401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
Windstream Services LLC 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $1.1B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 10,984
- Participants Very large workforce
- 99th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $100,135
- Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Windstream 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Windstream Services LLC · Arkansas · Information & Media
$1.1B in assets, 10,984 participants
Windstream Services LLC's Windstream 401(k) Plan reported $1.1B in total assets and 10,984 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 99th 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.
- #2,848 in Information & Media (2,911 peers)
Coverage in Arkansas
Windstream 401(k) Plan covers 10,984 participants in Arkansas, 3.9x the typical Arkansas plan (state average ~2,784 per filing). Assets: $1.1B.
- #2,848
- in Information & Media (2,911 peers)
- -17.7%
- assets change YoY
- 11×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $237M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Windstream 401(k) Plan's outsized position by total assets
Windstream 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$1,099,878,190 Top 1% higher than 99% of 139,123 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2022
Windstream 401(k) Plan's mega-plan peer group by participant headcount
Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Windstream 401(k) Plan is a mega filing (10,984 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
Published 5500 schedule card
Filing strip 852049794 · Windstream Services LLC PY 2022 · 401(k)
Windstream 401(k) Plan · $1.1B · 10,984 · 99th
- PCT $1.1B
- PCT 10,984
- PCT 99th
- PCT 401(k)
- PCT near Optumcare Management, LLC 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
- PCT ind #2848
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 Information & Media retirement plans → · Plans in Arkansas →
Windstream 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Arkansas filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $1.3B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $1.1B |
| Net Income | -$237M |
| Employer EIN | 852049794 |
| Plan Effective Date | 2006-07-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Windstream Services LLC)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Windstream Services LLC plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $1.7B 9.56451191366745% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 12,867 | $1.6B |
| 2023 | 2 | 12,695 | $1.6B |
| 2024 | 2 | 10,852 | $1.7B |
Nearby 401(k) Plans in Arkansas
Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Walmart 401(k) Plan $36.7B · 1,687,830
- Tyson Foods, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan $3.2B · 109,234
- Dillard's, Inc. Investment & Employee Stock Ownership Plan $2.4B · 30,577
- J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. Employee Retirement Plan $1.1B · 34,174
- Arvest Bank 401(k) & Profit Sharing Retirement Plan $694M · 6,394
Scale composition for Windstream 401(k) Plan
Windstream 401(k) Plan reports $1.1B in end-of-year assets across 10,984 participants (0.009% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.012% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $100,135 per participant (72% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$237M.
This plan identity (EIN 852049794, plan #009) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $1.1B to $1.3B (+17.4%) while covered participants moved from 10,984 to 9,409 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 10,984 | $1.1B | This page |
| 2023 | 10,991 | $1.2B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 9,409 | $1.3B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 2 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- Windstream 401(k) Plan (401(k), $1.3B, 9,409 participants)
- Windstream Pension Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $438M, 1,443 participants)
Windstream 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Arkansas, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Optumcare Management, LLC 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan in MN ($1.1B); by covered participants it is Dart Container Corporation Employees' 401(k) Plus Plan in MI (10,974 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($1.1B here).
- Optumcare Management, LLC 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (MN) $1.1B · 9,140
- Transdigm Inc. 401(k) Plan (OH) $1.1B · 6,928
- Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. Defined Contribution and Savings Plan (VA) $1.1B · 6,613
- Roper Technologies, Inc. Employees' Retirement Savings 004 Plan (FL) $1.1B · 10,383
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (10,984 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Dart Container Corporation Employees' 401(k) Plus Plan (MI) 10,974 · 10 off
- Surgical Care Affiliates, LLC Retirement Investment Plan (MN) 10,996 · 12 off
- Epic Systems Corporation 401(k) Plan (WI) 10,964 · 20 off
- Nationwide Children's Hospital, Inc. Defined Contribution Plan (OH) 10,960 · 24 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.