401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Gardner-Fox Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$4M
Total assets Small plan by assets
29
Participants Small participant base
41st
Percentile by assets National rank
$141,595
Avg per participant Near avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Gardner-Fox Associates, Inc. 401(k) & Profit Sharing Plan · Sponsored by Gardner-Fox Associates, Inc. · Pennsylvania · Construction

$4M in assets, 29 participants

Gardner-Fox Associates, Inc.'s Gardner-Fox Associates, Inc. 401(k) & Profit Sharing Plan reported $4M in total assets and 29 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 41st 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.

  • #3,486 in Construction (9,030 peers)

Gardner-Fox Associates, Inc. multi-year trail

Gardner-Fox Associates, Inc.'s plans moved -10.4% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows Gardner-Fox Associates, Inc. 401(k) & Profit Sharing Plan at $4M / 29 participants.

#3,486
in Construction (9,030 peers)
-14.9%
assets change YoY

The plan reported a net loss of $718K for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Gardner-Fox Associates, Inc. 401(k) & Profit Sharing Plan's mid-pack asset rank among Construction and all filers

Gardner-Fox Associates, Inc. 401(k) & Profit Sharing Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500

$4,106,257 41st percentile higher than 41% of 127,068 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 2023

Gardner-Fox Associates, Inc. 401(k) & Profit Sharing Plan among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Gardner-Fox Associates, Inc. 401(k) & Profit Sharing Plan is a small filing (29 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Gardner-Fox Associates, Inc. 401(k) & Profit Sharing Plan reported net income rose from -$1M in the plan year 2022 filing to -$718K in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Gardner-Fox Associates, Inc. 401(k) & Profit Sharing Plan reported participants fell from 36 in the plan year 2022 filing to 29 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Gardner-Fox Associates, Inc. 401(k) & Profit Sharing Plan end-of-year assets fell from $5M in the plan year 2022 filing to $4M in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 232464162 · Gardner-Fox Associates, Inc. PY 2023 · 401(k)

Gardner-Fox Associates, Inc. 401(k) & Profit Sharing Plan · $4M · 29 · 41st

  • ASSETS $4M
  • ASSETS 29
  • ASSETS 41st
  • ASSETS 401(k)
  • ASSETS near Garland Eye Associates, P.a. 401(k) Plan
  • ASSETS ind #3486

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 Construction retirement plans → · Plans in Pennsylvania →

Gardner-Fox Associates, Inc. 401(k) & Profit Sharing Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Gardner-Fox Associates, Inc. 401(k) & Profit Sharing PlanGardner-Fox Associates, Inc.…$4MGarland Eye Associates, P.a. 401(k) PlanGarland Eye Associates, P.a.…$4MOneta Company Profit Sharing PlanOneta Company Profit Sharing…$4MOhana Growth Partners, LLC 401(k) Profit Sharing PlanOhana Growth Partners, LLC 4…$4MExer Holding Company LLC 401(k) & Profit Sharing PlanExer Holding Company LLC 401…$4M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Gardner-Fox Associates, Inc. 401(k) & Profit Sharing Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Gardner-Fox Associates, Inc. multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Gardner-Fox Associates, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$4M 10.398768389889918% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$4M$4.5M$5M 202220232024 $4.82M $4.32M ▼ -10.4%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 36 $5M
2023 1 29 $4M
2024 1 30 $4M

Gardner-Fox Associates, Inc. filing trail (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$5M
Net Assets (End of Year)$4M
Net Income-$718K
Employer EIN232464162
Plan Effective Date1991-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Pennsylvania

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

Gardner-Fox Associates, Inc. 401(k) & Profit Sharing Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Pennsylvania, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000 -505101520 Total assets ($B) Participants Gardner-Fox Associates, Inc. 401(k) & Profit Sharing Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.004106257 · Participants: 29Gardner-Fox Associates, Inc. 401(k) & Profit Sharing PlanComcast Corporation Retirement - Investment Plan, Total assets ($B): 17.368669862 · Participants: 93136Comcast Corporation Retirement - Investment PlanCigna 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 13.003870935 · Participants: 66760Cigna 401(k) PlanThe Vanguard Retirement and Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.765617477 · Participants: 18200The Vanguard Retirement and Savings PlanThe PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Incentive Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.339762 · Participants: 61697The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Incentive Savings PlanThe Bank of New York Mellon Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 8.955655142 · Participants: 25184The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan
Gardner-Fox Associates, Inc. 401(k) & Profit Sharing Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Pennsylvania, assets vs. participants
Compare Gardner-Fox Associates, Inc. 401(k) & Profit Sharing Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Gardner-Fox Associates, Inc. 401(k) & Profit Sharing Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Pennsylvania, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Garland Eye Associates, P.a. 401(k) Plan in TX ($4M); by covered participants it is Kizer Pharmacy, LLC Safe Harbor 401(k) Plan in TN (29 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (29 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Gardner-Fox Associates, Inc. 401(k) & Profit Sharing Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Gardner-Fox Associates, Inc. 401(k) & Profit Sharing Plan pulled back noticeably - down 14.9% during 2023, from $5M to $4M. Reported net income was -$718K.
How have Gardner-Fox Associates, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Gardner-Fox Associates, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets declined 10.4%, from $5M to $4M.
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Gardner-Fox Associates, Inc. 401(k) & Profit Sharing Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Garland Eye Associates, P.a. 401(k) Plan in TX ($4M, 39 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Gardner-Fox Associates, Inc. 401(k) & Profit Sharing Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Kizer Pharmacy, LLC Safe Harbor 401(k) Plan in TN (29 participants, $2M in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2023.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 232464162.

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.