401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Sterling Paper Company 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$13M
Total assets Small plan by assets
84
Participants Small participant base
64th
Percentile by assets National rank
$150,642
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Sterling Paper, Inc. 401(k) Benefit Plan · Sponsored by Sterling Paper Company · Ohio · Wholesale Trade

$13M in assets, 84 participants

Sterling Paper Company's Sterling Paper, Inc. 401(k) Benefit Plan reported $13M in total assets and 84 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 64th 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.

  • #3,583 in Wholesale Trade (6,309 peers)

Sterling Paper Company multi-year trail

Sterling Paper Company's plans moved +20.1% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows Sterling Paper, Inc. 401(k) Benefit Plan at $13M / 84 participants.

#3,583
in Wholesale Trade (6,309 peers)
+19.5%
assets growth YoY

Sterling Paper, Inc. 401(k) Benefit Plan's mid-pack asset rank among Wholesale Trade and all filers

Sterling Paper, Inc. 401(k) Benefit Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$12,653,888 Top 36% higher than 64% 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

Sterling Paper, Inc. 401(k) Benefit Plan among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Sterling Paper, Inc. 401(k) Benefit Plan is a small filing (84 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Sterling Paper, Inc. 401(k) Benefit Plan reported net income rose from -$1M in the plan year 2022 filing to $2M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Sterling Paper, Inc. 401(k) Benefit Plan end-of-year assets rose from $11M in the plan year 2022 filing to $13M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Sterling Paper, Inc. 401(k) Benefit Plan reported participants rose from 82 in the plan year 2022 filing to 84 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 314317038 · Sterling Paper Company PY 2023 · 401(k)

Sterling Paper, Inc. 401(k) Benefit Plan · $13M · 84 · 64th

  • EOY $13M
  • 5500 84
  • ASSETS 64th
  • PCT 401(k)
  • EIN near West Pak Avocado, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan
  • RANK ind #3583

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 Wholesale Trade retirement plans → · Plans in Ohio →

Sterling Paper, Inc. 401(k) Benefit Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Sterling Paper, Inc. 401(k) Benefit Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Sterling Paper Company multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Sterling Paper Company plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$14M 20.08907304442675% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$11M$12M$13M$14M$15M 202220232024 $11.5M $13.8M ▲ +20.0%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 114 $11M
2023 2 115 $14M
2024 3 139 $14M

Sterling Paper Company filing trail (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$11M
Net Assets (End of Year)$13M
Net Income$2M
Employer EIN314317038
Plan Effective Date1986-10-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Ohio

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

Sterling Paper, Inc. 401(k) Benefit Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Ohio, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 -50510152025 Total assets ($B) Participants Sterling Paper, Inc. 401(k) Benefit Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.012653888 · Participants: 84Sterling Paper, Inc. 401(k) Benefit PlanGE Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 19.485469047 · Participants: 59766GE Retirement Savings PlanThe Sherwin-Williams Company 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 10.12932701 · Participants: 47362The Sherwin-Williams Company 401(k) PlanThe Progressive 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.225573063 · Participants: 56176The Progressive 401(k) PlanThe Kroger Co. 401(k) Retirement Savings Account Plan, Total assets ($B): 8.445085 · Participants: 129769The Kroger Co. 401(k) Retirement Savings Account PlanNationwide Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 7.618883027 · Participants: 24715Nationwide Savings Plan
Sterling Paper, Inc. 401(k) Benefit Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Ohio, assets vs. participants
Compare Sterling Paper, Inc. 401(k) Benefit Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Sterling Paper, Inc. 401(k) Benefit Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Ohio, the nearest 401(k) by assets is West Pak Avocado, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan in CA ($13M); by covered participants it is Trillium US, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust in OR (84 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (84 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 Sterling Paper, Inc. 401(k) Benefit Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Sterling Paper, Inc. 401(k) Benefit Plan grew sharply - up 19.5% during 2023, from $11M to $13M. Reported net income was $2M.
How have Sterling Paper Company plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Sterling Paper Company's sponsor-wide assets grew 20.1%, from $11M to $14M.
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Sterling Paper, Inc. 401(k) Benefit Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is West Pak Avocado, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan in CA ($13M, 186 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Sterling Paper, Inc. 401(k) Benefit Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Trillium US, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust in OR (84 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 314317038.

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.