401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Burlington Northern Santa Fe, LLC 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-11

$2.3B
Total assets
6,551
Participants
99th
Percentile by assets
$348,460
Avg per participant
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Official DOL plan name: Burlington Northern Santa Fe Investment and Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Burlington Northern Santa Fe, LLC · Texas · Management of Enterprises

$2.3B in assets, 6,551 participants

Burlington Northern Santa Fe, LLC's Burlington Northern Santa Fe Investment and Retirement Plan reported $2.3B in total assets and 6,551 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.

  • 99th percentile by assets (of 127,072 plans)
  • #1,112 in Management of Enterprises (1,137 peers)

Coverage in Texas

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Investment and Retirement Plan covers 6,551 participants in Texas, 9.5x the typical Texas plan (state average ~688 per filing). Assets: $2.3B.

$2.3B
total plan assets (2023 EOY)
6,551
covered participants
99th
percentile by assets (of 127,072 plans)
$348,460
avg assets per participant

Where Burlington Northern Santa Fe Investment and Retirement Plan sits by total assets

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Investment and Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$2,282,763,757 Top 1% higher than 99% of 127,068 filed plans

This plan $0 $2,010,000,000 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

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Burlington Northern Santa Fe Investment and Retirement Plan reported net income rose from -$387M in the plan year 2022 filing to $303M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Burlington Northern Santa Fe Investment and Retirement Plan end-of-year assets rose from $2.0B in the plan year 2022 filing to $2.3B in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Burlington Northern Santa Fe Investment and Retirement Plan reported participants rose from 6,423 in the plan year 2022 filing to 6,551 in the plan year 2023 filing.

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Participants vs Texas filers

In Texas, the average filing covers about 688 participants across 10,116 plans. Burlington Northern Santa Fe Investment and Retirement Plan reports 6,551 participants - 9.5x that state average ($2.3B EOY assets).

Texas filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$2.0B
Net Assets (End of Year)$2.3B
Net Income$303M
Employer EIN271754839
Plan Effective Date1997-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Burlington Northern Santa Fe, LLC)

$4B$4.5B$5B$5.5B$6B 202220232024 $4.32B $5.61B ▲ +29.9%
Total plan assets by year, all Burlington Northern Santa Fe, LLC plans on file
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 11,980 $4.3B
2023 2 11,673 $4.9B
2024 2 11,183 $5.6B

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Texas

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

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Investment and Retirement Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Texas, assets vs. participants

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Investment and Retirement Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Texas, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 050000100000150000 01020304050 Total assets ($B) Participants Burlington Northern …AT&T Retirement Savi…Exxonmobil Savings P…Caterpillar 401(k) S…American Airlines, I…Dell Inc. 401(k) Plan
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Investment and Retirement Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Texas, assets vs. participants

Scale composition for Burlington Northern Santa Fe Investment and Retirement Plan

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Investment and Retirement Plan reports $2.3B in end-of-year assets across 6,551 participants (0.019% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.007% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $348,460 per participant (2.5x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $303M.

This plan identity (EIN 271754839, plan #002) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $2.0B to $2.5B (+28.6%) while covered participants moved from 6,423 to 6,424 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 6,423 $2.0B Open filing
2023 6,551 $2.3B This page
2024 · index core 6,424 $2.5B Open filing

The same sponsor also keeps 2 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:

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Frequently Asked Questions

How did Burlington Northern Santa Fe Investment and Retirement Plan assets move in 2023?
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Investment and Retirement Plan grew sharply - up 15.4% during 2023, from $2.0B to $2.3B. Reported net income was $303M.
How have Burlington Northern Santa Fe, LLC plan assets changed over time?
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Burlington Northern Santa Fe, LLC's sponsor-wide assets grew 29.6%, from $4.3B to $5.6B.
Where does Burlington Northern Santa Fe Investment and Retirement Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers?
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Investment 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 Burlington Northern Santa Fe Investment and Retirement Plan?
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Weyerhaeuser 401(k) Plan in WA ($2.3B, 7,743 participants).

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