401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Dfa Dairy Brands Corporate, LLC 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$552M
Total assets Above avg plan size
6,848
Participants Above avg headcount
98th
Percentile by assets National rank
$80,648
Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Dfa Dairy Brands Smartchoice Savings Plan · Sponsored by Dfa Dairy Brands Corporate, LLC · Kansas · Manufacturing

$552M in assets, 6,848 participants

Dfa Dairy Brands Corporate, LLC's Dfa Dairy Brands Smartchoice Savings Plan reported $552M in total assets and 6,848 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 98th 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.

  • #17,995 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)

Coverage in Kansas

Dfa Dairy Brands Smartchoice Savings Plan covers 6,848 participants in Kansas, 19x the typical Kansas plan (state average ~360 per filing). Assets: $552M.

#17,995
in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
+11.8%
assets growth YoY
5.5×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Dfa Dairy Brands Smartchoice Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets

Dfa Dairy Brands Smartchoice Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$552,276,070 Top 2% higher than 98% 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

Dfa Dairy Brands Smartchoice Savings 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. Dfa Dairy Brands Smartchoice Savings Plan lands in the large band (6,848 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Dfa Dairy Brands Smartchoice Savings Plan reported net income rose from -$138M in the plan year 2022 filing to $58M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Dfa Dairy Brands Smartchoice Savings Plan end-of-year assets rose from $494M in the plan year 2022 filing to $552M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Dfa Dairy Brands Smartchoice Savings Plan reported participants fell from 6,964 in the plan year 2022 filing to 6,848 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 850489626 · Dfa Dairy Brands Corporate, LLC PY 2023 · 401(k)

Dfa Dairy Brands Smartchoice Savings Plan · $552M · 6,848 · 98th

  • PCT $552M
  • EIN 6,848
  • RANK 98th
  • PHOTO 401(k)
  • IND near Buckeye Pipe Line Services Company Retirement and Savings Plan
  • EOY ind #17995

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 Kansas →

Dfa Dairy Brands Smartchoice Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Dfa Dairy Brands Smartchoice Savings Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Kansas filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$494M
Net Assets (End of Year)$552M
Net Income$58M
Employer EIN850489626
Plan Effective Date2020-10-19
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Dfa Dairy Brands Corporate, LLC)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Dfa Dairy Brands Corporate, LLC plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$603M 22.130577649894573% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$450M$500M$550M$600M$650M 202220232024 $494M $603M ▲ +22.1%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 6,964 $494M
2023 1 6,848 $552M
2024 1 7,222 $603M

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Kansas

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

Dfa Dairy Brands Smartchoice Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Kansas, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 050001000015000 012345 Total assets ($B) Participants Dfa Dairy Brands Smartchoice Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.55227607 · Participants: 6848Dfa Dairy Brands Smartchoice Savings PlanKoch Employees' Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.870107696 · Participants: 11911Koch Employees' Savings PlanPerformance Contracting Group, Inc. ESOP/401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.90283952 · Participants: 1223Performance Contracting Group, Inc. ESOP/401(k) PlanBlack & Veatch Retirement Program, Total assets ($B): 2.732675203 · Participants: 6890Black & Veatch Retirement ProgramGarmin International, Inc. Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.784810901 · Participants: 6332Garmin International, Inc. Retirement PlanSpirit Aerosystems Holdings, Inc. Retirement & Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.15584277 · Participants: 7704Spirit Aerosystems Holdings, Inc. Retirement & Savings Plan
Dfa Dairy Brands Smartchoice Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Kansas, assets vs. participants
Compare Dfa Dairy Brands Smartchoice Savings Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Dfa Dairy Brands Smartchoice Savings Plan

Dfa Dairy Brands Smartchoice Savings Plan reports $552M in end-of-year assets across 6,848 participants (0.004% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.007% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $80,648 per participant (58% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $58M.

This plan identity (EIN 850489626, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $494M to $603M (+22.1%) while covered participants moved from 6,964 to 7,222 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 6,964 $494M Open filing
2023 6,848 $552M This page
2024 · index core 7,222 $603M Open filing

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

Dfa Dairy Brands Smartchoice Savings Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Kansas, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Buckeye Pipe Line Services Company Retirement and Savings Plan in TX ($552M); by covered participants it is Ascensus Secure Retirement Pooled Employer Plan in CA (6,841 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($552M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (6,848 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 Dfa Dairy Brands Smartchoice Savings Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Dfa Dairy Brands Smartchoice Savings Plan grew at a solid clip - up 11.8% during 2023, from $494M to $552M. Reported net income was $58M.
How have Dfa Dairy Brands Corporate, LLC plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Dfa Dairy Brands Corporate, LLC's sponsor-wide assets grew 22.1%, from $494M to $603M.
Where does Dfa Dairy Brands Smartchoice Savings Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Dfa Dairy Brands Smartchoice Savings Plan ranks in the 98th 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 Dfa Dairy Brands Smartchoice Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Buckeye Pipe Line Services Company Retirement and Savings Plan in TX ($552M, 1,826 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Dfa Dairy Brands Smartchoice Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Ascensus Secure Retirement Pooled Employer Plan in CA (6,841 participants, $130M 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 850489626.

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.