Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

The Talbots, LLC Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$56M
Total assets Below avg plan size
314
Participants Below avg headcount
87th
Percentile by assets National rank
$179,691
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: The Talbots, Inc. Pension Plan · Sponsored by The Talbots, LLC · Massachusetts · Retail Trade

$56M in assets, 314 participants

The Talbots, LLC's The Talbots, Inc. Pension Plan reported $56M in total assets and 314 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 87th 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.

  • #7,790 in Retail Trade (8,414 peers)

Coverage in Massachusetts

The Talbots, Inc. Pension Plan covers 314 participants in Massachusetts, about 48% of the average Massachusetts filer (state average ~659 per filing). Assets: $56M.

#7,790
in Retail Trade (8,414 peers)
+4.5%
assets growth YoY
0.6×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The Talbots, Inc. Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets

The Talbots, Inc. Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$56,423,062 Top 13% higher than 87% 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

The Talbots, Inc. 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. The Talbots, Inc. Pension Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (314 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • The Talbots, Inc. Pension Plan reported net income rose from -$65M in the plan year 2022 filing to $3M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • The Talbots, Inc. Pension Plan reported participants fell from 459 in the plan year 2022 filing to 314 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • The Talbots, Inc. Pension Plan end-of-year assets rose from $54M in the plan year 2022 filing to $56M in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 411111318 · The Talbots, LLC PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

The Talbots, Inc. Pension Plan · $56M · 314 · 87th

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  • BOOK near Permanente Retirement Plan
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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 Massachusetts →

The Talbots, Inc. Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among The Talbots, Inc. Pension Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Massachusetts filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$54M
Net Assets (End of Year)$56M
Net Income$3M
Employer EIN411111318
Plan Effective Date1988-06-27
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (The Talbots, LLC)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All The Talbots, LLC plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$290M 20.182898893570446% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$220M$240M$260M$280M$300M 202220232024 $241M $290M ▲ +20.2%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 5,397 $241M
2023 2 4,700 $276M
2024 2 5,138 $290M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Massachusetts

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

The Talbots, Inc. Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Massachusetts, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -20000020000400006000080000 -5051015 Total assets ($B) Participants The Talbots, Inc. Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.056423062 · Participants: 314The Talbots, Inc. Pension PlanConsolidated Cash Balance Program of Mass General Brigham and Member Organizations, Total assets ($B): 10.325856564 · Participants: 58745Consolidated Cash Balance Program of Mass General Brigham and Member OrganizationsNew England Teamsters Pension Fund, Total assets ($B): 9.092299586 · Participants: 21786New England Teamsters Pension FundLiberty Mutual Retirement Benefit Plan, Total assets ($B): 6.892259637 · Participants: 37145Liberty Mutual Retirement Benefit PlanMassachusetts Institute of Technology Basic Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.381626447 · Participants: 11888Massachusetts Institute of Technology Basic Retirement PlanN. Atlantic States Carp. Pension Fund, Total assets ($B): 4.973349354 · Participants: 17166N. Atlantic States Carp. Pension Fund
The Talbots, Inc. Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Massachusetts, assets vs. participants
Compare The Talbots, Inc. Pension Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

The Talbots, Inc. Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Massachusetts, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Permanente Retirement Plan in CA ($56M); by covered participants it is Retirement Income Plan of Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. in NY (315 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($56M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (314 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 The Talbots, Inc. Pension Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
The Talbots, Inc. Pension Plan edged up modestly - up 4.5% during 2023, from $54M to $56M. Reported net income was $3M.
How have The Talbots, LLC plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), The Talbots, LLC's sponsor-wide assets grew 20.2%, from $241M to $290M.
Where does The Talbots, Inc. Pension Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
The Talbots, Inc. Pension Plan ranks in the 87th 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 Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to The Talbots, Inc. Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Permanente Retirement Plan in CA ($56M, 123 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to The Talbots, Inc. Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Retirement Income Plan of Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. in NY (315 participants, $753M 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 411111318.

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.