401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Hostess Brands, LLC 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$4M
Total assets Small plan by assets
641
Participants Below avg headcount
39th
Percentile by assets National rank
$6,690
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Hostess Brands, LLC 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Hostess Brands, LLC · Ohio · Manufacturing

$4M in assets, 641 participants

Hostess Brands, LLC's Hostess Brands, LLC 401(k) Plan reported $4M in total assets and 641 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 39th 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.

  • #3,992 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)

Hostess Brands, LLC multi-year trail

Hostess Brands, LLC's plans moved -92.2% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows Hostess Brands, LLC 401(k) Plan at $4M / 641 participants.

#3,992
in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
-94.2%
assets change YoY

Hostess Brands, LLC 401(k) Plan's mid-pack asset rank among Manufacturing and all filers

Hostess Brands, LLC 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$4,288,447 39th percentile higher than 39% 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

Hostess Brands, LLC 401(k) 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. Hostess Brands, LLC 401(k) Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (641 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Hostess Brands, LLC 401(k) Plan reported net income fell from $19M in the plan year 2023 filing to $29K in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Hostess Brands, LLC 401(k) Plan end-of-year assets fell from $74M in the plan year 2023 filing to $4M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Hostess Brands, LLC 401(k) Plan reported participants fell from 2,471 in the plan year 2023 filing to 641 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 371719327 · Hostess Brands, LLC PY 2024 · 401(k)

Hostess Brands, LLC 401(k) Plan · $4M · 641 · 39th

  • 5500 $4M
  • 5500 641
  • 5500 39th
  • 5500 401(k)
  • 5500 near Julius Silvert, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust
  • 5500 ind #3992

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 Manufacturing retirement plans → · Plans in Ohio →

Hostess Brands, LLC 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Hostess Brands, LLC 401(k) Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Hostess Brands, LLC multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Hostess Brands, LLC plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$4M 92.15997117919696% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$0M$50M$100M 202220232024 $54.7M $4.29M ▼ -92.2%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 2,233 $55M
2023 1 2,471 $74M
2024 1 641 $4M

Hostess Brands, LLC filing trail (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$74M
Net Assets (End of Year)N/A
Net Income$29K
Employer EIN371719327
Plan Effective Date2013-08-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Ohio

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

Hostess Brands, LLC 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Ohio, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 -505101520 Total assets ($B) Participants Hostess Brands, LLC 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.004288447 · Participants: 641Hostess Brands, LLC 401(k) 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
Hostess Brands, LLC 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Ohio, assets vs. participants
Compare Hostess Brands, LLC 401(k) Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Hostess Brands, LLC 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Ohio, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Julius Silvert, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust in PA ($4M); by covered participants it is The Bancorp, Inc. 401(k) Plan in DE (641 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (641 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 Hostess Brands, LLC 401(k) Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Hostess Brands, LLC 401(k) Plan contracted severely - down 94.2% during 2024, from $74M to $4M. Reported net income was $29K.
How have Hostess Brands, LLC plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Hostess Brands, LLC's sponsor-wide assets declined 92.2%, from $55M to $4M.
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Hostess Brands, LLC 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Julius Silvert, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust in PA ($4M, 167 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Hostess Brands, LLC 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is The Bancorp, Inc. 401(k) Plan in DE (641 participants, $120M 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 371719327.

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.