401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Gold Star Foods 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$18M
Total assets Small plan by assets
639
Participants Below avg headcount
68th
Percentile by assets National rank
$27,572
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Gold Star Foods 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan · Sponsored by Gold Star Foods · California · Wholesale Trade

$18M in assets, 639 participants

Gold Star Foods's Gold Star Foods 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan reported $18M in total assets and 639 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 68th 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.

  • #3,799 in Wholesale Trade (6,080 peers)

Gold Star Foods multi-year trail

Gold Star Foods's plans moved +43.3% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows Gold Star Foods 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan at $18M / 639 participants.

#3,799
in Wholesale Trade (6,080 peers)
+22.0%
assets growth YoY

Gold Star Foods 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets

Gold Star Foods 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$17,618,331 Top 32% higher than 68% 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

Gold Star Foods 401(k) Retirement Savings 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. Gold Star Foods 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (639 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Gold Star Foods 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan reported net income rose from $2M in the plan year 2023 filing to $3M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Gold Star Foods 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan end-of-year assets rose from $14M in the plan year 2023 filing to $18M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Gold Star Foods 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan reported participants rose from 561 in the plan year 2023 filing to 639 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 261340567 · Gold Star Foods PY 2024 · 401(k)

Gold Star Foods 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan · $18M · 639 · 68th

  • 5500 $18M
  • ASSETS 639
  • PCT 68th
  • EIN 401(k)
  • RANK near Family Care Health Centers Retirement Plan
  • PHOTO ind #3799

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 California →

Gold Star Foods 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Gold Star Foods 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Gold Star Foods multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Gold Star Foods plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$18M 43.31759103745816% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$10M$12M$14M$16M$18M$20M 202220232024 $12.3M $17.6M ▲ +43.4%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 419 $12M
2023 1 561 $14M
2024 1 639 $18M

Gold Star Foods filing trail (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$14M
Net Assets (End of Year)$18M
Net Income$3M
Employer EIN261340567
Plan Effective Date1995-12-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby 401(k) Plans in California

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

Gold Star Foods 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in California, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 -200204060 Total assets ($B) Participants Gold Star Foods 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.017618331 · Participants: 639Gold Star Foods 401(k) Retirement Savings PlanGoogle LLC 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 48.738057415 · Participants: 116712Google LLC 401(k) Savings PlanOracle Corporation 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan, Total assets ($B): 31.02646504 · Participants: 58962Oracle Corporation 401(k) Savings and Investment PlanIntel 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 24.850880304 · Participants: 55298Intel 401(k) Savings PlanApple 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 24.714519387 · Participants: 101450Apple 401(k) PlanCisco Systems,Inc. 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 22.728425546 · Participants: 40452Cisco Systems,Inc. 401(k) Plan
Gold Star Foods 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in California, assets vs. participants
Compare Gold Star Foods 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Gold Star Foods 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside California, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Family Care Health Centers Retirement Plan in MO ($18M); by covered participants it is Sprague Retirement Plan in NH (639 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (639 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 Gold Star Foods 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Gold Star Foods 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan grew sharply - up 22.0% during 2024, from $14M to $18M. Reported net income was $3M.
How have Gold Star Foods plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Gold Star Foods's sponsor-wide assets grew 43.3%, from $12M to $18M.
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Gold Star Foods 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Family Care Health Centers Retirement Plan in MO ($18M, 197 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Gold Star Foods 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Sprague Retirement Plan in NH (639 participants, N/A 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 261340567.

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.