Defined Benefit (Pension) Β· DOL Form 5500 Β· 2024

National Bankshares, Inc. Retirement Income Plan

Data updated 2026-05-15

$39M
Total assets
198
Participants
81th
Percentile by assets
$198,731
Avg per participant

Sponsored by National Bankshares, Inc. Β· Virginia Β· Finance & Insurance

What the 2024 filing shows

National Bankshares, Inc. Retirement Income Plan holds $39M for 198 participants - about $198,731 per participant, in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, up 20.6% over the 2024 plan year.

$39M
total plan assets (2024 EOY)
198
covered participants
81th
percentile by assets (of 116,472 plans)
$198,731
avg assets per participant
State
Industry
Finance & Insurance

Defined Benefit (Pension) Β· DOL Form 5500 Β· 2024

What the Filing Says About National Bankshares, Inc. Retirement Income Plan

National Bankshares, Inc. Retirement Income Plan is a Defined Benefit (Pension) retirement plan sponsored by National Bankshares, Inc., headquartered in Virginia. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2024 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $39M in total end-of-year assets and covers 198 participants across the Finance & Insurance industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 541375874, and the plan has been effective since 1963-02-01. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets grew sharply from $33M at the beginning of 2024 to $39M at year-end - up 20.6%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $39M, with reported net income of $7M driven by investment returns, contributions received, and benefit payments during the period. These figures reflect what the plan administrator certified on Schedule H or Schedule I of the Form 5500 annual return and can be compared against 2 prior plan-year filings from the same sponsor shown below.

Across the 3 plan years National Bankshares, Inc. has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $52M to $64M, a gain of 22.2%, while reported participants moved from 555 to 605 (+9.0%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2024 at $64M; the softest was 2022 at $52M. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $52M in assets across 3 plans covering 555 participants; 2023 - $56M in assets across 3 plans covering 580 participants; 2024 - $64M in assets across 3 plans covering 605 participants.

By assets, National Bankshares, Inc. Retirement Income Plan outranks 81% of the 116,472 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2024 plan year, and holds roughly 0.4x the national average plan size of $100M and 730 average participants.

Asset totals and participant counts reflect a single plan year snapshot and can change materially with market conditions, plan mergers, or workforce changes. Fields such as "net income" include both realized investment performance and contribution/distribution flows, a single-year figure does not by itself indicate plan health or participant outcomes. This page summarizes public DOL disclosures for research and educational purposes only and is not retirement, tax, legal, or financial advice. Before making decisions about your own retirement benefits or evaluating an employer's plan, verify the underlying filing directly via the DOL EFAST2 system and consult a qualified professional.

How the percentile is calculated: we count every plan that filed a 2024 Form 5500 with a reported end-of-year asset figure (116,472 plans), rank National Bankshares, Inc. Retirement Income Plan against all of them by total assets, and report the share of those plans it outranks. A plan reporting no asset figure for the year is excluded from the ranking rather than assumed to be zero.

Financial Summary (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$33M
Total Assets (End of Year)$39M
Net Assets (End of Year)$39M
Net Income$7M
Plan TypeDefined Benefit (Pension)
Employer EIN541375874
Plan Effective Date1963-02-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (National Bankshares, Inc.)

Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 3 555 $52M
2023 3 580 $56M
2024 3 605 $64M

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the National Bankshares, Inc. Retirement Income Plan?
As of the 2024 Form 5500 filing, National Bankshares, Inc. Retirement Income Plan holds $39M in total assets with 198 participants. It is sponsored by National Bankshares, Inc..
What type of plan is National Bankshares, Inc. Retirement Income Plan?
National Bankshares, Inc. Retirement Income Plan is a Defined Benefit (Pension) plan. It has been effective since 1963-02-01. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 541375874.
Who sponsors the National Bankshares, Inc. Retirement Income Plan?
National Bankshares, Inc. Retirement Income Plan is sponsored by National Bankshares, Inc., located in Virginia. The sponsor's EIN is 541375874 and the plan operates in the Finance & Insurance industry.
How did National Bankshares, Inc. Retirement Income Plan perform in 2024?
National Bankshares, Inc. Retirement Income Plan grew sharply - up 20.6% during 2024, moving from $33M to $39M in total assets. Net income was $7M.

What this filing means

Ways to act on National Bankshares, Inc. Retirement Income Plan's numbers.

  • By total assets, National Bankshares, Inc. Retirement Income Plan ranks in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets. See the largest plans
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  • National Bankshares, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets have grown 22.2% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Finance & Insurance plans
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2024.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 541375874.

Reference: IRS Publication 560, Retirement Plans for Small Business, contribution-limit rules.

Reference: IRS Publication 590-B, Distributions from IRAs, RMD rules under SECURE Act 2.0.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.

Every figure on PlainRetire is rendered directly from the Department of Labor's Form 5500 annual return filings, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-05-15.