Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Briggs & Stratton, LLC Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$10M
Total assets Small plan by assets
480
Participants Below avg headcount
58th
Percentile by assets National rank
$19,908
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Briggs & Stratton, LLC Cash Balance Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Briggs & Stratton, LLC · Wisconsin · Manufacturing

$10M in assets, 480 participants

Briggs & Stratton, LLC's Briggs & Stratton, LLC Cash Balance Retirement Plan reported $10M in total assets and 480 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 58th 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.

  • #8,143 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)

Briggs & Stratton, LLC multi-year trail

Briggs & Stratton, LLC's plans moved +18.3% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows Briggs & Stratton, LLC Cash Balance Retirement Plan at $10M / 480 participants.

#8,143
in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
-45.9%
assets change YoY

The plan reported a net loss of $556K for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Briggs & Stratton, LLC Cash Balance Retirement Plan's mid-pack asset rank among Manufacturing and all filers

Briggs & Stratton, LLC Cash Balance Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$9,555,855 Top 42% higher than 58% 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

Briggs & Stratton, LLC Cash Balance Retirement 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. Briggs & Stratton, LLC Cash Balance Retirement Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (480 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Briggs & Stratton, LLC Cash Balance Retirement Plan end-of-year assets fell from $18M in the plan year 2022 filing to $10M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Briggs & Stratton, LLC Cash Balance Retirement Plan reported net income rose from -$931K in the plan year 2022 filing to -$556K in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Briggs & Stratton, LLC Cash Balance Retirement Plan reported participants fell from 554 in the plan year 2022 filing to 480 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 852711260 · Briggs & Stratton, LLC PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Briggs & Stratton, LLC Cash Balance Retirement Plan · $10M · 480 · 58th

  • VS-ST $10M
  • VS-ST 480
  • VS-ST 58th
  • VS-ST Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • VS-ST near Alm Media, LLC Pension Plan
  • VS-ST ind #8143

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 Manufacturing retirement plans → · Plans in Wisconsin →

Briggs & Stratton, LLC Cash Balance Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Retirement Plan for Employees of Collin Street Bakery, Inc.Retirement Plan for Employee…$10MHourly Employees Defined Benefit Pension PlanHourly Employees Defined Ben…$10MRetirement Plan for Employees of Piedmont Airlines, Inc.Retirement Plan for Employee…$10MBriggs & Stratton, LLC Cash Balance Retirement PlanBriggs & Stratton, LLC Cash …$10MAlm Media, LLC Pension Plan$10M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Briggs & Stratton, LLC Cash Balance Retirement Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Briggs & Stratton, LLC multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Briggs & Stratton, LLC plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$236M 18.278234934323525% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$180M$200M$220M$240M 202220232024 $199M $236M ▲ +18.3%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 4,943 $199M
2023 2 5,068 $220M
2024 2 4,318 $236M

Briggs & Stratton, LLC filing trail (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$18M
Net Assets (End of Year)$10M
Net Income-$556K
Employer EIN852711260
Plan Effective Date2017-06-29
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Wisconsin

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

Briggs & Stratton, LLC Cash Balance Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Wisconsin, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 050001000015000 -101234 Total assets ($B) Participants Briggs & Stratton, LLC Cash Balance Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.009555855 · Participants: 480Briggs & Stratton, LLC Cash Balance Retirement PlanThe Northwestern Mutual Employee Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.298151091 · Participants: 8348The Northwestern Mutual Employee Retirement PlanBuilding Trades United Pension Trust Fund Milwaukee and Vicinity, Total assets ($B): 3.267131995 · Participants: 9960Building Trades United Pension Trust Fund Milwaukee and VicinityThe Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Agents Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.08393057 · Participants: 7368The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Agents Retirement PlanHarley-Davidson Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.912240682 · Participants: 1560Harley-Davidson Retirement PlanRockwell Automation Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.77661124 · Participants: 2136Rockwell Automation Pension Plan
Briggs & Stratton, LLC Cash Balance Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Wisconsin, assets vs. participants
Compare Briggs & Stratton, LLC Cash Balance Retirement Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Briggs & Stratton, LLC Cash Balance Retirement Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Wisconsin, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Alm Media, LLC Pension Plan in NY ($10M); by covered participants it is Pension Fund of Heat and Frost Insulators Local 12 in NY (481 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (480 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 Briggs & Stratton, LLC Cash Balance Retirement Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Briggs & Stratton, LLC Cash Balance Retirement Plan contracted severely - down 45.9% during 2023, from $18M to $10M. Reported net income was -$556K.
How have Briggs & Stratton, LLC plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Briggs & Stratton, LLC's sponsor-wide assets grew 18.3%, from $199M to $236M.
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Briggs & Stratton, LLC Cash Balance Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Alm Media, LLC Pension Plan in NY ($10M, 5 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Briggs & Stratton, LLC Cash Balance Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Pension Fund of Heat and Frost Insulators Local 12 in NY (481 participants, $141M 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 852711260.

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.