Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
Basf Corporation Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $381M
- Total assets Above avg plan size
- 513
- Participants Below avg headcount
- 97th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $743,101
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Basf Corporation Consolidated Bargaining Unit Employees' Pension Plan · Sponsored by Basf Corporation · New Jersey · Manufacturing
$381M in assets, 513 participants
Basf Corporation's Basf Corporation Consolidated Bargaining Unit Employees' Pension Plan reported $381M in total assets and 513 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 97th 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.
- #17,762 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
Where Basf Corporation Consolidated Bargaining Unit Employees' Pension Plan sits by assets
Basf Corporation Consolidated Bargaining Unit Employees' Pension Plan sits in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, $381M for 513 participants (~$743,101/participant), down 0.5% in 2023.
- #17,762
- in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
- -0.5%
- assets change YoY
- 3.8×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $2M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Basf Corporation Consolidated Bargaining Unit Employees' Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets
Basf Corporation Consolidated Bargaining Unit Employees' Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500
$381,210,727 Top 3% higher than 97% of 127,068 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2023
Basf Corporation Consolidated Bargaining Unit Employees' Pension 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. Basf Corporation Consolidated Bargaining Unit Employees' Pension Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (513 participants).
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- Basf Corporation Consolidated Bargaining Unit Employees' Pension Plan reported net income rose from -$149M in the plan year 2022 filing to -$2M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Basf Corporation Consolidated Bargaining Unit Employees' Pension Plan reported participants fell from 757 in the plan year 2022 filing to 513 in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Basf Corporation Consolidated Bargaining Unit Employees' Pension Plan end-of-year assets fell from $383M in the plan year 2022 filing to $381M in the plan year 2023 filing.
DOL schedule card
Filing strip 161090809 · Basf Corporation PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Basf Corporation Consolidated Bargaining Unit Employees' Pension Plan · $381M · 513 · 97th
- 5500 $381M
- 5500 513
- 5500 97th
- 5500 Defined Benefit (Pension)
- 5500 near Flowserve Corporation Pension Plan
- 5500 ind #17762
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 Manufacturing retirement plans → · Plans in New Jersey →
Basf Corporation Consolidated Bargaining Unit Employees' Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Scale-class filing particulars (2023)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $383M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $381M |
| Net Income | -$2M |
| Employer EIN | 161090809 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1969-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Basf Corporation)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Basf Corporation plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $8.6B 6.649327745108343% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | 19,158 | $8.1B |
| 2023 | 4 | 17,798 | $8.4B |
| 2024 | 4 | 15,945 | $8.6B |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in New Jersey
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Retirement Plan of Johnson and Johnson $21.2B · 37,749
- JPMorgan Chase Retirement Plan $16.3B · 90,644
- Nokia Retirement Income Plan $13.9B · 7,492
- The Prudential Merged Retirement Plan $12.2B · 16,230
- Verizon Pension Plan for Associates $10.9B · 23,778
Basf Corporation Consolidated Bargaining Unit Employees' Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside New Jersey, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Flowserve Corporation Pension Plan in TX ($381M); by covered participants it is A&e Television Networks, LLC. Retirement Plan in NY (513 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($381M here).
- Flowserve Corporation Pension Plan (TX) $381M · 4,514
- Fmc Technologies, Inc. Employees' Retirement Program (TX) $381M · 370
- Hawaii Longshore Pension Plan (HI) $381M · 823
- Kansas City Division Hourly Employees' Pension Plan (NC) $381M · 520
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (513 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- A&e Television Networks, LLC. Retirement Plan (NY) 513 · 0 off
- Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc. Retirement Plan (MD) 512 · 1 off
- Century Aluminum Sebree Hourly Pension Plan (IL) 512 · 1 off
- International UAW Staff Retirement Income Plan (MI) 512 · 1 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.