Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Bci Brands, LLC Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$3M
Total assets Small plan by assets: N/A
Participants Small participant base: 34th
Percentile by assets National rank

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Official DOL plan name: Bernard Chaus, Inc. Pension Plan for Bargaining Unit Employees · Sponsored by Bci Brands, LLC · New York · Retail Trade

$3M in assets, N/A participants

Bci Brands, LLC's Bernard Chaus, Inc. Pension Plan for Bargaining Unit Employees reported $3M in total assets and N/A participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 34th 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.

#3,836 in Retail Trade (8,414 peers)

Bci Brands, LLC multi-year trail

Bci Brands, LLC's plans moved +26.4% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows Bernard Chaus, Inc. Pension Plan for Bargaining Unit Employees at $3M / N/A participants.

#3,836
in Retail Trade (8,414 peers): +11.0%
assets growth YoY

Bernard Chaus, Inc. Pension Plan for Bargaining Unit Employees's mid-pack asset rank among Retail Trade and all filers

Bernard Chaus, Inc. Pension Plan for Bargaining Unit Employees vs every filed plan by assets

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

$2,639,407 34th percentile higher than 34% 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

Filed plans by participant headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets.

Micro (1-10) 35,718 filings (27%) Small (11-100) 27,089 filings (21%) Medium (101-1,000) 55,445 filings (43%) Large (1,001-10,000) 10,273 filings (8%) Mega (10,000+) 1,374 filings (1%)

Bernard Chaus, Inc. Pension Plan for Bargaining Unit Employees reported net income rose from -$720K in the plan year 2022 filing to $261K in the plan year 2023 filing.
Bernard Chaus, Inc. Pension Plan for Bargaining Unit Employees end-of-year assets rose from $2M in the plan year 2022 filing to $3M in the plan year 2023 filing.

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Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 872015233 · Bci Brands, LLC PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Bernard Chaus, Inc. Pension Plan for Bargaining Unit Employees · $3M · N/A · 34th

EBSA $3M
PART N/A
TYPE 34th
NET Defined Benefit (Pension)
BOOK near Clermont LLC Defined Benefit Plan
VS-ST ind #3836

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 York →

End-of-year total assets ($M) among Bernard Chaus, Inc. Pension Plan for Bargaining Unit Employees and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Bci Brands, LLC multi-year asset trail

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets: $15M 26.35036172969494% vs 2022; 2024 filing year

Year	Plans	Participants	Total Assets
2022	2	220	$12M
2023	2	241	$13M
2024	2	259	$15M

Bci Brands, LLC filing trail (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)	$2M
Net Assets (End of Year)	$3M
Net Income	$261K
Employer EIN	872015233
Plan Effective Date	1985-01-01
Filing Status	FILING RECEIVED

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in New York

Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Bernard Chaus, Inc. Pension Plan for Bargaining Unit Employees vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New York, assets vs. participants

IBM Personal Pension Plan $25.0B · 14,881
Consolidated Edison Retirement Plan $16.2B · 10,779
1199seiu Health Care Employees Pension Fund $16.2B · 107,582
Pfizer Consolidated Pension Plan $11.0B · 9,616
Pepsico Employees Retirement Plan I $7.6B · 12,289

Compare Bernard Chaus, Inc. Pension Plan for Bargaining Unit Employees side-by-side with 3 peers →

Bernard Chaus, Inc. Pension Plan for Bargaining Unit Employees's closest out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets

Outside New York, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by end-of-year assets is Clermont LLC Defined Benefit Plan in TX at $3M (this filing: $3M).

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($3M here).

Clermont LLC Defined Benefit Plan (TX) $3M · 2
D. B. Leishman, Inc. Defined Benefit Pension Plan (CA) $3M · 2
Peterson Spring Corporation Consolidated UAW Retirement Income Plan (MI) $3M · 52
M. Ahmadi Dental Corp. Defined Benefit Pension Plan (CA) $3M · 5

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 Bernard Chaus, Inc. Pension Plan for Bargaining Unit Employees assets move in 2023? ▼

Bernard Chaus, Inc. Pension Plan for Bargaining Unit Employees grew at a solid clip - up 11.0% during 2023, from $2M to $3M. Reported net income was $261K.

How have Bci Brands, LLC plan assets changed over time? ▼

Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Bci Brands, LLC's sponsor-wide assets grew 26.4%, from $12M to $15M.

Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Bernard Chaus, Inc. Pension Plan for Bargaining Unit Employees? ▼

Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Clermont LLC Defined Benefit Plan in TX ($3M, 2 participants).

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 872015233.