401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
Hft Holdings, Inc. 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $275M
- Total assets Near avg plan size
- 18,364
- Participants Very large workforce
- 96th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $14,987
- Avg per participant Low balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Harbor Freight Tools Retirement Savings Plan · Sponsored by Hft Holdings, Inc. · California · Retail Trade
$275M in assets, 18,364 participants
Hft Holdings, Inc.'s Harbor Freight Tools Retirement Savings Plan reported $275M in total assets and 18,364 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 96th 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.
- #8,211 in Retail Trade (8,414 peers)
Coverage in California
Harbor Freight Tools Retirement Savings Plan covers 18,364 participants in California, 29x the typical California plan (state average ~630 per filing). Assets: $275M.
- #8,211
- in Retail Trade (8,414 peers)
- +44.7%
- assets growth YoY
- 2.8×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
Harbor Freight Tools Retirement Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets
Harbor Freight Tools Retirement Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500
$275,216,344 Top 4% higher than 96% of 127,068 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2023
Harbor Freight Tools Retirement Savings Plan's mega-plan peer group by participant headcount
Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Harbor Freight Tools Retirement Savings Plan is a mega filing (18,364 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- Harbor Freight Tools Retirement Savings Plan reported net income rose from $8M in the plan year 2022 filing to $85M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Harbor Freight Tools Retirement Savings Plan end-of-year assets rose from $190M in the plan year 2022 filing to $275M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Harbor Freight Tools Retirement Savings Plan reported participants rose from 16,123 in the plan year 2022 filing to 18,364 in the plan year 2023 filing.
DOL schedule card
Filing strip 272501498 · Hft Holdings, Inc. PY 2023 · 401(k)
Harbor Freight Tools Retirement Savings Plan · $275M · 18,364 · 96th
- TYPE $275M
- TYPE 18,364
- TYPE 96th
- TYPE 401(k)
- TYPE near Sorenson Communications, LLC. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan
- TYPE ind #8211
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 Retail Trade retirement plans → · Plans in California →
Harbor Freight Tools Retirement Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood
California filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $190M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $275M |
| Net Income | $85M |
| Employer EIN | 272501498 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1984-08-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Hft Holdings, Inc.)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Hft Holdings, Inc. plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $368M 93.76036949263322% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 16,123 | $190M |
| 2023 | 1 | 18,364 | $275M |
| 2024 | 1 | 20,418 | $368M |
Nearby 401(k) Plans in California
Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Wells Fargo & Company 401(k) Plan $51.8B · 193,919
- Google LLC 401(k) Savings Plan $39.0B · 122,867
- Oracle Corporation 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan $26.3B · 63,105
- Intel 401(k) Savings Plan $22.2B · 59,863
- Apple 401(k) Plan $19.8B · 106,111
Scale composition for Harbor Freight Tools Retirement Savings Plan
Harbor Freight Tools Retirement Savings Plan reports $275M in end-of-year assets across 18,364 participants (0.002% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.020% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $14,987 per participant (11% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $85M.
This plan identity (EIN 272501498, plan #002) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $190M to $368M (+93.8%) while covered participants moved from 16,123 to 20,418 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 16,123 | $190M | Open filing |
| 2023 | 18,364 | $275M | This page |
| 2024 · index core | 20,418 | $368M | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:
- Harbor Freight Tools Retirement Savings Plan (401(k), $368M, 20,418 participants)
Harbor Freight Tools Retirement Savings Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount
Outside California, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Sorenson Communications, LLC. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan in UT ($275M); by covered participants it is The Hartford Investment and Savings Plan in CT (18,377 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($275M here).
- Sorenson Communications, LLC. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan (UT) $275M · 8,931
- Calumet Gp, LLC Retirement Savings Plan (IN) $275M · 1,529
- Riverside Health System 401(k) Savings Plan (VA) $275M · 7,461
- Midwest Radiology P.a. Profit Sharing Plan (MN) $275M · 380
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (18,364 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- The Hartford Investment and Savings Plan (CT) 18,377 · 13 off
- Innova Solutions, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan (GA) 18,338 · 26 off
- The Perdue Savings Plan (MD) 18,319 · 45 off
- Ecolab Savings Plan and ESOP (MN) 18,246 · 118 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.