401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Preferred Proppants LLC 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$10M
Total assets Small plan by assets
78
Participants Small participant base
59th
Percentile by assets National rank
$133,214
Avg per participant Near avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Preferred Companies 401(k) Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Preferred Proppants LLC · Pennsylvania · Manufacturing

$10M in assets, 78 participants

Preferred Proppants LLC's Preferred Companies 401(k) Retirement Plan reported $10M in total assets and 78 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 59th 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.

  • #8,588 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)

Preferred Proppants LLC multi-year trail

Preferred Proppants LLC's plans moved +22.5% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows Preferred Companies 401(k) Retirement Plan at $10M / 78 participants.

#8,588
in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
+12.2%
assets growth YoY

Preferred Companies 401(k) Retirement Plan's mid-pack asset rank among Manufacturing and all filers

Preferred Companies 401(k) Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$10,390,682 Top 41% higher than 59% 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

Preferred Companies 401(k) Retirement 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. Preferred Companies 401(k) Retirement Plan is a small filing (78 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Preferred Companies 401(k) Retirement Plan reported net income rose from -$3M in the plan year 2022 filing to $1M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Preferred Companies 401(k) Retirement Plan end-of-year assets rose from $9M in the plan year 2022 filing to $10M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Preferred Companies 401(k) Retirement Plan reported participants rose from 72 in the plan year 2022 filing to 78 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 352428622 · Preferred Proppants LLC PY 2023 · 401(k)

Preferred Companies 401(k) Retirement Plan · $10M · 78 · 59th

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Preferred Companies 401(k) Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Preferred Companies 401(k) Retirement PlanPreferred Companies 401(k) R…$10MEar Nose & Throat Specialists of Illinois, Ltd. Profit Sharing PlanEar Nose & Throat Specialist…$10MRiver Recycling Industries, Inc. / Shell Sands, Inc. 401(k) PlanRiver Recycling Industries, …$10MBignell Watkins Hasser Architects, P.C. 401(k) Profit Sharing PlanBignell Watkins Hasser Archi…$10MContinental Management 401(k) PlanContinental Management 401(k…$10M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Preferred Companies 401(k) Retirement Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Preferred Proppants LLC multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Preferred Proppants LLC plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$11M 22.514138821368277% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$9M$10M$11M$12M 202220232024 $9.26M $11.3M ▲ +22.5%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 72 $9M
2023 1 78 $10M
2024 1 74 $11M

Preferred Proppants LLC filing trail (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$9M
Net Assets (End of Year)$10M
Net Income$1M
Employer EIN352428622
Plan Effective Date2008-08-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Pennsylvania

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

Preferred Companies 401(k) Retirement Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Pennsylvania, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000 -505101520 Total assets ($B) Participants Preferred Companies 401(k) Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.010390682 · Participants: 78Preferred Companies 401(k) Retirement PlanComcast Corporation Retirement - Investment Plan, Total assets ($B): 17.368669862 · Participants: 93136Comcast Corporation Retirement - Investment PlanCigna 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 13.003870935 · Participants: 66760Cigna 401(k) PlanThe Vanguard Retirement and Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.765617477 · Participants: 18200The Vanguard Retirement and Savings PlanThe PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Incentive Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.339762 · Participants: 61697The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Incentive Savings PlanThe Bank of New York Mellon Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 8.955655142 · Participants: 25184The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan
Preferred Companies 401(k) Retirement Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Pennsylvania, assets vs. participants
Compare Preferred Companies 401(k) Retirement Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Preferred Companies 401(k) Retirement Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Pennsylvania, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Ear Nose & Throat Specialists of Illinois, Ltd. Profit Sharing Plan in IL ($10M); by covered participants it is Rasi 401(k) Plan in CO (78 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (78 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 Preferred Companies 401(k) Retirement Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Preferred Companies 401(k) Retirement Plan grew at a solid clip - up 12.2% during 2023, from $9M to $10M. Reported net income was $1M.
How have Preferred Proppants LLC plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Preferred Proppants LLC's sponsor-wide assets grew 22.5%, from $9M to $11M.
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Preferred Companies 401(k) Retirement Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Ear Nose & Throat Specialists of Illinois, Ltd. Profit Sharing Plan in IL ($10M, 39 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Preferred Companies 401(k) Retirement Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Rasi 401(k) Plan in CO (78 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 352428622.

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.