401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Cella Ford 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$3M
Total assets Small plan by assets: 47
Participants Small participant base: 35th
Percentile by assets National rank: $62,882
Avg per participant Low balance/head

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Official DOL plan name: Cella Ford, Inc. 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Cella Ford · North Carolina · Wholesale Trade

$3M in assets, 47 participants

Cella Ford's Cella Ford, Inc. 401(k) Plan reported $3M in total assets and 47 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 35th 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.

#1,543 in Wholesale Trade (6,309 peers)

Cella Ford multi-year trail

Cella Ford's plans moved +48.3% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows Cella Ford, Inc. 401(k) Plan at $3M / 47 participants.

#1,543
in Wholesale Trade (6,309 peers): +22.7%
assets growth YoY

Cella Ford, Inc. 401(k) Plan's mid-pack asset rank among Wholesale Trade and all filers

Cella Ford, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$2,955,459 35th percentile higher than 35% 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

Cella Ford, Inc. 401(k) Plan among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Cella Ford, Inc. 401(k) Plan is a small filing (47 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

Micro (1-10) 35,718 filings (27%) Small (11-100) 27,089 filings (21%) Medium (101-1,000) 55,445 filings (43%) Large (1,001-10,000) 10,273 filings (8%) Mega (10,000+) 1,374 filings (1%)

Cella Ford, Inc. 401(k) Plan reported net income rose from -$436K in the plan year 2022 filing to $547K in the plan year 2023 filing.
Cella Ford, Inc. 401(k) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $2M in the plan year 2022 filing to $3M in the plan year 2023 filing.
Cella Ford, Inc. 401(k) Plan reported participants rose from 41 in the plan year 2022 filing to 47 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 560944424 · Cella Ford PY 2023 · 401(k)

Cella Ford, Inc. 401(k) Plan · $3M · 47 · 35th

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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 Wholesale Trade retirement plans → · Plans in North Carolina →

End-of-year total assets ($M) among Cella Ford, Inc. 401(k) Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Cella Ford multi-year asset trail

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets: $4M 48.25521273332085% vs 2022; 2024 filing year

Year	Plans	Participants	Total Assets
2022	1	41	$2M
2023	1	47	$3M
2024	1	39	$4M

Cella Ford filing trail (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)	$2M
Net Assets (End of Year)	$3M
Net Income	$547K
Employer EIN	560944424
Plan Effective Date	1977-01-01
Filing Status	FILING RECEIVED

Nearby 401(k) Plans in North Carolina

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

Cella Ford, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in North Carolina, assets vs. participants

The Bank of America 401(k) Plan $54.8B · 173,899
Honeywell 401(k) Plan $15.4B · 40,004
Duke Energy Retirement Savings Plan $10.4B · 28,121
Truist Financial Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan $10.1B · 55,480
Nucor Corporation Profit Sharing and Retirement Savings Plan $8.5B · 24,174

Compare Cella Ford, Inc. 401(k) Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Cella Ford, Inc. 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside North Carolina, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Sinkula Investments, Ltd. Co. 401(k) Savings Plan in KY ($3M); by covered participants it is Divcon Ems 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan in TX (47 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($3M here).

Sinkula Investments, Ltd. Co. 401(k) Savings Plan (KY) $3M · 46
Material Control Systems, Inc. 401(k) Plan & Trust (IL) $3M · 148
Todd a Armstrong Dds Sc 401(k) Plan & Trust (WI) $3M · 7
Huntington Medical Foundation 403b Plan (CA) $3M · 133

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (47 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

Divcon Ems 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan (TX) 47 · 0 off
Southern Tea, LLC Salaried Employees 401(k) Plan (GA) 47 · 0 off
Clos Lachance Wines, LLC 401-K Profit Sharing Plan (CA) 47 · 0 off
Ricetec, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan for Puerto Rico Employees (TX) 47 · 0 off

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 Cella Ford, Inc. 401(k) Plan assets move in 2023? ▼

Cella Ford, Inc. 401(k) Plan grew sharply - up 22.7% during 2023, from $2M to $3M. Reported net income was $547K.

How have Cella Ford plan assets changed over time? ▼

Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Cella Ford's sponsor-wide assets grew 48.3%, from $2M to $4M.

Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Cella Ford, Inc. 401(k) Plan? ▼

Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Sinkula Investments, Ltd. Co. 401(k) Savings Plan in KY ($3M, 46 participants).

Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Cella Ford, Inc. 401(k) Plan? ▼

Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Divcon Ems 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan in TX (47 participants, $1M 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 560944424.