401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

ESSENDANT 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$413M
Total assets Above avg plan size
3,167
Participants Above avg headcount
97th
Percentile by assets National rank
$130,256
Avg per participant Near avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Essendant 401(k) Savings Plan · Sponsored by ESSENDANT · Illinois · Wholesale Trade

$413M in assets, 3,167 participants

ESSENDANT's Essendant 401(k) Savings Plan reported $413M in total assets and 3,167 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 97th 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.

  • #5,949 in Wholesale Trade (6,080 peers)

Coverage in Illinois

Essendant 401(k) Savings Plan covers 3,167 participants in Illinois, 4.1x the typical Illinois plan (state average ~779 per filing). Assets: $413M.

#5,949
in Wholesale Trade (6,080 peers)
+0.7%
assets growth YoY
4.1×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

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

Essendant 401(k) Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$412,521,285 Top 3% higher than 97% 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

Essendant 401(k) Savings 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. Essendant 401(k) Savings Plan lands in the large band (3,167 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Essendant 401(k) Savings Plan reported net income fell from $38M in the plan year 2023 filing to $3M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Essendant 401(k) Savings Plan reported participants fell from 3,678 in the plan year 2023 filing to 3,167 in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Essendant 401(k) Savings Plan end-of-year assets rose from $409M in the plan year 2023 filing to $413M in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 362431718 · ESSENDANT PY 2024 · 401(k)

Essendant 401(k) Savings Plan · $413M · 3,167 · 97th

  • PART $413M
  • PART 3,167
  • PART 97th
  • PART 401(k)
  • PART near Gilder Gagnon Howe & Co. LLC Profit Sharing Plan and Trust
  • PART ind #5949

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 Illinois →

Essendant 401(k) Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Proservice Hawaii 401(k) Plan$413MGilder Gagnon Howe & Co. LLC Profit Sharing Plan and TrustGilder Gagnon Howe & Co. LLC…$413MEssendant 401(k) Savings Plan$413MRadiology Partners, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing PlanRadiology Partners, Inc. 401…$412MNutanix, Inc. 401(k) Plan$412M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Essendant 401(k) Savings Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Illinois filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$409M
Net Assets (End of Year)$413M
Net Income$3M
Employer EIN362431718
Plan Effective Date1992-04-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (ESSENDANT)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All ESSENDANT plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$535M 2.9464882873080485% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$510M$520M$530M$540M$550M 202220232024 $519M $535M ▲ +2.9%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 3 4,642 $519M
2023 3 4,884 $540M
2024 3 4,027 $535M

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Illinois

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

Essendant 401(k) Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -1000000100000200000300000 -50510152025 Total assets ($B) Participants Essendant 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.412521285 · Participants: 3167Essendant 401(k) Savings PlanAccenture United States 401(k) Match and Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 21.302643276 · Participants: 66965Accenture United States 401(k) Match and Savings PlanState Farm 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 19.010099056 · Participants: 63297State Farm 401(k) Savings PlanUnited Airlines Pilot Retirement Account Plan, Total assets ($B): 16.835964452 · Participants: 16659United Airlines Pilot Retirement Account PlanAbbott Laboratories Stock Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 15.755668 · Participants: 38229Abbott Laboratories Stock Retirement PlanWalgreens Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 14.535873337 · Participants: 233635Walgreens Retirement Savings Plan
Essendant 401(k) Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants
Compare Essendant 401(k) Savings Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

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

Outside Illinois, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Gilder Gagnon Howe & Co. LLC Profit Sharing Plan and Trust in NY ($413M); by covered participants it is Worldpay 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan in OH (3,165 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($413M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (3,167 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 Essendant 401(k) Savings Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Essendant 401(k) Savings Plan held essentially flat - up 0.7% during 2024, from $409M to $413M. Reported net income was $3M.
How have ESSENDANT plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), ESSENDANT's sponsor-wide assets grew 2.9%, from $519M to $535M.
Where does Essendant 401(k) Savings Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Essendant 401(k) Savings Plan ranks in the 97th percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets).
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Essendant 401(k) Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Gilder Gagnon Howe & Co. LLC Profit Sharing Plan and Trust in NY ($413M, 77 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Essendant 401(k) Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Worldpay 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan in OH (3,165 participants, $407M 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 362431718.

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.