401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Windy City Wire, Cable and Technology Products, LLC 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$24M
Total assets Small plan by assets
292
Participants Below avg headcount
76th
Percentile by assets National rank
$83,845
Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Windy City Wire 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Windy City Wire, Cable and Technology Products, LLC · Illinois · Wholesale Trade

$24M in assets, 292 participants

Windy City Wire, Cable and Technology Products, LLC's Windy City Wire 401(k) Plan reported $24M in total assets and 292 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 76th 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.

  • #4,690 in Wholesale Trade (6,309 peers)

Coverage in Illinois

Windy City Wire 401(k) Plan covers 292 participants in Illinois, about 37% of the average Illinois filer (state average ~779 per filing). Assets: $24M.

#4,690
in Wholesale Trade (6,309 peers)
+18.7%
assets growth YoY
0.2×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Windy City Wire 401(k) Plan's outsized position by total assets

Windy City Wire 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$24,482,724 Top 24% higher than 76% 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

Windy City Wire 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. Windy City Wire 401(k) Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (292 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Windy City Wire 401(k) Plan reported net income rose from -$2M in the plan year 2022 filing to $4M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Windy City Wire 401(k) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $21M in the plan year 2022 filing to $24M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Windy City Wire 401(k) Plan reported participants fell from 297 in the plan year 2022 filing to 292 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 204200970 · Windy City Wire, Cable and Technology Products, LLC PY 2023 · 401(k)

Windy City Wire 401(k) Plan · $24M · 292 · 76th

  • PCT $24M
  • EIN 292
  • RANK 76th
  • PHOTO 401(k)
  • IND near 401(k) Plan for the Employees of Twin Rivers Paper Company LLC Ny Operations
  • EOY ind #4690

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 Wholesale Trade retirement plans → · Plans in Illinois →

Windy City Wire 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

United Built Homes 401(k) Profit Sharing PlanUnited Built Homes 401(k) Pr…$24MNyc & Company, Inc. 401(k) Savings PlanNyc & Company, Inc. 401(k) S…$24MWindy City Wire 401(k) Plan$24M401(k) Plan for the Employees of Twin Rivers Paper Company LLC Ny Operations401(k) Plan for the Employee…$24MVt San Antonio Aerospace Inc. 401(k) PlanVt San Antonio Aerospace Inc…$24M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Windy City Wire 401(k) Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Illinois filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$21M
Net Assets (End of Year)$24M
Net Income$4M
Employer EIN204200970
Plan Effective Date1994-10-06
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Windy City Wire, Cable and Technology Products, LLC)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Windy City Wire, Cable and Technology Products, LLC plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$29M 40.46947682981556% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$15M$20M$25M$30M 202220232024 $20.6M $29M ▲ +40.5%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 297 $21M
2023 1 292 $24M
2024 1 335 $29M

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Illinois

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

Windy City Wire 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -1000000100000200000300000 -505101520 Total assets ($B) Participants Windy City Wire 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.024482724 · Participants: 292Windy City Wire 401(k) PlanAccenture United States 401(k) Match Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 17.594548115 · Participants: 69974Accenture United States 401(k) Match Savings PlanState Farm 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 16.935002041 · Participants: 60246State Farm 401(k) Savings PlanAbbott Laboratories Stock Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 14.496191 · Participants: 38012Abbott Laboratories Stock Retirement PlanUnited Airlines Pilot Retirement Account Plan, Total assets ($B): 14.367975914 · Participants: 14959United Airlines Pilot Retirement Account PlanWalgreens Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 13.444551767 · Participants: 235331Walgreens Retirement Savings Plan
Windy City Wire 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants
Compare Windy City Wire 401(k) Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Windy City Wire 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Illinois, the nearest 401(k) by assets is 401(k) Plan for the Employees of Twin Rivers Paper Company LLC Ny Operations in ME ($24M); by covered participants it is Hawthorn Bancshares, Inc. Profit Sharing 401(k) Plan in MO (292 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (292 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 Windy City Wire 401(k) Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Windy City Wire 401(k) Plan grew sharply - up 18.7% during 2023, from $21M to $24M. Reported net income was $4M.
How have Windy City Wire, Cable and Technology Products, LLC plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Windy City Wire, Cable and Technology Products, LLC's sponsor-wide assets grew 40.5%, from $21M to $29M.
Where does Windy City Wire 401(k) Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Windy City Wire 401(k) Plan ranks in the 76th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets).
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Windy City Wire 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is 401(k) Plan for the Employees of Twin Rivers Paper Company LLC Ny Operations in ME ($24M, 176 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Windy City Wire 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Hawthorn Bancshares, Inc. Profit Sharing 401(k) Plan in MO (292 participants, $45M 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 204200970.

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.