Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Bj's Restaurants, Inc. Retirement Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$38M
Total assets Below avg plan size
11,025
Participants Very large workforce
82nd
Percentile by assets National rank
$3,440
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Bj's Restaurants, Inc. 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Bj's Restaurants, Inc. · California · Food Services & Accommodation

$38M in assets, 11,025 participants

Bj's Restaurants, Inc.'s Bj's Restaurants, Inc. 401(k) Plan reported $38M in total assets and 11,025 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 82nd 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.

  • #3,653 in Food Services & Accommodation (3,828 peers)

Coverage in California

Bj's Restaurants, Inc. 401(k) Plan covers 11,025 participants in California, 17x the typical California plan (state average ~630 per filing). Assets: $38M.

#3,653
in Food Services & Accommodation (3,828 peers)
+25.8%
assets growth YoY
0.4×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Bj's Restaurants, Inc. 401(k) Plan's outsized position by total assets

Bj's Restaurants, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$37,930,598 Top 18% higher than 82% 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

Bj's Restaurants, Inc. 401(k) Plan's mega-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Bj's Restaurants, Inc. 401(k) Plan is a mega filing (11,025 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Bj's Restaurants, Inc. 401(k) Plan reported net income rose from -$5M in the plan year 2022 filing to $8M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Bj's Restaurants, Inc. 401(k) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $30M in the plan year 2022 filing to $38M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Bj's Restaurants, Inc. 401(k) Plan reported participants rose from 9,542 in the plan year 2022 filing to 11,025 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 330485615 · Bj's Restaurants, Inc. PY 2023 · Other

Bj's Restaurants, Inc. 401(k) Plan · $38M · 11,025 · 82nd

  • EIN $38M
  • EIN 11,025
  • EIN 82nd
  • EIN Other
  • EIN near Center for Human Development DC Retirement Plan
  • EIN ind #3653

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 Food Services & Accommodation retirement plans → · Plans in California →

Bj's Restaurants, Inc. 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Bj's Restaurants, Inc. 401(k) Plan and nearest nationwide Other peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

California filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$30M
Net Assets (End of Year)$38M
Net Income$8M
Employer EIN330485615
Plan Effective Date2000-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Bj's Restaurants, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Bj's Restaurants, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$45M 48.116758302300525% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$25M$30M$35M$40M$45M$50M 202220232024 $30.2M $44.7M ▲ +48.1%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 9,542 $30M
2023 1 11,025 $38M
2024 1 12,110 $45M

Nearby Other Plans in California

Peer Other plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Bj's Restaurants, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs. nearby Other plans in California, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 0100002000030000400005000060000 -5051015 Total assets ($B) Participants Bj's Restaurants, Inc. 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.037930598 · Participants: 11025Bj's Restaurants, Inc. 401(k) PlanStanford Contributory Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 11.039978863 · Participants: 21674Stanford Contributory Retirement PlanSutter Health 403(b) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 6.533806707 · Participants: 50273Sutter Health 403(b) Savings PlanStanford Health Care Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.761504142 · Participants: 22681Stanford Health Care Retirement Savings PlanCaltech Base Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.792181822 · Participants: 10682Caltech Base Retirement PlanUniversity of Southern California Tax-Deferred Annuity Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.277911652 · Participants: 21764University of Southern California Tax-Deferred Annuity Plan
Bj's Restaurants, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs. nearby Other plans in California, assets vs. participants
Compare Bj's Restaurants, Inc. 401(k) Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Bj's Restaurants, Inc. 401(k) Plan's out-of-state Other peers by assets and headcount

Outside California, the nearest Other by assets is Center for Human Development DC Retirement Plan in MA ($38M); by covered participants it is Banner Health Employees 403(b) Plan in AZ (11,018 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (11,025 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 Bj's Restaurants, Inc. 401(k) Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Bj's Restaurants, Inc. 401(k) Plan grew sharply - up 25.8% during 2023, from $30M to $38M. Reported net income was $8M.
How have Bj's Restaurants, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Bj's Restaurants, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 48.1%, from $30M to $45M.
Where does Bj's Restaurants, Inc. 401(k) Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Bj's Restaurants, Inc. 401(k) Plan ranks in the 82nd percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets).
Which Other plans are similar in size to Bj's Restaurants, Inc. 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among Other plans in other states, the closest by assets is Center for Human Development DC Retirement Plan in MA ($38M, 1,324 participants).
Which Other plans cover a similar participant headcount to Bj's Restaurants, Inc. 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among Other plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Banner Health Employees 403(b) Plan in AZ (11,018 participants, $164M 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 330485615.

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.