401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Benchmade Knife Co., Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$26M
Total assets Below avg plan size
408
Participants Below avg headcount
75th
Percentile by assets National rank
$63,832
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Benchmade Knife Co., Inc. Profit Sharing Plan · Sponsored by Benchmade Knife Co., Inc. · Oregon · Manufacturing

$26M in assets, 408 participants

Benchmade Knife Co., Inc.'s Benchmade Knife Co., Inc. Profit Sharing Plan reported $26M in total assets and 408 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 75th 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.

  • #11,677 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)

Where Benchmade Knife Co., Inc. Profit Sharing Plan sits by assets

Benchmade Knife Co., Inc. Profit Sharing Plan sits in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, $26M for 408 participants (~$63,832/participant), up 21.1% in 2024.

#11,677
in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
+21.1%
assets growth YoY
0.3×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Benchmade Knife Co., Inc. Profit Sharing Plan's outsized position by total assets

Benchmade Knife Co., Inc. Profit Sharing Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500

$26,043,637 Top 25% higher than 75% of 123,620 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 2024

Benchmade Knife Co., Inc. Profit Sharing Plan among mid-size filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Benchmade Knife Co., Inc. Profit Sharing Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (408 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Benchmade Knife Co., Inc. Profit Sharing Plan end-of-year assets rose from $22M in the plan year 2023 filing to $26M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Benchmade Knife Co., Inc. Profit Sharing Plan reported net income fell from $5M in the plan year 2023 filing to $5M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Benchmade Knife Co., Inc. Profit Sharing Plan reported participants fell from 449 in the plan year 2023 filing to 408 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 954136880 · Benchmade Knife Co., Inc. PY 2024 · 401(k)

Benchmade Knife Co., Inc. Profit Sharing Plan · $26M · 408 · 75th

  • PCT $26M
  • PCT 408
  • PCT 75th
  • PCT 401(k)
  • PCT near Thieman Quality Metal Fab Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan and Trust
  • PCT ind #11677

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 Manufacturing retirement plans → · Plans in Oregon →

Benchmade Knife Co., Inc. Profit Sharing Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Benchmade Knife Co., Inc. Profit Sharing Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Scale-class filing particulars (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$22M
Net Assets (End of Year)$26M
Net Income$5M
Employer EIN954136880
Plan Effective Date1994-10-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Benchmade Knife Co., Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Benchmade Knife Co., Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$26M 59.58492267891206% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$15M$20M$25M$30M 202220232024 $16.3M $26M ▲ +59.6%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 350 $16M
2023 1 449 $22M
2024 1 408 $26M

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Oregon

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

Benchmade Knife Co., Inc. Profit Sharing Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Oregon, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -10000010000200003000040000 -202468 Total assets ($B) Participants Benchmade Knife Co., Inc. Profit Sharing Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.026043637 · Participants: 408Benchmade Knife Co., Inc. Profit Sharing Plan401(k) Savings and Profit Sharing Plan for Employees of Nike, Inc., Total assets ($B): 5.896318452 · Participants: 37293401(k) Savings and Profit Sharing Plan for Employees of Nike, Inc.Daimler Truck North America, L.L.C. Employee Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.72094907 · Participants: 8431Daimler Truck North America, L.L.C. Employee Retirement Savings PlanPrecision Castparts Corp. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.483708639 · Participants: 17047Precision Castparts Corp. 401(k) Retirement Savings PlanXpo Logistics Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.888295912 · Participants: 5689Xpo Logistics Retirement Savings PlanPacificorp K Plus Employee Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.771250677 · Participants: 5201Pacificorp K Plus Employee Savings Plan
Benchmade Knife Co., Inc. Profit Sharing Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Oregon, assets vs. participants
Compare Benchmade Knife Co., Inc. Profit Sharing Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Benchmade Knife Co., Inc. Profit Sharing Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Oregon, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Thieman Quality Metal Fab Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan and Trust in OH ($26M); by covered participants it is R.N. Industries Trucking, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan in UT (408 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (408 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Benchmade Knife Co., Inc. Profit Sharing Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Benchmade Knife Co., Inc. Profit Sharing Plan grew sharply - up 21.1% during 2024, from $22M to $26M. Reported net income was $5M.
How have Benchmade Knife Co., Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Benchmade Knife Co., Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 59.6%, from $16M to $26M.
Where does Benchmade Knife Co., Inc. Profit Sharing Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Benchmade Knife Co., Inc. Profit Sharing Plan ranks in the 75th percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets).
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Benchmade Knife Co., Inc. Profit Sharing Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Thieman Quality Metal Fab Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan and Trust in OH ($26M, 155 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Benchmade Knife Co., Inc. Profit Sharing Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is R.N. Industries Trucking, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan in UT (408 participants, $3M in assets).

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 954136880.

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.