figures reflect what the plan administrator certified on Schedule H or Schedule I of the Form 5500 annual return and can be compared against 2 prior plan-year filings from the same sponsor shown below.

Across the 3 plan years Bsi Holdings Inc. has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $233M to $160M, a decline of 31.1%, while reported participants moved from 206 to 233 (+13.1%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2022 at $233M; the softest was 2024 at $160M. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $233M in assets across 1 plan covering 206 participants; 2023 - $209M in assets across 1 plan covering 206 participants; 2024 - $160M in assets across 1 plan covering 233 participants.

By assets, Brown Strauss, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan outranks 95% of the 126,618 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2023 plan year, and holds roughly 2.1x the national average plan size of $100M and 730 average participants.

Asset totals and participant counts reflect a single plan year snapshot and can change materially with market conditions, plan mergers, or workforce changes. Fields such as "net income" include both realized investment performance and contribution/distribution flows, a single-year figure does not by itself indicate plan health or participant outcomes. This page summarizes public DOL disclosures for research and educational purposes only and is not retirement, tax, legal, or financial advice. Before making decisions about your own retirement benefits or evaluating an employer's plan, verify the underlying filing directly via the DOL EFAST2 system and consult a qualified professional.

How the percentile is calculated: we count every plan that filed a 2023 Form 5500 with a reported end-of-year asset figure (126,618 plans), rank Brown Strauss, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan against all of them by total assets, and report the share of those plans it outranks. A plan reporting no asset figure for the year is excluded from the ranking rather than assumed to be zero.

Financial Summary (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$233M
Total Assets (End of Year)$209M
Net Assets (End of Year)$209M
Net Income-$24M
Plan TypeOther
Employer EIN352523825
Plan Effective Date1996-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Bsi Holdings Inc.)

Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 206 $233M
2023 1 206 $209M
2024 1 233 $160M

Nearby Other Plans in Colorado

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the Brown Strauss, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan?
As of the 2023 Form 5500 filing, Brown Strauss, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan holds $209M in total assets with 206 participants. It is sponsored by Bsi Holdings Inc..
What type of plan is Brown Strauss, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan?
Brown Strauss, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan is an Other plan. It has been effective since 1996-01-01. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 352523825.
Who sponsors the Brown Strauss, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan?
Brown Strauss, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan is sponsored by Bsi Holdings Inc., located in Colorado. The sponsor's EIN is 352523825 and the plan operates in the Manufacturing industry.
How did Brown Strauss, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan perform in 2023?
Brown Strauss, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan pulled back noticeably - down 10.1% during 2023, moving from $233M to $209M in total assets. Net income was -$24M.

What this filing means

Ways to act on Brown Strauss, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan's numbers.

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 352523825.

Reference: IRS Publication 560, Retirement Plans for Small Business, contribution-limit rules.

Reference: IRS Publication 590-B, Distributions from IRAs, RMD rules under SECURE Act 2.0.

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

Every figure on PlainRetire is rendered directly from the Department of Labor's Form 5500 annual return filings, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-05-15.