Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
American Bureau of Shipping Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-11
- $452M
- Total assets
- 795
- Participants
- 97th
- Percentile by assets
- $567,972
- Avg per participant
Official DOL plan name: American Bureau of Shipping Pension Plan · Sponsored by American Bureau of Shipping · Texas · Professional & Technical Services
$452M in assets, 795 participants
American Bureau of Shipping's American Bureau of Shipping Pension Plan reported $452M in total assets and 795 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.
- 97th percentile by assets (of 127,072 plans)
- #19,922 in Professional & Technical Services (20,321 peers)
Where American Bureau of Shipping Pension Plan sits by assets
American Bureau of Shipping Pension Plan sits in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, $452M for 795 participants (~$567,972/participant), up 18.3% in 2023.
- $452M
- total plan assets (2023 EOY)
- 795
- covered participants
- 97th
- percentile by assets (of 127,072 plans)
- $567,972
- avg assets per participant
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- American Bureau of Shipping Pension Plan reported net income rose from -$165M in the plan year 2022 filing to $25M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- American Bureau of Shipping Pension Plan end-of-year assets rose from $382M in the plan year 2022 filing to $452M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- American Bureau of Shipping Pension Plan reported participants fell from 860 in the plan year 2022 filing to 795 in the plan year 2023 filing.
American Bureau of Shipping Pension Plan vs the 2023 asset distribution
By assets, American Bureau of Shipping Pension Plan outranks 97% of the 127,072 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2023 plan year, and holds roughly 4.5x the national average plan size of $100M (721 average participants).
Scale-class filing particulars (2023)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $382M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $451M |
| Net Income | $25M |
| Employer EIN | 134921556 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1938-10-04 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (American Bureau of Shipping)
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 2,081 | $635M |
| 2023 | 2 | 2,123 | $753M |
| 2024 | 2 | 2,125 | $771M |
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- American Bureau of Shipping's sponsor-wide assets have grown 21.5% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Professional & Technical Services plans