Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Backstage Equipment, Inc. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$1M
Total assets Small plan by assets
4
Participants Small participant base
25th
Percentile by assets National rank
$294,166
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Backstage Equipment, Inc. Defined Benefit Plan · Sponsored by Backstage Equipment, Inc. · California · Real Estate

$1M in assets, 4 participants

Backstage Equipment, Inc.'s Backstage Equipment, Inc. Defined Benefit Plan reported $1M in total assets and 4 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 25th 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.

  • #2,018 in Real Estate (4,727 peers)

Backstage Equipment, Inc. multi-year trail

Backstage Equipment, Inc.'s plans moved -81.4% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows Backstage Equipment, Inc. Defined Benefit Plan at $1M / 4 participants.

#2,018
in Real Estate (4,727 peers)
-5.0%
assets change YoY

The plan reported a net loss of $63K for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Backstage Equipment, Inc. Defined Benefit Plan among the smaller filed plans by assets

Backstage Equipment, Inc. Defined Benefit Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$1,176,663 25th percentile higher than 25% 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

Backstage Equipment, Inc. Defined Benefit Plan among micro filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Backstage Equipment, Inc. Defined Benefit Plan is a micro filing (4 participants), the leftmost band.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Backstage Equipment, Inc. Defined Benefit Plan reported participants fell from 5 in the plan year 2022 filing to 4 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Backstage Equipment, Inc. Defined Benefit Plan reported net income rose from -$68K in the plan year 2022 filing to -$63K in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Backstage Equipment, Inc. Defined Benefit Plan end-of-year assets fell from $1M in the plan year 2022 filing to $1M in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 954369780 · Backstage Equipment, Inc. PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Backstage Equipment, Inc. Defined Benefit Plan · $1M · 4 · 25th

  • RANK $1M
  • RANK 4
  • RANK 25th
  • RANK Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • RANK near Refresco Union Employees' Retirement Plan
  • RANK ind #2018

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 Real Estate retirement plans → · Plans in California →

Backstage Equipment, Inc. Defined Benefit Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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

Backstage Equipment, Inc. multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Backstage Equipment, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$793K 81.38737509006855% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$0M$2M$4M$6M 202220232024 $4.26M $0.79M ▼ -81.5%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 3 14 $4M
2023 1 4 $1M
2024 1 N/A $793K

Backstage Equipment, Inc. filing trail (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$1M
Net Assets (End of Year)$1M
Net Income-$63K
Employer EIN954369780
Plan Effective Date1990-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in California

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

Backstage Equipment, Inc. Defined Benefit Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in California, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 -10010203040 Total assets ($B) Participants Backstage Equipment, Inc. Defined Benefit Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.001176663 · Participants: 4Backstage Equipment, Inc. Defined Benefit PlanKaiser Permanente Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 33.538817099 · Participants: 127356Kaiser Permanente Retirement PlanPacific Gas and Electric Company Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 21.40954351 · Participants: 22914Pacific Gas and Electric Company Retirement PlanPacific Gas and Electric Company Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 17.980531142 · Participants: 25647Pacific Gas and Electric Company Retirement PlanRetirement Plan for Physicians and Salaried Employees of the Permanente Medical Group, Inc., Total assets ($B): 10.814691143 · Participants: 19545Retirement Plan for Physicians and Salaried Employees of the Permanente Medical Group, Inc.Disney Salaried Pension Plan D, Total assets ($B): 10.057095066 · Participants: 10813Disney Salaried Pension Plan D
Backstage Equipment, Inc. Defined Benefit Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in California, assets vs. participants
Compare Backstage Equipment, Inc. Defined Benefit Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

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

Outside California, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Refresco Union Employees' Retirement Plan in FL ($1M); by covered participants it is Ship Wheel Retirement Fund and Trust in MA (4 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (4 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 Backstage Equipment, Inc. Defined Benefit Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Backstage Equipment, Inc. Defined Benefit Plan pulled back noticeably - down 5.0% during 2023, from $1M to $1M. Reported net income was -$63K.
How have Backstage Equipment, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Backstage Equipment, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets declined 81.4%, from $4M to $793K.
Where does Backstage Equipment, Inc. Defined Benefit Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Backstage Equipment, Inc. Defined Benefit Plan ranks in the 25th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (in the lower half of filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Backstage Equipment, Inc. Defined Benefit Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Refresco Union Employees' Retirement Plan in FL ($1M, 461 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Backstage Equipment, Inc. Defined Benefit Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Ship Wheel Retirement Fund and Trust in MA (4 participants, N/A 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 954369780.

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.