401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Benchmade Knife Co., Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$22M
Total assets Small plan by assets
449
Participants Below avg headcount
74th
Percentile by assets National rank
$47,912
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Benchmade Knife Co., Inc. Profit Sharing Plan · Sponsored by Benchmade Knife Co., Inc. · Oregon · Manufacturing

$22M in assets, 449 participants

Benchmade Knife Co., Inc.'s Benchmade Knife Co., Inc. Profit Sharing Plan reported $22M in total assets and 449 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 74th 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.

  • #12,008 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)

Benchmade Knife Co., Inc. multi-year trail

Benchmade Knife Co., Inc.'s plans moved +59.6% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows Benchmade Knife Co., Inc. Profit Sharing Plan at $22M / 449 participants.

#12,008
in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
+31.8%
assets growth YoY

Benchmade Knife Co., Inc. Profit Sharing Plan's outsized position by total assets

Benchmade Knife Co., Inc. Profit Sharing Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$21,512,563 Top 26% higher than 74% 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

Benchmade Knife Co., Inc. Profit Sharing 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. Benchmade Knife Co., Inc. Profit Sharing Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (449 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Benchmade Knife Co., Inc. Profit Sharing Plan reported net income rose from -$2M in the plan year 2022 filing to $5M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Benchmade Knife Co., Inc. Profit Sharing Plan end-of-year assets rose from $16M in the plan year 2022 filing to $22M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Benchmade Knife Co., Inc. Profit Sharing Plan reported participants rose from 350 in the plan year 2022 filing to 449 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 954136880 · Benchmade Knife Co., Inc. PY 2023 · 401(k)

Benchmade Knife Co., Inc. Profit Sharing Plan · $22M · 449 · 74th

  • ASSETS $22M
  • PCT 449
  • EIN 74th
  • RANK 401(k)
  • PHOTO near Mhc 401(k) Plan
  • IND ind #12008

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 Oregon →

Benchmade Knife Co., Inc. Profit Sharing Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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

Benchmade Knife Co., Inc. multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Benchmade Knife Co., Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$26M 59.58492267891206% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$15M$20M$25M$30M 202220232024 $16.3M $26M ▲ +59.6%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 350 $16M
2023 1 449 $22M
2024 1 408 $26M

Benchmade Knife Co., Inc. filing trail (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$16M
Net Assets (End of Year)$22M
Net Income$5M
Employer EIN954136880
Plan Effective Date1994-10-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Oregon

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

Benchmade Knife Co., Inc. Profit Sharing Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Oregon, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -1000001000020000300004000050000 -202468 Total assets ($B) Participants Benchmade Knife Co., Inc. Profit Sharing Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.021512563 · Participants: 449Benchmade Knife Co., Inc. Profit Sharing Plan401(k) Savings and Profit Sharing Plan for Employees of Nike, Inc., Total assets ($B): 5.902107007 · Participants: 40345401(k) Savings and Profit Sharing Plan for Employees of Nike, Inc.Daimler Truck North America, L.L.C. Employee Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.354402812 · Participants: 8353Daimler Truck North America, L.L.C. Employee Retirement Savings PlanPrecision Castparts Corp. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.192492885 · Participants: 16687Precision Castparts Corp. 401(k) Retirement Savings PlanXpo Logistics Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.809963509 · Participants: 6189Xpo Logistics Retirement Savings PlanPacificorp K Plus Employee Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.59531627 · Participants: 4968Pacificorp K Plus Employee Savings Plan
Benchmade Knife Co., Inc. Profit Sharing Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Oregon, assets vs. participants
Compare Benchmade Knife Co., Inc. Profit Sharing Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Benchmade Knife Co., Inc. Profit Sharing Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Oregon, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Mhc 401(k) Plan in MN ($22M); by covered participants it is Bitsight Technologies Retirement Trust in MA (449 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($22M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (449 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 Benchmade Knife Co., Inc. Profit Sharing Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Benchmade Knife Co., Inc. Profit Sharing Plan surged - up 31.8% during 2023, from $16M to $22M. Reported net income was $5M.
How have Benchmade Knife Co., Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Benchmade Knife Co., Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 59.6%, from $16M to $26M.
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Benchmade Knife Co., Inc. Profit Sharing Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Mhc 401(k) Plan in MN ($22M, 133 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Benchmade Knife Co., Inc. Profit Sharing Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Bitsight Technologies Retirement Trust in MA (449 participants, $36M 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 954136880.

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.