401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Hardware Specialty Co., Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$30M
Total assets Below avg plan size
220
Participants Below avg headcount
79th
Percentile by assets National rank
$138,428
Avg per participant Near avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Hardware Specialty Co., Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan & Trust · Sponsored by Hardware Specialty Co., Inc. · New York · Wholesale Trade

$30M in assets, 220 participants

Hardware Specialty Co., Inc.'s Hardware Specialty Co., Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan & Trust reported $30M in total assets and 220 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 79th 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.

  • #4,968 in Wholesale Trade (6,309 peers)

Coverage in New York

Hardware Specialty Co., Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan & Trust covers 220 participants in New York, about 28% of the average New York filer (state average ~798 per filing). Assets: $30M.

#4,968
in Wholesale Trade (6,309 peers)
+24.1%
assets growth YoY
0.3×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Hardware Specialty Co., Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan & Trust's outsized position by total assets

Hardware Specialty Co., Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan & Trust vs every filed plan by assets

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

$30,454,260 Top 21% higher than 79% 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

Hardware Specialty Co., Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan & Trust 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. Hardware Specialty Co., Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan & Trust sits mid-pack in the medium band (220 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Hardware Specialty Co., Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan & Trust reported net income rose from -$9M in the plan year 2022 filing to $6M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Hardware Specialty Co., Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan & Trust end-of-year assets rose from $25M in the plan year 2022 filing to $30M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Hardware Specialty Co., Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan & Trust reported participants fell from 238 in the plan year 2022 filing to 220 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 111962241 · Hardware Specialty Co., Inc. PY 2023 · 401(k)

Hardware Specialty Co., Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan & Trust · $30M · 220 · 79th

  • IND $30M
  • EOY 220
  • 5500 79th
  • ASSETS 401(k)
  • PCT near Pbi-Gordon Companies, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
  • EIN ind #4968

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 New York →

Hardware Specialty Co., Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan & Trust in the asset neighbourhood

Pbi-Gordon Companies, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings PlanPbi-Gordon Companies, Inc. 4…$30MAssociates in Womens Health P.a. 401(k) Profit Sharing PlanAssociates in Womens Health …$30MGainsco, Inc. 401(k) Plan$30MHardware Specialty Co., Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan & TrustHardware Specialty Co., Inc.…$30MGoldsboro Pediatrics, P.a. 401(k) Profit Sharing PlanGoldsboro Pediatrics, P.a. 4…$30M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Hardware Specialty Co., Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan & Trust and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

New York filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$25M
Net Assets (End of Year)$30M
Net Income$6M
Employer EIN111962241
Plan Effective Date1990-06-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Hardware Specialty Co., Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Hardware Specialty Co., Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$34M 39.44614910035934% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$20M$25M$30M$35M$40M 202220232024 $24.5M $34.2M ▲ +39.5%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 238 $25M
2023 1 220 $30M
2024 1 241 $34M

Nearby 401(k) Plans in New York

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

Hardware Specialty Co., Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan & Trust vs. nearby 401(k) plans in New York, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 -20020406080 Total assets ($B) Participants Hardware Specialty Co., Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan & Trust, Total assets ($B): 0.03045426 · Participants: 220Hardware Specialty Co., Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan & TrustIBM 401 (K) Plus Plan, Total assets ($B): 57.428456306 · Participants: 54912IBM 401 (K) Plus PlanPfizer Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 19.56134085 · Participants: 30033Pfizer Savings PlanMorgan Stanley 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 19.235068266 · Participants: 55363Morgan Stanley 401(k) PlanThe Pepsico Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 13.651296 · Participants: 133597The Pepsico Savings PlanThe Goldman Sachs 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 11.428659742 · Participants: 24866The Goldman Sachs 401(k) Plan
Hardware Specialty Co., Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan & Trust vs. nearby 401(k) plans in New York, assets vs. participants
Compare Hardware Specialty Co., Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan & Trust side-by-side with 3 peers →

Hardware Specialty Co., Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan & Trust's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside New York, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Pbi-Gordon Companies, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan in KS ($30M); by covered participants it is Dickinson Frozen Foods, Inc Employees' 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan in ID (220 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (220 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 Hardware Specialty Co., Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan & Trust assets move in 2023? ▼
Hardware Specialty Co., Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan & Trust grew sharply - up 24.1% during 2023, from $25M to $30M. Reported net income was $6M.
How have Hardware Specialty Co., Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Hardware Specialty Co., Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 39.4%, from $25M to $34M.
Where does Hardware Specialty Co., Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan & Trust rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Hardware Specialty Co., Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan & Trust ranks in the 79th 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 Hardware Specialty Co., Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan & Trust? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Pbi-Gordon Companies, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan in KS ($30M, 492 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Hardware Specialty Co., Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan & Trust? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Dickinson Frozen Foods, Inc Employees' 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan in ID (220 participants, N/A 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 111962241.

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.