401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Northern Star Cooperative Service 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$7M
Total assets Small plan by assets
82
Participants Small participant base
51st
Percentile by assets National rank
$85,256
Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Co-Op 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Northern Star Cooperative Service · Minnesota · Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing

$7M in assets, 82 participants

Northern Star Cooperative Service's Co-Op 401(k) Plan reported $7M in total assets and 82 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 51st 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.

  • #690 in Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing (1,288 peers)

Northern Star Cooperative Service multi-year trail

Northern Star Cooperative Service's plans moved +16.6% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows Co-Op 401(k) Plan at $7M / 82 participants.

#690
in Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing (1,288 peers)
+6.0%
assets growth YoY

Co-Op 401(k) Plan's mid-pack asset rank among Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing and all filers

Co-Op 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$6,990,979 Top 49% higher than 51% 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

Co-Op 401(k) 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. Co-Op 401(k) Plan is a small filing (82 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Co-Op 401(k) Plan reported net income fell from $436K in the plan year 2022 filing to $394K in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Co-Op 401(k) Plan reported participants rose from 77 in the plan year 2022 filing to 82 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Co-Op 401(k) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $7M in the plan year 2022 filing to $7M in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 410248090 · Northern Star Cooperative Service PY 2023 · 401(k)

Co-Op 401(k) Plan · $7M · 82 · 51st

  • EIN $7M
  • EIN 82
  • EIN 51st
  • EIN 401(k)
  • EIN near Employee Benefit Plan of Arc Imperial Valley
  • EIN ind #690

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 Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing retirement plans → · Plans in Minnesota →

Co-Op 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Co-Op 401(k) Plan$7MEmployee Benefit Plan of Arc Imperial ValleyEmployee Benefit Plan of Arc…$7MNu-Di Corporation 401(k) Retirement PlanNu-Di Corporation 401(k) Ret…$7MRainbow Design Services, Inc. 401(k) PlanRainbow Design Services, Inc…$7MMeier-Badger 401(k) Retirement Savings PlanMeier-Badger 401(k) Retireme…$7M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Co-Op 401(k) Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Northern Star Cooperative Service multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Northern Star Cooperative Service plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$8M 16.624250349898613% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$6M$6.5M$7M$7.5M$8M 202220232024 $6.6M $7.69M ▲ +16.5%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 77 $7M
2023 1 82 $7M
2024 1 87 $8M

Northern Star Cooperative Service filing trail (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$7M
Net Assets (End of Year)$7M
Net Income$394K
Employer EIN410248090
Plan Effective Date1990-03-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Minnesota

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

Co-Op 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Minnesota, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -1000000100000200000300000400000500000 -50510152025 Total assets ($B) Participants Co-Op 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.006990979 · Participants: 82Co-Op 401(k) PlanUnitedhealth Group 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 22.432100178 · Participants: 198972Unitedhealth Group 401(k) Savings PlanTarget Corporation 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 13.008265857 · Participants: 432617Target Corporation 401(k) PlanMedtronic Savings and Investment Plan, Total assets ($B): 12.931979 · Participants: 44342Medtronic Savings and Investment Plan3M Voluntary Investment Plan and Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 12.04661588 · Participants: 360493M Voluntary Investment Plan and Employee Stock Ownership PlanU.S. Bank 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 10.271161911 · Participants: 75272U.S. Bank 401(k) Savings Plan
Co-Op 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Minnesota, assets vs. participants
Compare Co-Op 401(k) Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Co-Op 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Minnesota, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Employee Benefit Plan of Arc Imperial Valley in CA ($7M); by covered participants it is Healthy Back Brand Holdings 401(k) Plan in MD (82 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (82 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 Co-Op 401(k) Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Co-Op 401(k) Plan grew at a solid clip - up 6.0% during 2023, from $7M to $7M. Reported net income was $394K.
How have Northern Star Cooperative Service plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Northern Star Cooperative Service's sponsor-wide assets grew 16.6%, from $7M to $8M.
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Co-Op 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Employee Benefit Plan of Arc Imperial Valley in CA ($7M, 129 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Co-Op 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Healthy Back Brand Holdings 401(k) Plan in MD (82 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 410248090.

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.