401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Brown's Super Stores, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$17M
Total assets Small plan by assets
167
Participants Small participant base
69th
Percentile by assets National rank
$100,939
Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Brown's Super Stores, Inc. Employee Savings & Protection Plan · Sponsored by Brown's Super Stores, Inc. · New Jersey · Retail Trade

$17M in assets, 167 participants

Brown's Super Stores, Inc.'s Brown's Super Stores, Inc. Employee Savings & Protection Plan reported $17M in total assets and 167 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 69th 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.

  • #6,747 in Retail Trade (8,414 peers)

Coverage in New Jersey

Brown's Super Stores, Inc. Employee Savings & Protection Plan covers 167 participants in New Jersey, about 20% of the average New Jersey filer (state average ~844 per filing). Assets: $17M.

#6,747
in Retail Trade (8,414 peers)
+16.8%
assets growth YoY

Brown's Super Stores, Inc. Employee Savings & Protection Plan's outsized position by total assets

Brown's Super Stores, Inc. Employee Savings & Protection Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$16,856,873 Top 31% higher than 69% 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

Brown's Super Stores, Inc. Employee Savings & Protection Plan among mid-size filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Brown's Super Stores, Inc. Employee Savings & Protection Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (167 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Brown's Super Stores, Inc. Employee Savings & Protection Plan reported net income rose from -$5M in the plan year 2022 filing to $2M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Brown's Super Stores, Inc. Employee Savings & Protection Plan end-of-year assets rose from $14M in the plan year 2022 filing to $17M in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 222813419 · Brown's Super Stores, Inc. PY 2023 · 401(k)

Brown's Super Stores, Inc. Employee Savings & Protection Plan · $17M · 167 · 69th

  • RANK $17M
  • RANK 167
  • RANK 69th
  • RANK 401(k)
  • RANK near Blue Bottle Coffee, Inc. 401(k) Plan
  • RANK ind #6747

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 New Jersey →

Brown's Super Stores, Inc. Employee Savings & Protection Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Brown's Super Stores, Inc. Employee Savings & Protection Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

New Jersey filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$14M
Net Assets (End of Year)$17M
Net Income$2M
Employer EIN222813419
Plan Effective Date1991-12-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Brown's Super Stores, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Brown's Super Stores, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$19M 30.096831721803056% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$14M$16M$18M$20M 202220232024 $14.4M $18.8M ▲ +30.1%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 166 $14M
2023 1 167 $17M
2024 1 251 $19M

Nearby 401(k) Plans in New Jersey

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

Brown's Super Stores, Inc. Employee Savings & Protection Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in New Jersey, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000200000 -1001020304050 Total assets ($B) Participants Brown's Super Stores, Inc. Employee Savings & Protection Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.016856873 · Participants: 167Brown's Super Stores, Inc. Employee Savings & Protection PlanJPMorgan Chase 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 44.552237022 · Participants: 176610JPMorgan Chase 401(k) Savings PlanVerizon Savings Plan for Management Employees, Total assets ($B): 27.825640157 · Participants: 78072Verizon Savings Plan for Management EmployeesJohnson and Johnson Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 22.177853595 · Participants: 41291Johnson and Johnson Savings PlanErnst & Young Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 15.543526764 · Participants: 59346Ernst & Young Retirement Savings PlanMerck US Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 13.424416176 · Participants: 26850Merck US Savings Plan
Brown's Super Stores, Inc. Employee Savings & Protection Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in New Jersey, assets vs. participants
Compare Brown's Super Stores, Inc. Employee Savings & Protection Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Brown's Super Stores, Inc. Employee Savings & Protection Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside New Jersey, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Blue Bottle Coffee, Inc. 401(k) Plan in CA ($17M); by covered participants it is Cleveland Hardware and Forging Co. Profit Sharing in WI (167 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (167 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 Brown's Super Stores, Inc. Employee Savings & Protection Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Brown's Super Stores, Inc. Employee Savings & Protection Plan grew sharply - up 16.8% during 2023, from $14M to $17M. Reported net income was $2M.
How have Brown's Super Stores, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Brown's Super Stores, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 30.1%, from $14M to $19M.
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Brown's Super Stores, Inc. Employee Savings & Protection Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Blue Bottle Coffee, Inc. 401(k) Plan in CA ($17M, 1,155 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Brown's Super Stores, Inc. Employee Savings & Protection Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Cleveland Hardware and Forging Co. Profit Sharing in WI (167 participants, $8M 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 222813419.

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.