401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Hardware Specialty Co., Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$34M
Total assets Below avg plan size
241
Participants Below avg headcount
79th
Percentile by assets National rank
$141,954
Avg per participant Near avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Hardware Specialty Co., Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan & Trust · Sponsored by Hardware Specialty Co., Inc. · New York · Wholesale Trade

$34M in assets, 241 participants

Hardware Specialty Co., Inc.'s Hardware Specialty Co., Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan & Trust reported $34M in total assets and 241 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 79th 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.

  • #4,776 in Wholesale Trade (6,080 peers)

Coverage in New York

Hardware Specialty Co., Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan & Trust covers 241 participants in New York, about 30% of the average New York filer (state average ~798 per filing). Assets: $34M.

#4,776
in Wholesale Trade (6,080 peers)
+12.3%
assets growth YoY
0.3×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Hardware Specialty Co., Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan & Trust's outsized position by total assets

Hardware Specialty Co., Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan & Trust vs every filed plan by assets

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

$34,210,968 Top 21% higher than 79% 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

Hardware Specialty Co., Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan & Trust 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. Hardware Specialty Co., Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan & Trust sits mid-pack in the medium band (241 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Hardware Specialty Co., Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan & Trust reported net income fell from $6M in the plan year 2023 filing to $4M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Hardware Specialty Co., Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan & Trust end-of-year assets rose from $30M in the plan year 2023 filing to $34M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Hardware Specialty Co., Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan & Trust reported participants rose from 220 in the plan year 2023 filing to 241 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 111962241 · Hardware Specialty Co., Inc. PY 2024 · 401(k)

Hardware Specialty Co., Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan & Trust · $34M · 241 · 79th

  • ASSETS $34M
  • ASSETS 241
  • ASSETS 79th
  • ASSETS 401(k)
  • ASSETS near Atlas Roofing Corporation 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan for Bargaining Unit Employees
  • ASSETS ind #4776

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 New York →

Hardware Specialty Co., Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan & Trust in the asset neighbourhood

Hardware Specialty Co., Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan & TrustHardware Specialty Co., Inc.…$34MAtlas Roofing Corporation 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan for Bargaining Unit EmployeesAtlas Roofing Corporation 40…$34MHeritage 401(k) Plan$34MMorphosys US Inc. 401(k) Plan$34MVoyager Space Force Group 401(k) PlanVoyager Space Force Group 40…$34M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Hardware Specialty Co., Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan & Trust and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

New York filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$30M
Net Assets (End of Year)$34M
Net Income$4M
Employer EIN111962241
Plan Effective Date1990-06-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Hardware Specialty Co., Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Hardware Specialty Co., Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$34M 39.44614910035934% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$20M$25M$30M$35M$40M 202220232024 $24.5M $34.2M ▲ +39.5%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 238 $25M
2023 1 220 $30M
2024 1 241 $34M

Nearby 401(k) Plans in New York

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

Hardware Specialty Co., Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan & Trust vs. nearby 401(k) plans in New York, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 -20020406080 Total assets ($B) Participants Hardware Specialty Co., Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan & Trust, Total assets ($B): 0.034210968 · Participants: 241Hardware Specialty Co., Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan & TrustIBM 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 60.39355615 · Participants: 52674IBM 401(k) PlanMorgan Stanley 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 22.180692974 · Participants: 53860Morgan Stanley 401(k) PlanPfizer Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 21.9871528 · Participants: 33309Pfizer Savings PlanThe Pepsico Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 14.9369507 · Participants: 137398The Pepsico Savings PlanThe Goldman Sachs 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 12.807939404 · Participants: 23227The Goldman Sachs 401(k) Plan
Hardware Specialty Co., Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan & Trust vs. nearby 401(k) plans in New York, assets vs. participants
Compare Hardware Specialty Co., Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan & Trust side-by-side with 3 peers →

Hardware Specialty Co., Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan & Trust's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside New York, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Atlas Roofing Corporation 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan for Bargaining Unit Employees in MS ($34M); by covered participants it is Bbp Retirement Savings Plan in MI (241 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (241 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 Hardware Specialty Co., Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan & Trust assets move in 2024? ▼
Hardware Specialty Co., Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan & Trust grew at a solid clip - up 12.3% during 2024, from $30M to $34M. Reported net income was $4M.
How have Hardware Specialty Co., Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Hardware Specialty Co., Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 39.4%, from $25M to $34M.
Where does Hardware Specialty Co., Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan & Trust rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Hardware Specialty Co., Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan & Trust ranks in the 79th 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 Hardware Specialty Co., Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan & Trust? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Atlas Roofing Corporation 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan for Bargaining Unit Employees in MS ($34M, 448 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Hardware Specialty Co., Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan & Trust? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Bbp Retirement Savings Plan in MI (241 participants, $41M 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 111962241.

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.