401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Hostess Brands, LLC 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$74M
Total assets Below avg plan size
2,471
Participants Above avg headcount
89th
Percentile by assets National rank
$29,834
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Hostess Brands, LLC 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Hostess Brands, LLC · Kansas · Manufacturing

$74M in assets, 2,471 participants

Hostess Brands, LLC's Hostess Brands, LLC 401(k) Plan reported $74M in total assets and 2,471 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 89th 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.

  • #15,680 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)

Coverage in Kansas

Hostess Brands, LLC 401(k) Plan covers 2,471 participants in Kansas, 6.9x the typical Kansas plan (state average ~360 per filing). Assets: $74M.

#15,680
in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
+34.8%
assets growth YoY
0.7×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Hostess Brands, LLC 401(k) Plan's outsized position by total assets

Hostess Brands, LLC 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$73,721,027 Top 11% higher than 89% 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

Hostess Brands, LLC 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. Hostess Brands, LLC 401(k) Plan lands in the large band (2,471 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Hostess Brands, LLC 401(k) Plan reported net income rose from -$4M in the plan year 2022 filing to $19M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Hostess Brands, LLC 401(k) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $55M in the plan year 2022 filing to $74M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Hostess Brands, LLC 401(k) Plan reported participants rose from 2,233 in the plan year 2022 filing to 2,471 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 371719327 · Hostess Brands, LLC PY 2023 · 401(k)

Hostess Brands, LLC 401(k) Plan · $74M · 2,471 · 89th

  • VS-ST $74M
  • BOY 2,471
  • SCH 89th
  • EBSA 401(k)
  • PART near First Security Bancorp 401(k) Plan
  • TYPE ind #15680

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 →

Hostess Brands, LLC 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Hostess Brands, LLC 401(k) Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Kansas filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$55M
Net Assets (End of Year)$74M
Net Income$19M
Employer EIN371719327
Plan Effective Date2013-08-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Hostess Brands, LLC)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Hostess Brands, LLC plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$4M 92.15997117919696% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$0M$50M$100M 202220232024 $54.7M $4.29M ▼ -92.2%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 2,233 $55M
2023 1 2,471 $74M
2024 1 641 $4M

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Kansas

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

Hostess Brands, LLC 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Kansas, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 050001000015000 -1012345 Total assets ($B) Participants Hostess Brands, LLC 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.073721027 · Participants: 2471Hostess Brands, LLC 401(k) 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
Hostess Brands, LLC 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Kansas, assets vs. participants
Compare Hostess Brands, LLC 401(k) Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Hostess Brands, LLC 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Kansas, the nearest 401(k) by assets is First Security Bancorp 401(k) Plan in AR ($74M); by covered participants it is Ahlstrom Retirement Savings Plan in CT (2,471 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($74M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (2,471 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 Hostess Brands, LLC 401(k) Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Hostess Brands, LLC 401(k) Plan surged - up 34.8% during 2023, from $55M to $74M. Reported net income was $19M.
How have Hostess Brands, LLC plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Hostess Brands, LLC's sponsor-wide assets declined 92.2%, from $55M to $4M.
Where does Hostess Brands, LLC 401(k) Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Hostess Brands, LLC 401(k) Plan ranks in the 89th 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 Hostess Brands, LLC 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is First Security Bancorp 401(k) Plan in AR ($74M, 840 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Hostess Brands, LLC 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Ahlstrom Retirement Savings Plan in CT (2,471 participants, $497M 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 371719327.

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.