401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Frontier Cooperative 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$48M
Total assets Below avg plan size
523
Participants Below avg headcount
85th
Percentile by assets National rank
$90,978
Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Frontier Cooperative 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Frontier Cooperative · Iowa · Manufacturing

$48M in assets, 523 participants

Frontier Cooperative's Frontier Cooperative 401(k) Plan reported $48M in total assets and 523 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 85th 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.

  • #14,673 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)

Where Frontier Cooperative 401(k) Plan sits by assets

Frontier Cooperative 401(k) Plan sits in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, $48M for 523 participants (~$90,978/participant), up 13.9% in 2023.

#14,673
in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
+13.9%
assets growth YoY
0.5×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Frontier Cooperative 401(k) Plan's outsized position by total assets

Frontier Cooperative 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$47,581,545 Top 15% higher than 85% 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

Frontier Cooperative 401(k) 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. Frontier Cooperative 401(k) Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (523 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Frontier Cooperative 401(k) Plan reported net income rose from -$7M in the plan year 2022 filing to $6M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Frontier Cooperative 401(k) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $42M in the plan year 2022 filing to $48M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Frontier Cooperative 401(k) Plan reported participants fell from 579 in the plan year 2022 filing to 523 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 203013069 · Frontier Cooperative PY 2023 · 401(k)

Frontier Cooperative 401(k) Plan · $48M · 523 · 85th

  • SCH $48M
  • SCH 523
  • SCH 85th
  • SCH 401(k)
  • SCH near Nephrology Associates Medical Grp. Inc. 401(k) Profit-Sharing Plan
  • SCH ind #14673

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 Iowa →

Frontier Cooperative 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Agri Profit Sharing Plan$48MLake Trust Credit Union 401(k) PlanLake Trust Credit Union 401(…$48MFrontier Cooperative 401(k) PlanFrontier Cooperative 401(k) …$48MNephrology Associates Medical Grp. Inc. 401(k) Profit-Sharing PlanNephrology Associates Medica…$48MLinder Industrial Machinery 401(k) Retirement PlanLinder Industrial Machinery …$48M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Frontier Cooperative 401(k) Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Scale-class filing particulars (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$42M
Net Assets (End of Year)$48M
Net Income$6M
Employer EIN203013069
Plan Effective Date1990-09-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Frontier Cooperative)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Frontier Cooperative plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$54M 28.25867680194302% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$40M$45M$50M$55M 202220232024 $41.8M $53.6M ▲ +28.2%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 579 $42M
2023 1 523 $48M
2024 1 520 $54M

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Iowa

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

Frontier Cooperative 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Iowa, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -200000200004000060000 -1012345 Total assets ($B) Participants Frontier Cooperative 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.047581545 · Participants: 523Frontier Cooperative 401(k) PlanThe Principal Select Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.134174305 · Participants: 12827The Principal Select Savings PlanIowa Health System Section 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.955731563 · Participants: 28959Iowa Health System Section 401(k) Retirement Savings PlanThe Hy-Vee and Affiliates 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.941182172 · Participants: 56181The Hy-Vee and Affiliates 401(k) PlanThe Rsm US LLP Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.890404508 · Participants: 14720The Rsm US LLP Retirement PlanTransamerica 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.425600114 · Participants: 6999Transamerica 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
Frontier Cooperative 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Iowa, assets vs. participants
Compare Frontier Cooperative 401(k) Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Frontier Cooperative 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Iowa, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Nephrology Associates Medical Grp. Inc. 401(k) Profit-Sharing Plan in CA ($48M); by covered participants it is Samet Corporation 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan in NC (523 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (523 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 Frontier Cooperative 401(k) Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Frontier Cooperative 401(k) Plan grew at a solid clip - up 13.9% during 2023, from $42M to $48M. Reported net income was $6M.
How have Frontier Cooperative plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Frontier Cooperative's sponsor-wide assets grew 28.3%, from $42M to $54M.
Where does Frontier Cooperative 401(k) Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Frontier Cooperative 401(k) Plan ranks in the 85th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets).
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Frontier Cooperative 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Nephrology Associates Medical Grp. Inc. 401(k) Profit-Sharing Plan in CA ($48M, 57 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Frontier Cooperative 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Samet Corporation 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan in NC (523 participants, $34M 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 203013069.

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.