401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
Populus Group LLC 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $87M
- Total assets Below avg plan size
- 6,914
- Participants Above avg headcount
- 92nd
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $12,625
- Avg per participant Low balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Populus Group, LLC 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust · Sponsored by Populus Group LLC · Michigan · Administrative & Support Services
$87M in assets, 6,914 participants
Populus Group LLC's Populus Group, LLC 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust reported $87M in total assets and 6,914 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 92nd 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.
- #4,745 in Administrative & Support Services (4,927 peers)
Coverage in Michigan
Populus Group, LLC 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust covers 6,914 participants in Michigan, 11x the typical Michigan plan (state average ~638 per filing). Assets: $87M.
- #4,745
- in Administrative & Support Services (4,927 peers)
- -10.5%
- assets change YoY
- 0.9×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $10M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Populus Group, LLC 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust's outsized position by total assets
Populus Group, LLC 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$87,286,562 Top 8% higher than 92% 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
Populus Group, LLC 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust's large-plan peer group by participant headcount
Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Populus Group, LLC 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust lands in the large band (6,914 participants).
Form 5500 schedule snapshot
Filing strip 383659021 · Populus Group LLC PY 2022 · 401(k)
Populus Group, LLC 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust · $87M · 6,914 · 92nd
- SCH $87M
- SCH 6,914
- SCH 92nd
- SCH 401(k)
- SCH near Trivium Packaging 401(k) Plan
- SCH ind #4745
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 Administrative & Support Services retirement plans → · Plans in Michigan →
Populus Group, LLC 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust in the asset neighbourhood
Michigan filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $97M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $87M |
| Net Income | -$10M |
| Employer EIN | 383659021 |
| Plan Effective Date | 2002-11-13 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Populus Group LLC)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Populus Group LLC plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $125M 42.70301194816219% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 6,914 | $87M |
| 2023 | 1 | 5,764 | $109M |
| 2024 | 1 | 5,358 | $125M |
Nearby 401(k) Plans in Michigan
Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- General Motors Retirement Savings Plan for Salaried Employees in the United States $18.1B · 43,382
- Ford Motor Co. Savings and Stock Investment Plan for Salaried Employees $13.8B · 32,974
- The Dow Chemical Company Employees' Savings Plan $9.3B · 16,930
- The General Motors Personal Savings Plan for Hourly-Rate Employees in the United States $7.5B · 40,458
- Ford Motor Co. Tax-Efficient Savings Plan for Hourly Employees $6.4B · 57,811
Scale composition for Populus Group, LLC 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust
Populus Group, LLC 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust reports $87M in end-of-year assets across 6,914 participants (0.001% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.007% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $12,625 per participant (9% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$10M.
This plan identity (EIN 383659021, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $87M to $125M (+42.7%) while covered participants moved from 6,914 to 5,358 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6,914 | $87M | This page |
| 2023 | 5,764 | $109M | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 5,358 | $125M | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:
- Populus Group, LLC 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust (401(k), $125M, 5,358 participants)
Populus Group, LLC 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Michigan, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Trivium Packaging 401(k) Plan in OH ($87M); by covered participants it is Nvr, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan in VA (6,910 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($87M here).
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (6,914 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Nvr, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan (VA) 6,910 · 4 off
- Shutterfly, LLC 401(k) Plan (CA) 6,907 · 7 off
- Ace Hardware Corporation 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan (IL) 6,907 · 7 off
- Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan (CA) 6,906 · 8 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.