401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Dayton Freight Lines, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$261M
Total assets Near avg plan size
5,533
Participants Above avg headcount
96th
Percentile by assets National rank
$47,240
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Dayton Freight Lines, Inc. Employee 401(k) Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Dayton Freight Lines, Inc. · Ohio · Transportation & Warehousing

$261M in assets, 5,533 participants

Dayton Freight Lines, Inc.'s Dayton Freight Lines, Inc. Employee 401(k) Retirement Plan reported $261M in total assets and 5,533 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.

  • #3,168 in Transportation & Warehousing (3,362 peers)

Coverage in Ohio

Dayton Freight Lines, Inc. Employee 401(k) Retirement Plan covers 5,533 participants in Ohio, 7.2x the typical Ohio plan (state average ~765 per filing). Assets: $261M.

#3,168
in Transportation & Warehousing (3,362 peers)
+22.1%
assets growth YoY
2.6×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Dayton Freight Lines, Inc. Employee 401(k) Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets

Dayton Freight Lines, Inc. Employee 401(k) Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$261,376,854 Top 4% higher than 96% 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

Dayton Freight Lines, Inc. Employee 401(k) Retirement Plan's large-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Dayton Freight Lines, Inc. Employee 401(k) Retirement Plan lands in the large band (5,533 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Dayton Freight Lines, Inc. Employee 401(k) Retirement Plan reported net income rose from -$22M in the plan year 2022 filing to $47M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Dayton Freight Lines, Inc. Employee 401(k) Retirement Plan end-of-year assets rose from $214M in the plan year 2022 filing to $261M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Dayton Freight Lines, Inc. Employee 401(k) Retirement Plan reported participants rose from 5,146 in the plan year 2022 filing to 5,533 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 311000719 · Dayton Freight Lines, Inc. PY 2023 · 401(k)

Dayton Freight Lines, Inc. Employee 401(k) Retirement Plan · $261M · 5,533 · 96th

  • EIN $261M
  • RANK 5,533
  • PHOTO 96th
  • IND 401(k)
  • EOY near Element Savings and Investment Plan
  • 5500 ind #3168

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 Transportation & Warehousing retirement plans → · Plans in Ohio →

Dayton Freight Lines, Inc. Employee 401(k) Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Jackson Walker LLP Qualified Retirement Plan IJackson Walker LLP Qualified…$261MDayton Freight Lines, Inc. Employee 401(k) Retirement PlanDayton Freight Lines, Inc. E…$261MElement Savings and Investment PlanElement Savings and Investme…$261MEnovis 401(k) Savings Plan PlusEnovis 401(k) Savings Plan P…$261MCentral South Carpenters and Milwrights Defined Contribution FundCentral South Carpenters and…$261M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Dayton Freight Lines, Inc. Employee 401(k) Retirement Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Ohio filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$214M
Net Assets (End of Year)$261M
Net Income$47M
Employer EIN311000719
Plan Effective Date1987-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Dayton Freight Lines, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Dayton Freight Lines, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$304M 41.873318277532896% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$200M$250M$300M$350M 202220232024 $214M $304M ▲ +41.9%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 5,146 $214M
2023 1 5,533 $261M
2024 1 5,527 $304M

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Ohio

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

Dayton Freight Lines, Inc. Employee 401(k) Retirement Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Ohio, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 -50510152025 Total assets ($B) Participants Dayton Freight Lines, Inc. Employee 401(k) Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.261376854 · Participants: 5533Dayton Freight Lines, Inc. Employee 401(k) Retirement PlanGE Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 19.485469047 · Participants: 59766GE Retirement Savings PlanThe Sherwin-Williams Company 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 10.12932701 · Participants: 47362The Sherwin-Williams Company 401(k) PlanThe Progressive 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.225573063 · Participants: 56176The Progressive 401(k) PlanThe Kroger Co. 401(k) Retirement Savings Account Plan, Total assets ($B): 8.445085 · Participants: 129769The Kroger Co. 401(k) Retirement Savings Account PlanNationwide Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 7.618883027 · Participants: 24715Nationwide Savings Plan
Dayton Freight Lines, Inc. Employee 401(k) Retirement Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Ohio, assets vs. participants
Compare Dayton Freight Lines, Inc. Employee 401(k) Retirement Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Dayton Freight Lines, Inc. Employee 401(k) Retirement Plan

Dayton Freight Lines, Inc. Employee 401(k) Retirement Plan reports $261M in end-of-year assets across 5,533 participants (0.002% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.006% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $47,240 per participant (34% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $47M.

This plan identity (EIN 311000719, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $214M to $304M (+41.9%) while covered participants moved from 5,146 to 5,527 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 5,146 $214M Open filing
2023 5,533 $261M This page
2024 · index core 5,527 $304M Open filing

The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:

Dayton Freight Lines, Inc. Employee 401(k) Retirement Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Ohio, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Element Savings and Investment Plan in CA ($261M); by covered participants it is Hntb Ownership Plan in MO (5,534 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($261M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (5,533 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 Dayton Freight Lines, Inc. Employee 401(k) Retirement Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Dayton Freight Lines, Inc. Employee 401(k) Retirement Plan grew sharply - up 22.1% during 2023, from $214M to $261M. Reported net income was $47M.
How have Dayton Freight Lines, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Dayton Freight Lines, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 41.9%, from $214M to $304M.
Where does Dayton Freight Lines, Inc. Employee 401(k) Retirement Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Dayton Freight Lines, Inc. Employee 401(k) Retirement Plan ranks in the 96th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets).
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Dayton Freight Lines, Inc. Employee 401(k) Retirement Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Element Savings and Investment Plan in CA ($261M, 2,841 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Dayton Freight Lines, Inc. Employee 401(k) Retirement Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Hntb Ownership Plan in MO (5,534 participants, $1.7B 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 311000719.

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.