401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$124M
Total assets Near avg plan size
4,275
Participants Above avg headcount
92nd
Percentile by assets National rank
$28,894
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. 401(k) Plan and Trust · Sponsored by Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. · Ohio · Manufacturing

$124M in assets, 4,275 participants

Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc.'s Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. 401(k) Plan and Trust reported $124M in total assets and 4,275 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 92nd 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.

  • #15,605 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)

Coverage in Ohio

Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. 401(k) Plan and Trust covers 4,275 participants in Ohio, 5.6x the typical Ohio plan (state average ~765 per filing). Assets: $124M.

#15,605
in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
+16.4%
assets growth YoY
1.2×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. 401(k) Plan and Trust's outsized position by total assets

Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. 401(k) Plan and Trust vs every filed plan by assets

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

$123,520,811 Top 8% higher than 92% 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

Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. 401(k) Plan and Trust's large-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. 401(k) Plan and Trust lands in the large band (4,275 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. 401(k) Plan and Trust end-of-year assets rose from $106M in the plan year 2023 filing to $124M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. 401(k) Plan and Trust reported net income fell from $17M in the plan year 2023 filing to $15M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. 401(k) Plan and Trust reported participants rose from 4,125 in the plan year 2023 filing to 4,275 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 341015620 · Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. PY 2024 · 401(k)

Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. 401(k) Plan and Trust · $124M · 4,275 · 92nd

  • EBSA $124M
  • EBSA 4,275
  • EBSA 92nd
  • EBSA 401(k)
  • EBSA near Carl Buddig and Company Deferred Benefit Plan
  • EBSA ind #15605

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 Ohio →

Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. 401(k) Plan and Trust in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. 401(k) Plan and Trust and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Ohio filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$106M
Net Assets (End of Year)$124M
Net Income$15M
Employer EIN341015620
Plan Effective Date2007-07-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$625M 25.35063399691793% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$450M$500M$550M$600M$650M 202220232024 $499M $625M ▲ +25.4%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 7,686 $499M
2023 2 8,235 $610M
2024 2 8,539 $625M

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Ohio

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

Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. 401(k) Plan and Trust vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Ohio, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 -505101520 Total assets ($B) Participants Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. 401(k) Plan and Trust, Total assets ($B): 0.123520811 · Participants: 4275Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. 401(k) Plan and TrustGE Aerospace Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 14.738724553 · Participants: 45620GE Aerospace Retirement Savings PlanThe Kroger Co. 401(k) Retirement Savings Account Plan, Total assets ($B): 11.809161 · Participants: 135373The Kroger Co. 401(k) Retirement Savings Account PlanThe Progressive 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 11.533546294 · Participants: 62521The Progressive 401(k) PlanThe Sherwin-Williams Company 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 10.563559628 · Participants: 47459The Sherwin-Williams Company 401(k) PlanParker Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.010073432 · Participants: 26315Parker Retirement Savings Plan
Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. 401(k) Plan and Trust vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Ohio, assets vs. participants
Compare Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. 401(k) Plan and Trust side-by-side with 3 peers →

Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. 401(k) Plan and Trust's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Ohio, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Carl Buddig and Company Deferred Benefit Plan in IL ($124M); by covered participants it is Idex Corporation Savings Plan in IL (4,277 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (4,275 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 Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. 401(k) Plan and Trust assets move in 2024? ▼
Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. 401(k) Plan and Trust grew sharply - up 16.4% during 2024, from $106M to $124M. Reported net income was $15M.
How have Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 25.4%, from $499M to $625M.
Where does Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. 401(k) Plan and Trust rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. 401(k) Plan and Trust ranks in the 92nd percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets).
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. 401(k) Plan and Trust? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Carl Buddig and Company Deferred Benefit Plan in IL ($124M, 727 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. 401(k) Plan and Trust? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Idex Corporation Savings Plan in IL (4,277 participants, $962M 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 341015620.

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.