401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Sterling Paper Company 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$14M
Total assets Small plan by assets
81
Participants Small participant base
63rd
Percentile by assets National rank
$169,996
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Sterling Paper, Inc. 401(k) Benefit Plan · Sponsored by Sterling Paper Company · Ohio · Wholesale Trade

$14M in assets, 81 participants

Sterling Paper Company's Sterling Paper, Inc. 401(k) Benefit Plan reported $14M in total assets and 81 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 63rd 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.

  • #3,358 in Wholesale Trade (6,080 peers)

Sterling Paper Company multi-year trail

Sterling Paper Company's plans moved +20.1% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows Sterling Paper, Inc. 401(k) Benefit Plan at $14M / 81 participants.

#3,358
in Wholesale Trade (6,080 peers)
+8.8%
assets growth YoY

Sterling Paper, Inc. 401(k) Benefit Plan's mid-pack asset rank among Wholesale Trade and all filers

Sterling Paper, Inc. 401(k) Benefit Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$13,769,672 Top 37% higher than 63% 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

Sterling Paper, Inc. 401(k) Benefit Plan among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Sterling Paper, Inc. 401(k) Benefit Plan is a small filing (81 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Sterling Paper, Inc. 401(k) Benefit Plan reported net income fell from $2M in the plan year 2023 filing to $1M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Sterling Paper, Inc. 401(k) Benefit Plan end-of-year assets rose from $13M in the plan year 2023 filing to $14M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Sterling Paper, Inc. 401(k) Benefit Plan reported participants fell from 84 in the plan year 2023 filing to 81 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 314317038 · Sterling Paper Company PY 2024 · 401(k)

Sterling Paper, Inc. 401(k) Benefit Plan · $14M · 81 · 63rd

  • RANK $14M
  • PHOTO 81
  • IND 63rd
  • EOY 401(k)
  • 5500 near Bachman's, Inc. Union Employees Retirement / Savings Plan
  • ASSETS ind #3358

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 Ohio →

Sterling Paper, Inc. 401(k) Benefit Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Sterling Paper, Inc. 401(k) Benefit Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Sterling Paper Company multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Sterling Paper Company plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$14M 20.08907304442675% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$11M$12M$13M$14M$15M 202220232024 $11.5M $13.8M ▲ +20.0%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 114 $11M
2023 2 115 $14M
2024 3 139 $14M

Sterling Paper Company filing trail (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$13M
Net Assets (End of Year)$14M
Net Income$1M
Employer EIN314317038
Plan Effective Date1986-10-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Ohio

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

Sterling Paper, Inc. 401(k) Benefit Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Ohio, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 -505101520 Total assets ($B) Participants Sterling Paper, Inc. 401(k) Benefit Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.013769672 · Participants: 81Sterling Paper, Inc. 401(k) Benefit PlanGE 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
Sterling Paper, Inc. 401(k) Benefit Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Ohio, assets vs. participants
Compare Sterling Paper, Inc. 401(k) Benefit Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Sterling Paper, Inc. 401(k) Benefit Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Ohio, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Bachman's, Inc. Union Employees Retirement / Savings Plan in MN ($14M); by covered participants it is Dalene Hardwood Flooring Co., Inc. Employees' 401(k) Ps Plan in CT (81 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (81 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 Sterling Paper, Inc. 401(k) Benefit Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Sterling Paper, Inc. 401(k) Benefit Plan grew at a solid clip - up 8.8% during 2024, from $13M to $14M. Reported net income was $1M.
How have Sterling Paper Company plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Sterling Paper Company's sponsor-wide assets grew 20.1%, from $11M to $14M.
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Sterling Paper, Inc. 401(k) Benefit Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Bachman's, Inc. Union Employees Retirement / Savings Plan in MN ($14M, 101 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Sterling Paper, Inc. 401(k) Benefit Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Dalene Hardwood Flooring Co., Inc. Employees' 401(k) Ps Plan in CT (81 participants, $9M 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 314317038.

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.