401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Windstream Services LLC 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$1.3B
Total assets Very large vs avg
9,409
Participants Very large workforce
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$137,271
Avg per participant Near avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Windstream 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Windstream Services LLC · Arkansas · Information & Media

$1.3B in assets, 9,409 participants

Windstream Services LLC's Windstream 401(k) Plan reported $1.3B in total assets and 9,409 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 99th 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.

  • #2,751 in Information & Media (2,822 peers)

Coverage in Arkansas

Windstream 401(k) Plan covers 9,409 participants in Arkansas, 3.4x the typical Arkansas plan (state average ~2,784 per filing). Assets: $1.3B.

#2,751
in Information & Media (2,822 peers)
+5.0%
assets growth YoY
13×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Windstream 401(k) Plan's outsized position by total assets

Windstream 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$1,291,584,763 Top 1% higher than 99% 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

Windstream 401(k) Plan'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. Windstream 401(k) Plan lands in the large band (9,409 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Windstream 401(k) Plan reported net income fell from $131M in the plan year 2023 filing to $60M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Windstream 401(k) Plan reported participants fell from 10,991 in the plan year 2023 filing to 9,409 in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Windstream 401(k) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $1.2B in the plan year 2023 filing to $1.3B in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 852049794 · Windstream Services LLC PY 2024 · 401(k)

Windstream 401(k) Plan · $1.3B · 9,409 · 99th

  • ASSETS $1.3B
  • ASSETS 9,409
  • ASSETS 99th
  • ASSETS 401(k)
  • ASSETS near Onsemi 401(k) Plan
  • ASSETS ind #2751

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 Information & Media retirement plans → · Plans in Arkansas →

Windstream 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Guidehouse Inc. Retirement PlanGuidehouse Inc. Retirement P…$1.3BWindstream 401(k) Plan$1.3BOnsemi 401(k) Plan$1.3BSmart, Sheet Metal Workers Local No. 104 Supplemental Pension PlanSmart, Sheet Metal Workers L…$1.3BCincinnati Financial Corporation Tax-Qualified Savings PlanCincinnati Financial Corpora…$1.3B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Windstream 401(k) Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Arkansas filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$1.2B
Net Assets (End of Year)$1.3B
Net Income$60M
Employer EIN852049794
Plan Effective Date2006-07-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Windstream Services LLC)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Windstream Services LLC plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$1.7B 9.56451191366745% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$1.55B$1.6B$1.65B$1.7B$1.75B 202220232024 $1.58B $1.73B ▲ +9.5%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 12,867 $1.6B
2023 2 12,695 $1.6B
2024 2 10,852 $1.7B

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Arkansas

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

Windstream 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Arkansas, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -5000000500000100000015000002000000 -200204060 Total assets ($B) Participants Windstream 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.291584763 · Participants: 9409Windstream 401(k) PlanWalmart 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 50.790179678 · Participants: 1635899Walmart 401(k) PlanTyson Foods, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.735357745 · Participants: 118403Tyson Foods, Inc. Retirement Savings PlanDillard's, Inc. Investment & Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.00399706 · Participants: 30070Dillard's, Inc. Investment & Employee Stock Ownership PlanJ.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. Employee Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.407976159 · Participants: 35023J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. Employee Retirement PlanArvest Bank 401(k) & Profit Sharing Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.925751555 · Participants: 6430Arvest Bank 401(k) & Profit Sharing Retirement Plan
Windstream 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Arkansas, assets vs. participants
Compare Windstream 401(k) Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Windstream 401(k) Plan

Windstream 401(k) Plan reports $1.3B in end-of-year assets across 9,409 participants (0.010% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.010% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $137,271 per participant (99% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was $60M.

This plan identity (EIN 852049794, plan #009) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $1.1B to $1.3B (+17.4%) while covered participants moved from 10,984 to 9,409 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 10,984 $1.1B Open filing
2023 10,991 $1.2B Open filing
2024 · index core 9,409 $1.3B This page

The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:

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

Outside Arkansas, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Onsemi 401(k) Plan in AZ ($1.3B); by covered participants it is Southern Veterinary Partners, LLC 401(k) Plan in AL (9,392 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($1.3B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (9,409 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 Windstream 401(k) Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Windstream 401(k) Plan grew at a solid clip - up 5.0% during 2024, from $1.2B to $1.3B. Reported net income was $60M.
How have Windstream Services LLC plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Windstream Services LLC's sponsor-wide assets grew 9.6%, from $1.6B to $1.7B.
Where does Windstream 401(k) Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Windstream 401(k) Plan ranks in the 99th percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (among the largest 1% of all filed plans).
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Windstream 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Onsemi 401(k) Plan in AZ ($1.3B, 3,995 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Windstream 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Southern Veterinary Partners, LLC 401(k) Plan in AL (9,392 participants, $183M 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 852049794.

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.