401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Howe, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$7M
Total assets Small plan by assets
179
Participants Small participant base
50th
Percentile by assets National rank
$37,592
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Howe, Inc. 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Howe, Inc. · South Dakota · Construction

$7M in assets, 179 participants

Howe, Inc.'s Howe, Inc. 401(k) Plan reported $7M in total assets and 179 participants in its 2023 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.

  • #4,387 in Construction (9,030 peers)

Howe, Inc. multi-year trail

Howe, Inc.'s plans moved +55.1% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows Howe, Inc. 401(k) Plan at $7M / 179 participants.

#4,387
in Construction (9,030 peers)
+23.7%
assets growth YoY

Howe, Inc. 401(k) Plan's mid-pack asset rank among Construction and all filers

Howe, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$6,728,916 Top 50% higher than 50% 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

Howe, Inc. 401(k) Plan among mid-size filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Howe, Inc. 401(k) Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (179 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Howe, Inc. 401(k) Plan reported net income rose from -$584K in the plan year 2022 filing to $1M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Howe, Inc. 401(k) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $5M in the plan year 2022 filing to $7M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Howe, Inc. 401(k) Plan reported participants rose from 147 in the plan year 2022 filing to 179 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 460369657 · Howe, Inc. PY 2023 · 401(k)

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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 South Dakota →

Howe, Inc. 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Howe, Inc. 401(k) Plan$7MSkilled Manufacturing, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing PlanSkilled Manufacturing, Inc. …$7MKompan, Inc. 401(k) Plan$7MPaul Hobbs Winery, LP 401(k) Safe Harbor PlanPaul Hobbs Winery, LP 401(k)…$7MAllergy & Immunology Associates of Ann Arbor 401(k) Profit Sharing PlanAllergy & Immunology Associa…$7M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Howe, Inc. 401(k) Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Howe, Inc. multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Howe, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$8M 55.1480630274504% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$5M$6M$7M$8M$9M 202220232024 $5.44M $8.44M ▲ +55.1%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 147 $5M
2023 1 179 $7M
2024 1 179 $8M

Howe, Inc. filing trail (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$5M
Net Assets (End of Year)$7M
Net Income$1M
Employer EIN460369657
Plan Effective Date1991-10-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby 401(k) Plans in South Dakota

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

Howe, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in South Dakota, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -5000050001000015000 -2000200400600800 Total assets ($M) Participants Howe, Inc. 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($M): 6.728916 · Participants: 179Howe, Inc. 401(k) PlanBlack Hills Corporation 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($M): 726.965765 · Participants: 2972Black Hills Corporation 401(k) Retirement Savings PlanGood Samaritan Society 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($M): 254.213431 · Participants: 12894Good Samaritan Society 401(k) PlanDaktronics, Inc. 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($M): 235.476974 · Participants: 2254Daktronics, Inc. 401(k) PlanPoet 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($M): 219.059384 · Participants: 2254Poet 401(k) PlanPremier 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($M): 215.996195 · Participants: 1913Premier 401(k) Plan
Howe, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in South Dakota, assets vs. participants
Compare Howe, Inc. 401(k) Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

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

Outside South Dakota, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Skilled Manufacturing, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan in MI ($7M); by covered participants it is Progress Unlimited Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust in MD (179 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (179 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 Howe, Inc. 401(k) Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Howe, Inc. 401(k) Plan grew sharply - up 23.7% during 2023, from $5M to $7M. Reported net income was $1M.
How have Howe, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Howe, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 55.1%, from $5M to $8M.
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Howe, Inc. 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Skilled Manufacturing, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan in MI ($7M, 175 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Howe, Inc. 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Progress Unlimited Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust in MD (179 participants, $4M 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 460369657.

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.