401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Cole Papers, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$10M
Total assets Small plan by assets
204
Participants Below avg headcount
58th
Percentile by assets National rank
$47,342
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Cole Papers, Inc. 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Cole Papers, Inc. · North Dakota · Finance & Insurance

$10M in assets, 204 participants

Cole Papers, Inc.'s Cole Papers, Inc. 401(k) Plan reported $10M in total assets and 204 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 58th 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.

  • #3,771 in Finance & Insurance (8,869 peers)

Coverage in North Dakota

Cole Papers, Inc. 401(k) Plan covers 204 participants in North Dakota, about 40% of the average North Dakota filer (state average ~504 per filing). Assets: $10M.

#3,771
in Finance & Insurance (8,869 peers)
+12.0%
assets growth YoY

Cole Papers, Inc. 401(k) Plan's mid-pack asset rank among Finance & Insurance and all filers

Cole Papers, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$9,657,719 Top 42% higher than 58% 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

Cole Papers, Inc. 401(k) 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. Cole Papers, Inc. 401(k) Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (204 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Cole Papers, Inc. 401(k) Plan reported net income rose from -$2M in the plan year 2022 filing to $1M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Cole Papers, Inc. 401(k) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $9M in the plan year 2022 filing to $10M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Cole Papers, Inc. 401(k) Plan reported participants rose from 184 in the plan year 2022 filing to 204 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 450129830 · Cole Papers, Inc. PY 2023 · 401(k)

Cole Papers, Inc. 401(k) Plan · $10M · 204 · 58th

  • NET $10M
  • BOOK 204
  • VS-ST 58th
  • BOY 401(k)
  • SCH near Daigle Oil Company 401(k) Plan
  • EBSA ind #3771

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 Finance & Insurance retirement plans → · Plans in North Dakota →

Cole Papers, Inc. 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Cole Papers, Inc. 401(k) Plan$10MDaigle Oil Company 401(k) PlanDaigle Oil Company 401(k) Pl…$10MDiacom 401(k) Savings Plan$10MG L Mezzetta, Inc. 401(k) Savings PlanG L Mezzetta, Inc. 401(k) Sa…$10ML. L. Parks Livestock, Inc. Employees' 401(k) PlanL. L. Parks Livestock, Inc. …$10M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Cole Papers, Inc. 401(k) Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

North Dakota filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$9M
Net Assets (End of Year)$10M
Net Income$1M
Employer EIN450129830
Plan Effective Date1996-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Cole Papers, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Cole Papers, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$14M 28.416378673186216% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$10M$11M$12M$13M$14M$15M 202220232024 $11.2M $14.4M ▲ +28.4%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 339 $11M
2023 2 382 $12M
2024 2 342 $14M

Nearby 401(k) Plans in North Dakota

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

Cole Papers, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in North Dakota, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -10000010000200003000040000 -101234 Total assets ($B) Participants Cole Papers, Inc. 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.009657719 · Participants: 204Cole Papers, Inc. 401(k) PlanSanford Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.110361496 · Participants: 30495Sanford Retirement Savings PlanMdu Resources Group, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.829880488 · Participants: 8551Mdu Resources Group, Inc. 401(k) Retirement PlanKnife River Corporation 401(k) Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.7412361 · Participants: 5269Knife River Corporation 401(k) Retirement PlanDakotas Areawide IBEW-NECA Savings and Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.521170291 · Participants: 3853Dakotas Areawide IBEW-NECA Savings and Retirement PlanEide Bailly LLP 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.512524705 · Participants: 2920Eide Bailly LLP 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan
Cole Papers, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in North Dakota, assets vs. participants
Compare Cole Papers, Inc. 401(k) Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Cole Papers, Inc. 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside North Dakota, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Daigle Oil Company 401(k) Plan in ME ($10M); by covered participants it is Bankprov 401(k) Plan in MA (204 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($10M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (204 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 Cole Papers, Inc. 401(k) Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Cole Papers, Inc. 401(k) Plan grew at a solid clip - up 12.0% during 2023, from $9M to $10M. Reported net income was $1M.
How have Cole Papers, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Cole Papers, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 28.4%, from $11M to $14M.
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Cole Papers, Inc. 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Daigle Oil Company 401(k) Plan in ME ($10M, 89 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Cole Papers, Inc. 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Bankprov 401(k) Plan in MA (204 participants, $25M 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 450129830.

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.