Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Browning-Ferris Industries, LLC Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-07-24

$171M
Total assets
1,438
Participants
94th
Percentile by assets
$119,060
Avg per participant

Official DOL plan name: Bfi Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Browning-Ferris Industries, LLC · Arizona · Administrative & Support Services

$171M in assets, 1,438 participants

Browning-Ferris Industries, LLC's Bfi Retirement Plan reported $171M in total assets and 1,438 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 94th 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.

  • 94th percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)

What the 2023 filing shows

Bfi Retirement Plan holds $171M for 1,438 participants - about $119,060 per participant, in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets, down 4.2% over the 2023 plan year.

$171M
total plan assets (2023 EOY)
1,438
covered participants
94th
percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)
$119,060
avg assets per participant

The plan reported a net loss of $7M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

State
Industry
Administrative & Support Services

Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

What the Filing Says About Bfi Retirement Plan

Bfi Retirement Plan is a Defined Benefit (Pension) retirement plan sponsored by Browning-Ferris Industries, LLC, headquartered in Arizona. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2023 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $171M in total end-of-year assets and covers 1,438 participants across the Administrative & Support Services industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 741673682, and the plan has been effective since 1976-04-01. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets edged down modestly from $179M at the beginning of 2023 to $171M at year-end - down 4.2%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $171M, with reported net income of -$7M 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 Browning-Ferris Industries, LLC has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $179M to $3M, a decline of 98.5%, while reported participants moved from 1,592 to 1,366 (-14.2%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2022 at $179M; the softest was 2024 at $3M. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $179M in assets across 1 plan covering 1,592 participants; 2023 - $171M in assets across 1 plan covering 1,438 participants; 2024 - $3M in assets across 1 plan covering 1,366 participants.

By assets, Bfi Retirement Plan outranks 94% of the 126,618 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2023 plan year, and holds roughly 1.7x 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 Bfi Retirement 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)$179M
Total Assets (End of Year)$171M
Net Assets (End of Year)$171M
Net Income-$7M
Plan TypeDefined Benefit (Pension)
Employer EIN741673682
Plan Effective Date1976-04-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Browning-Ferris Industries, LLC)

$-100M$0M$100M$200M 202220232024 $179M $2.76M ▼ -98.5%
Total plan assets by year, all Browning-Ferris Industries, LLC 401(k) plans on file
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 1,592 $179M
2023 1 1,438 $171M
2024 1 1,366 $3M

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the Bfi Retirement Plan?
As of the 2023 Form 5500 filing, Bfi Retirement Plan holds $171M in total assets with 1,438 participants. It is sponsored by Browning-Ferris Industries, LLC.
What type of plan is Bfi Retirement Plan?
Bfi Retirement Plan is a Defined Benefit (Pension) plan. It has been effective since 1976-04-01. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 741673682.
Who sponsors the Bfi Retirement Plan?
Bfi Retirement Plan is sponsored by Browning-Ferris Industries, LLC, located in Arizona. The sponsor's EIN is 741673682 and the plan operates in the Administrative & Support Services industry.
How did Bfi Retirement Plan perform in 2023?
Bfi Retirement Plan edged down modestly - down 4.2% during 2023, moving from $179M to $171M in total assets. Net income was -$7M.

What this filing means

Ways to act on Bfi Retirement 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 741673682.

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 2026-07-24.