Challenge MFG. Holdings 401(k) and retirement plans

Challenge MFG. Holdings, Walker, MI. EIN 46-4294293. Annual reports 2009–2025. Also filed as Challenge MFG. Company; Challenge MFG. Holdings, Inc.; Challenge Manufacturing Company.

Challenge MFG. Holdings has 2 active retirement plans on file. The largest is the Challenge MFG. Company Profit Sharing and Retirement Savings Plan, with 3,142 participants and $97.8 million in assets in 2025. Principal has been its recordkeeper since 2009. No traditional pension plan appears in Challenge MFG. Holdings's filings since 2009.

Active plans: 2
Participants: 5,533
Plan assets: $148 million
401(k) recordkeeper: Principal
Plans on file: 2
Industry: Manufacturing

All 2 plans

Active plans first

Challenge MFG. Company Profit Sharing and Retirement Savings Plan

401(k)Active

Active. The plan filed its annual report for the 2025 plan year.

Plan number: 001Employer EIN 46-4294293
Participants (2025): 3,142
Net assets (2025): $97.8 million
Recordkeeper: Principal2009–2025
Plan administrator: Challenge MFG. Holdings
3200 Fruit Ridge Ave NW
Walker, MI 49544
(616) 735-6557As filed for 2025
In effect since: January 1, 1987

Earlier sponsor: Challenge MFG. Company (2009–2012).

Year by year, 2009 to 2025

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2025	3,142	$97.8 million	Principal
2024	3,398	$90.9 million	Principal
2023	4,011	$79.3 million	Principal
2022	3,368	$60.6 million	Principal
2021	3,066	$65.6 million	Principal
2020	2,695	$53.6 million	Principal
2019	2,324	$45.4 million	Principal
2018	2,233	$34.1 million	Principal
2017	2,269	$31.4 million	Principal
2016	2,250	$23.2 million	Principal
2015	1,793	$16.8 million	Principal
2014	1,274	$14.6 million	Principal
2013	1,130	$11.9 million	Principal
2012	921	$9.7 million	Principal
2011	787	$5.9 million	Principal
2010	716	$5.8 million	Principal
2009	1,001	$5.1 million	Principal

Challenge MFG. Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan

Employee stock ownership plan (ESOP)Active

Active. The plan filed its annual report for the 2025 plan year.

Plan number: 002Employer EIN 46-4294293
Participants (2025): 2,391
Net assets (2025): $50.5 million
Plan administrator: Challenge MFG. Holdings, Inc.
3200 Fruit Ridge Avenue NW
Walker, MI 49544
(616) 735-6500As filed for 2025
In effect since: January 1, 1997

Earlier sponsor: Challenge Manufacturing Company (2009–2012).

Earlier plan names: Challenge MFG Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan.

Year by year, 2009 to 2025

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2025	2,391	$50.5 million	not listed
2024	2,227	$48.7 million	not listed
2023	1,911	$22.2 million	not listed
2022	1,957	$6.7 million	not listed
2021	1,979	$12.7 million	not listed
2020	1,968	$16.1 million	not listed
2019	1,878	$15.6 million	not listed
2018	1,959	$14.8 million	not listed
2017	1,747	$16.2 million	not listed
2016	1,685	$16.0 million	not listed
2015	1,185	$27.3 million	not listed
2014	1,243	$27.4 million	not listed
2013	1,319	$37.2 million	not listed
2012	1,102	$33.5 million	not listed
2011	993	$90.5 million	not listed
2010	881	$89.5 million	not listed
2009	889	$26.7 million	not listed

If you had money in one of these plans

Call Principal (principal.com), which runs the Challenge MFG. Company Profit Sharing and Retirement Savings Plan. With your Social Security number and the plan name, it can tell you whether you still have a balance and, if not, where it went.
Or call the plan administrator listed on the plan below ((616) 735-6557). That number was filed for 2025; ask for the benefits or retirement plan office.
Still stuck? The Department of Labor's benefits advisers help for free: askebsa.dol.gov or 1-866-444-3272. Never pay anyone to find your own money.

What these numbers are

They come from the Form 5500 annual reports each plan files with the Department of Labor, as the plan filed them. A plan year is usually a calendar year.
Participants counts everyone in the plan at year end: current employees, former employees who still have a balance or a pension coming, and retirees or beneficiaries being paid.
The recordkeeper is the service provider whose Schedule C entry says it keeps the plan's records. Small plans do not file Schedule C, so some plans show none.
We cannot see anyone's account. Only the plan or its recordkeeper can tell you your balance.

Sources: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 datasets and PBGC trusteed plans. How we read them.

All 2 plans

Challenge MFG. Company Profit Sharing and Retirement Savings Plan

Challenge MFG. Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan

If you had money in one of these plans

What these numbers are

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