401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Ballard Exploration Company, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$5M
Total assets Small plan by assets
21
Participants Small participant base
50th
Percentile by assets National rank
$232,831
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Ballard Exploration Company, Inc. 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Ballard Exploration Company, Inc. · Texas · Mining & Oil Extraction

$5M in assets, 21 participants

Ballard Exploration Company, Inc.'s Ballard Exploration Company, Inc. 401(k) Plan reported $5M in total assets and 21 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 50th 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.

  • #278 in Mining & Oil Extraction (892 peers)

Ballard Exploration Company, Inc. multi-year trail

Ballard Exploration Company, Inc.'s plans moved +25.3% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows Ballard Exploration Company, Inc. 401(k) Plan at $5M / 21 participants.

#278
in Mining & Oil Extraction (892 peers)
-12.1%
assets change YoY

The plan reported a net loss of $675K for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Ballard Exploration Company, Inc. 401(k) Plan's mid-pack asset rank among Mining & Oil Extraction and all filers

Ballard Exploration Company, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500

$4,889,460 Top 50% higher than 50% of 139,123 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 2022

Ballard Exploration Company, Inc. 401(k) Plan among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Ballard Exploration Company, Inc. 401(k) Plan is a small filing (21 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 741876370 · Ballard Exploration Company, Inc. PY 2022 · 401(k)

Ballard Exploration Company, Inc. 401(k) Plan · $5M · 21 · 50th

  • BOY $5M
  • SCH 21
  • EBSA 50th
  • PART 401(k)
  • TYPE near James Martin Associates, Inc. 401(k) Savings Incentive Plan
  • NET ind #278

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 Mining & Oil Extraction retirement plans → · Plans in Texas →

Ballard Exploration Company, Inc. 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Ballard Exploration Company, Inc. 401(k) Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

Ballard Exploration Company, Inc. multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Ballard Exploration Company, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$6M 25.34584596253983% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$4.5M$5M$5.5M$6M$6.5M 202220232024 $4.89M $6.13M ▲ +25.4%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 21 $5M
2023 1 21 $5M
2024 1 20 $6M

Ballard Exploration Company, Inc. filing trail (2022)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$6M
Net Assets (End of Year)$5M
Net Income-$675K
Employer EIN741876370
Plan Effective Date1989-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Texas

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

Ballard Exploration Company, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Texas, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000200000 -10010203040 Total assets ($B) Participants Ballard Exploration Company, Inc. 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.00488946 · Participants: 21Ballard Exploration Company, Inc. 401(k) PlanAT&T Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 37.578871 · Participants: 144503AT&T Retirement Savings PlanExxonmobil Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 21.266 · Participants: 23619Exxonmobil Savings PlanCaterpillar 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 13.794958016 · Participants: 38538Caterpillar 401(k) Savings PlanAmerican Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 12.806443202 · Participants: 85577American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) PlanDell Inc. 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 11.969059 · Participants: 47532Dell Inc. 401(k) Plan
Ballard Exploration Company, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Texas, assets vs. participants
Compare Ballard Exploration Company, Inc. 401(k) Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Ballard Exploration Company, Inc. 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Texas, the nearest 401(k) by assets is James Martin Associates, Inc. 401(k) Savings Incentive Plan in IL ($5M); by covered participants it is Aj's Recycling Services, Inc. 401(k) Plan in MI (21 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (21 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Ballard Exploration Company, Inc. 401(k) Plan assets move in 2022? ▼
Ballard Exploration Company, Inc. 401(k) Plan pulled back noticeably - down 12.1% during 2022, from $6M to $5M. Reported net income was -$675K.
How have Ballard Exploration Company, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Ballard Exploration Company, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 25.3%, from $5M to $6M.
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Ballard Exploration Company, Inc. 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is James Martin Associates, Inc. 401(k) Savings Incentive Plan in IL ($5M, 114 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Ballard Exploration Company, Inc. 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Aj's Recycling Services, Inc. 401(k) Plan in MI (21 participants, N/A in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2022.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 741876370.

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.