401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Gentle Giant Employment Company, LLC 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$27M
Total assets Below avg plan size
295
Participants Below avg headcount
81st
Percentile by assets National rank
$90,929
Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Gentle Giant Employment Company, LLC 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan · Sponsored by Gentle Giant Employment Company, LLC · Massachusetts · Transportation & Warehousing

$27M in assets, 295 participants

Gentle Giant Employment Company, LLC's Gentle Giant Employment Company, LLC 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan reported $27M in total assets and 295 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 81st 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.

  • #3,144 in Transportation & Warehousing (3,876 peers)

Coverage in Massachusetts

Gentle Giant Employment Company, LLC 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan covers 295 participants in Massachusetts, about 45% of the average Massachusetts filer (state average ~659 per filing). Assets: $27M.

#3,144
in Transportation & Warehousing (3,876 peers)
-17.9%
assets change YoY
0.3×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $6M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Gentle Giant Employment Company, LLC 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan's outsized position by total assets

Gentle Giant Employment Company, LLC 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500

$26,824,097 Top 19% higher than 81% of 139,123 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 2022

Gentle Giant Employment Company, LLC 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan among mid-size filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Gentle Giant Employment Company, LLC 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (295 participants).

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 261450182 · Gentle Giant Employment Company, LLC PY 2022 · 401(k)

Gentle Giant Employment Company, LLC 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan · $27M · 295 · 81st

  • EIN $27M
  • EIN 295
  • EIN 81st
  • EIN 401(k)
  • EIN near Service Wire Company Employees' Retirement and Savings Program
  • EIN ind #3144

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 Transportation & Warehousing retirement plans → · Plans in Massachusetts →

Gentle Giant Employment Company, LLC 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Gentle Giant Employment Company, LLC 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

Massachusetts filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$33M
Net Assets (End of Year)$27M
Net Income-$6M
Employer EIN261450182
Plan Effective Date1993-06-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Gentle Giant Employment Company, LLC)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Gentle Giant Employment Company, LLC plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$35M 29.046454014835987% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$25M$30M$35M$40M 202220232024 $26.8M $34.6M ▲ +29.1%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 295 $27M
2023 1 299 $33M
2024 1 310 $35M

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Massachusetts

Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Gentle Giant Employment Company, LLC 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Massachusetts, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -200000200004000060000 -100102030 Total assets ($B) Participants Gentle Giant Employment Company, LLC 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.026824097 · Participants: 295Gentle Giant Employment Company, LLC 401(k) Profit Sharing PlanFidelity Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 22.953563448 · Participants: 52036Fidelity Retirement Savings PlanLiberty Mutual 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 8.79802945 · Participants: 32843Liberty Mutual 401(k) PlanMassachusetts Institute of Technology Supplemental 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.810585521 · Participants: 13690Massachusetts Institute of Technology Supplemental 401(k) PlanPhilips North America 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.180251859 · Participants: 19750Philips North America 401(k) PlanBoston Scientific Corporation 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.853752256 · Participants: 18359Boston Scientific Corporation 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
Gentle Giant Employment Company, LLC 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Massachusetts, assets vs. participants
Compare Gentle Giant Employment Company, LLC 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Gentle Giant Employment Company, LLC 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Massachusetts, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Service Wire Company Employees' Retirement and Savings Program in WV ($27M); by covered participants it is Dorner Mfg. Corp. Profit Sharing and Incentive Savings Plan in WI (295 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (295 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Gentle Giant Employment Company, LLC 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan assets move in 2022? ▼
Gentle Giant Employment Company, LLC 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan declined sharply - down 17.9% during 2022, from $33M to $27M. Reported net income was -$6M.
How have Gentle Giant Employment Company, LLC plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Gentle Giant Employment Company, LLC's sponsor-wide assets grew 29.0%, from $27M to $35M.
Where does Gentle Giant Employment Company, LLC 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Gentle Giant Employment Company, LLC 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan ranks in the 81st percentile by end-of-year assets among 139,126 plans that reported assets for plan year 2022 (in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets).
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Gentle Giant Employment Company, LLC 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Service Wire Company Employees' Retirement and Savings Program in WV ($27M, 388 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Gentle Giant Employment Company, LLC 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Dorner Mfg. Corp. Profit Sharing and Incentive Savings Plan in WI (295 participants, N/A in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2022.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 261450182.

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.