401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Packaging Specialties, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$28M
Total assets Below avg plan size
339
Participants Below avg headcount
78th
Percentile by assets National rank
$82,193
Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Packaging Specialties 401(k) Employee Savings & Protection Plan · Sponsored by Packaging Specialties, Inc. · Arkansas · Manufacturing

$28M in assets, 339 participants

Packaging Specialties, Inc.'s Packaging Specialties 401(k) Employee Savings & Protection Plan reported $28M in total assets and 339 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 78th 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.

  • #13,045 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)

Coverage in Arkansas

Packaging Specialties 401(k) Employee Savings & Protection Plan covers 339 participants in Arkansas, about 12% of the average Arkansas filer (state average ~2,784 per filing). Assets: $28M.

#13,045
in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
+19.9%
assets growth YoY
0.3×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Packaging Specialties 401(k) Employee Savings & Protection Plan's outsized position by total assets

Packaging Specialties 401(k) Employee Savings & Protection Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$27,863,366 Top 22% higher than 78% 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

Packaging Specialties 401(k) Employee Savings & Protection Plan among mid-size filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Packaging Specialties 401(k) Employee Savings & Protection Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (339 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Packaging Specialties 401(k) Employee Savings & Protection Plan reported net income rose from -$1M in the plan year 2022 filing to $5M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Packaging Specialties 401(k) Employee Savings & Protection Plan end-of-year assets rose from $23M in the plan year 2022 filing to $28M in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 710457846 · Packaging Specialties, Inc. PY 2023 · 401(k)

Packaging Specialties 401(k) Employee Savings & Protection Plan · $28M · 339 · 78th

  • PCT $28M
  • PCT 339
  • PCT 78th
  • PCT 401(k)
  • PCT near Galois Inc 401(k) Plan and Trust
  • PCT ind #13045

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 Arkansas →

Packaging Specialties 401(k) Employee Savings & Protection Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Packaging Specialties 401(k) Employee Savings & Protection Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Arkansas filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$23M
Net Assets (End of Year)$28M
Net Income$5M
Employer EIN710457846
Plan Effective Date1993-09-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Packaging Specialties, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Packaging Specialties, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$31M 34.81026083191268% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$20M$25M$30M$35M 202220232024 $23.3M $31.3M ▲ +34.8%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 339 $23M
2023 1 339 $28M
2024 1 322 $31M

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Arkansas

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

Packaging Specialties 401(k) Employee Savings & Protection Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Arkansas, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -5000000500000100000015000002000000 -1001020304050 Total assets ($B) Participants Packaging Specialties 401(k) Employee Savings & Protection Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.027863366 · Participants: 339Packaging Specialties 401(k) Employee Savings & Protection PlanWalmart 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 41.538754799 · Participants: 1611202Walmart 401(k) PlanTyson Foods, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.539529752 · Participants: 113806Tyson Foods, Inc. Retirement Savings PlanDillard's, Inc. Investment & Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.853974665 · Participants: 30034Dillard's, Inc. Investment & Employee Stock Ownership PlanJ.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. Employee Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.318138116 · Participants: 39077J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. Employee Retirement PlanWindstream 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.230072939 · Participants: 10991Windstream 401(k) Plan
Packaging Specialties 401(k) Employee Savings & Protection Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Arkansas, assets vs. participants
Compare Packaging Specialties 401(k) Employee Savings & Protection Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Packaging Specialties 401(k) Employee Savings & Protection Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Arkansas, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Galois Inc 401(k) Plan and Trust in OR ($28M); by covered participants it is Simply Storage Management , LLC 401(k) Plan in FL (339 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (339 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 Packaging Specialties 401(k) Employee Savings & Protection Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Packaging Specialties 401(k) Employee Savings & Protection Plan grew sharply - up 19.9% during 2023, from $23M to $28M. Reported net income was $5M.
How have Packaging Specialties, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Packaging Specialties, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 34.8%, from $23M to $31M.
Where does Packaging Specialties 401(k) Employee Savings & Protection Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Packaging Specialties 401(k) Employee Savings & Protection Plan ranks in the 78th 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 Packaging Specialties 401(k) Employee Savings & Protection Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Galois Inc 401(k) Plan and Trust in OR ($28M, 114 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Packaging Specialties 401(k) Employee Savings & Protection Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Simply Storage Management , LLC 401(k) Plan in FL (339 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 710457846.

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.