401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Poet Biorefining LLC 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$219M
Total assets Near avg plan size
2,254
Participants Above avg headcount
95th
Percentile by assets National rank
$97,187
Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Poet 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Poet Biorefining LLC · South Dakota · Manufacturing

$219M in assets, 2,254 participants

Poet Biorefining LLC's Poet 401(k) Plan reported $219M in total assets and 2,254 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 95th 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.

  • #17,274 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)

Coverage in South Dakota

Poet 401(k) Plan covers 2,254 participants in South Dakota, 6.6x the typical South Dakota plan (state average ~340 per filing). Assets: $219M.

#17,274
in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
+27.5%
assets growth YoY
2.2×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Poet 401(k) Plan's outsized position by total assets

Poet 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$219,059,384 Top 5% higher than 95% 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

Poet 401(k) 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. Poet 401(k) Plan lands in the large band (2,254 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Poet 401(k) Plan reported net income rose from -$19M in the plan year 2022 filing to $47M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Poet 401(k) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $172M in the plan year 2022 filing to $219M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Poet 401(k) Plan reported participants rose from 2,022 in the plan year 2022 filing to 2,254 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 474454378 · Poet Biorefining LLC PY 2023 · 401(k)

Poet 401(k) Plan · $219M · 2,254 · 95th

  • VS-ST $219M
  • VS-ST 2,254
  • VS-ST 95th
  • VS-ST 401(k)
  • VS-ST near The Talbots Retirement Savings 401(k) Plan
  • VS-ST ind #17274

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 South Dakota →

Poet 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Abx Air, Inc. Pilots Investment PlanAbx Air, Inc. Pilots Investm…$219MMto 401(k) Profit Sharing PlanMto 401(k) Profit Sharing Pl…$219MThe Talbots Retirement Savings 401(k) PlanThe Talbots Retirement Savin…$219MPoet 401(k) Plan$219MHitt Contracting Inc. 401(k) Savings & Profit Sharing PlanHitt Contracting Inc. 401(k)…$219M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Poet 401(k) Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

South Dakota filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$172M
Net Assets (End of Year)$219M
Net Income$47M
Employer EIN474454378
Plan Effective Date2010-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Poet Biorefining LLC)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Poet Biorefining LLC plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$266M 54.62596827441518% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$150M$200M$250M$300M 202220232024 $172M $266M ▲ +54.6%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 2,022 $172M
2023 1 2,254 $219M
2024 1 2,380 $266M

Nearby 401(k) Plans in South Dakota

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

Poet 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in South Dakota, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 050001000015000 0200400600800 Total assets ($M) Participants Poet 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($M): 219.059384 · Participants: 2254Poet 401(k) PlanBlack Hills Corporation 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($M): 726.965765 · Participants: 2972Black Hills Corporation 401(k) Retirement Savings PlanGood Samaritan Society 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($M): 254.213431 · Participants: 12894Good Samaritan Society 401(k) PlanDaktronics, Inc. 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($M): 235.476974 · Participants: 2254Daktronics, Inc. 401(k) PlanPremier 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($M): 215.996195 · Participants: 1913Premier 401(k) PlanPathward, National Association 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($M): 150.914631 · Participants: 1195Pathward, National Association 401(k) Plan
Poet 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in South Dakota, assets vs. participants
Compare Poet 401(k) Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

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

Outside South Dakota, the nearest 401(k) by assets is The Talbots Retirement Savings 401(k) Plan in MA ($219M); by covered participants it is Healthcare Support Staffing, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust in FL (2,254 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($219M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (2,254 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 Poet 401(k) Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Poet 401(k) Plan grew sharply - up 27.5% during 2023, from $172M to $219M. Reported net income was $47M.
How have Poet Biorefining LLC plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Poet Biorefining LLC's sponsor-wide assets grew 54.6%, from $172M to $266M.
Where does Poet 401(k) Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Poet 401(k) Plan ranks in the 95th 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 Poet 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is The Talbots Retirement Savings 401(k) Plan in MA ($219M, 4,386 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Poet 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Healthcare Support Staffing, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust in FL (2,254 participants, $6M 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 474454378.

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.