Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Lava Lava, LLC Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$49K
Total assets Small plan by assets
71
Participants Small participant base
4th
Percentile by assets National rank
$689
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Lava Lava, LLC Defined Benefit Plan & Trust · Sponsored by Lava Lava, LLC · Hawaii · Food Services & Accommodation

$49K in assets, 71 participants

Lava Lava, LLC's Lava Lava, LLC Defined Benefit Plan & Trust reported $49K in total assets and 71 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 4th 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.

  • #310 in Food Services & Accommodation (3,828 peers)

Lava Lava, LLC multi-year trail

Lava Lava, LLC's plans moved -98.3% in assets from 2022 to 2023; this filing shows Lava Lava, LLC Defined Benefit Plan & Trust at $49K / 71 participants.

#310
in Food Services & Accommodation (3,828 peers)
-98.3%
assets change YoY

The plan reported a net loss of $3M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Lava Lava, LLC Defined Benefit Plan & Trust among the smaller filed plans by assets

Lava Lava, LLC Defined Benefit Plan & Trust vs every filed plan by assets

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

$48,913 4th percentile higher than 4% 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

Lava Lava, LLC Defined Benefit Plan & Trust among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Lava Lava, LLC Defined Benefit Plan & Trust is a small filing (71 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Lava Lava, LLC Defined Benefit Plan & Trust reported net income fell from -$468K in the plan year 2022 filing to -$3M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Lava Lava, LLC Defined Benefit Plan & Trust end-of-year assets fell from $3M in the plan year 2022 filing to $49K in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Lava Lava, LLC Defined Benefit Plan & Trust reported participants fell from 84 in the plan year 2022 filing to 71 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 453600005 · Lava Lava, LLC PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Lava Lava, LLC Defined Benefit Plan & Trust · $49K · 71 · 4th

  • IND $49K
  • IND 71
  • IND 4th
  • IND Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • IND near Merrimac Corp. Retirement Plan
  • IND ind #310

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 Food Services & Accommodation retirement plans → · Plans in Hawaii →

Lava Lava, LLC Defined Benefit Plan & Trust in the asset neighbourhood

Lava Lava, LLC Defined Benefit Plan & TrustLava Lava, LLC Defined Benef…$49KMerrimac Corp. Retirement PlanMerrimac Corp. Retirement Pl…$49KCement Masons Local Union No. 521 Pension FundCement Masons Local Union No…$49KLocal 29 R.W.D.S.U. Pension FundLocal 29 R.W.D.S.U. Pension …$48KRetirement Plan for Hourly Paid Employees of Specialty Granules LLCRetirement Plan for Hourly P…$46K
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Lava Lava, LLC Defined Benefit Plan & Trust and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Lava Lava, LLC multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Lava Lava, LLC plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$49K 98.25408734810314% vs 2022
2023 filing year
$0M$1M$2M$3M$4M 20222023 $2.8M $0.05M ▼ -98.2%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 84 $3M
2023 1 71 $49K

Lava Lava, LLC filing trail (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$3M
Net Assets (End of Year)$49K
Net Income-$3M
Employer EIN453600005
Plan Effective Date2014-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Hawaii

Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Lava Lava, LLC Defined Benefit Plan & Trust vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Hawaii, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -200002000400060008000 -0.500.511.522.5 Total assets ($B) Participants Lava Lava, LLC Defined Benefit Plan & Trust, Total assets ($B): 0.000048913 · Participants: 71Lava Lava, LLC Defined Benefit Plan & TrustRetirement Plan for Employees of Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. and Participating Subsidiaries, Total assets ($B): 1.91180259 · Participants: 2406Retirement Plan for Employees of Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. and Participating SubsidiariesHotel Union and Hotel Industry of Hawaii Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.704996682 · Participants: 7370Hotel Union and Hotel Industry of Hawaii Pension PlanPamcah-Ua Local 675 Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.574975486 · Participants: 1505Pamcah-Ua Local 675 Pension PlanThe Queen's Health Systems Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.505374398 · Participants: 5037The Queen's Health Systems Pension PlanHawaii Pacific Health Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.452484278 · Participants: 5550Hawaii Pacific Health Retirement Plan
Lava Lava, LLC Defined Benefit Plan & Trust vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Hawaii, assets vs. participants
Compare Lava Lava, LLC Defined Benefit Plan & Trust side-by-side with 3 peers →

Lava Lava, LLC Defined Benefit Plan & Trust's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Hawaii, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Merrimac Corp. Retirement Plan in NY ($49K); by covered participants it is Personal Finance Company LLC Retirement Plan and Trust Agreement in MD (71 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (71 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 Lava Lava, LLC Defined Benefit Plan & Trust assets move in 2023? ▼
Lava Lava, LLC Defined Benefit Plan & Trust contracted severely - down 98.3% during 2023, from $3M to $49K. Reported net income was -$3M.
How have Lava Lava, LLC plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 2 plan years on file (2022-2023), Lava Lava, LLC's sponsor-wide assets declined 98.3%, from $3M to $49K.
Where does Lava Lava, LLC Defined Benefit Plan & Trust rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Lava Lava, LLC Defined Benefit Plan & Trust ranks in the 4th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (among the smaller plans by assets on file).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Lava Lava, LLC Defined Benefit Plan & Trust? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Merrimac Corp. Retirement Plan in NY ($49K, N/A participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Lava Lava, LLC Defined Benefit Plan & Trust? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Personal Finance Company LLC Retirement Plan and Trust Agreement in MD (71 participants, $5M 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 453600005.

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.