401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Howell's Motor Freight, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$6M
Total assets Small plan by assets
162
Participants Small participant base
45th
Percentile by assets National rank
$36,344
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Howell's Motor Freight, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan · Sponsored by Howell's Motor Freight, Inc. · Virginia · Transportation & Warehousing

$6M in assets, 162 participants

Howell's Motor Freight, Inc.'s Howell's Motor Freight, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan reported $6M in total assets and 162 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 45th 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.

  • #1,519 in Transportation & Warehousing (3,299 peers)

Coverage in Virginia

Howell's Motor Freight, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan covers 162 participants in Virginia, about 21% of the average Virginia filer (state average ~782 per filing). Assets: $6M.

#1,519
in Transportation & Warehousing (3,299 peers)
+3.6%
assets growth YoY

Howell's Motor Freight, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan's mid-pack asset rank among Transportation & Warehousing and all filers

Howell's Motor Freight, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$5,887,659 45th percentile higher than 45% 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

Howell's Motor Freight, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing 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. Howell's Motor Freight, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (162 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Howell's Motor Freight, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan reported net income rose from -$2M in the plan year 2023 filing to $202K in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Howell's Motor Freight, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan reported participants fell from 175 in the plan year 2023 filing to 162 in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Howell's Motor Freight, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan end-of-year assets rose from $6M in the plan year 2023 filing to $6M in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 540629150 · Howell's Motor Freight, Inc. PY 2024 · 401(k)

Howell's Motor Freight, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan · $6M · 162 · 45th

  • IND $6M
  • EOY 162
  • 5500 45th
  • ASSETS 401(k)
  • PCT near Detroit Thermal Systems, LLC Salaried 401(k) Plan
  • EIN ind #1519

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 Transportation & Warehousing retirement plans → · Plans in Virginia →

Howell's Motor Freight, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Howell's Motor Freight, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing PlanHowell's Motor Freight, Inc.…$6MDetroit Thermal Systems, LLC Salaried 401(k) PlanDetroit Thermal Systems, LLC…$6MDayton Toyota 401(k) Plan$6MCispri 401(k) Profit Sharing PlanCispri 401(k) Profit Sharing…$6MMorgan Newton Company, LP 401(k) Retirement Savings PlanMorgan Newton Company, LP 40…$6M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Howell's Motor Freight, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Virginia filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$6M
Net Assets (End of Year)$6M
Net Income$202K
Employer EIN540629150
Plan Effective Date1989-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Howell's Motor Freight, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Howell's Motor Freight, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$6M 18.659812401090587% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$5.5M$6M$6.5M$7M$7.5M 202220232024 $7.24M $5.89M ▼ -18.6%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 170 $7M
2023 1 175 $6M
2024 1 162 $6M

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Virginia

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

Howell's Motor Freight, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Virginia, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 -1001020304050 Total assets ($B) Participants Howell's Motor Freight, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.005887659 · Participants: 162Howell's Motor Freight, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing PlanNorthrop Grumman Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 39.473777135 · Participants: 104719Northrop Grumman Savings Plan401(k) Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 16.840459887 · Participants: 62869401(k) Pension PlanGeneral Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Plan 6.0, Total assets ($B): 12.395006194 · Participants: 49414General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Plan 6.0Capital One Financial Corporation Associate Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 12.04952818 · Participants: 44933Capital One Financial Corporation Associate Savings PlanLeidos, Inc. Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 11.790942581 · Participants: 29734Leidos, Inc. Retirement Plan
Howell's Motor Freight, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Virginia, assets vs. participants
Compare Howell's Motor Freight, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Howell's Motor Freight, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Virginia, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Detroit Thermal Systems, LLC Salaried 401(k) Plan in MI ($6M); by covered participants it is Central Ohio Urology Group, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan in OH (162 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (162 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 Howell's Motor Freight, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Howell's Motor Freight, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan edged up modestly - up 3.6% during 2024, from $6M to $6M. Reported net income was $202K.
How have Howell's Motor Freight, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Howell's Motor Freight, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets declined 18.7%, from $7M to $6M.
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Howell's Motor Freight, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Detroit Thermal Systems, LLC Salaried 401(k) Plan in MI ($6M, 74 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Howell's Motor Freight, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Central Ohio Urology Group, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan in OH (162 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 540629150.

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.