401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Ernie Ball, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$12M
Total assets Small plan by assets
530
Participants Below avg headcount
62nd
Percentile by assets National rank
$22,200
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Ernie Ball, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan · Sponsored by Ernie Ball, Inc. · California · Other Services

$12M in assets, 530 participants

Ernie Ball, Inc.'s Ernie Ball, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan reported $12M in total assets and 530 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 62nd 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.

  • #6,178 in Other Services (7,857 peers)

Ernie Ball, Inc. multi-year trail

Ernie Ball, Inc.'s plans moved +31.7% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows Ernie Ball, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan at $12M / 530 participants.

#6,178
in Other Services (7,857 peers)
+18.1%
assets growth YoY

Ernie Ball, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan's mid-pack asset rank among Other Services and all filers

Ernie Ball, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$11,766,173 Top 38% higher than 62% 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

Ernie Ball, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing 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. Ernie Ball, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (530 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Ernie Ball, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan reported net income rose from -$1M in the plan year 2022 filing to $2M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Ernie Ball, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan end-of-year assets rose from $10M in the plan year 2022 filing to $12M in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 952378345 · Ernie Ball, Inc. PY 2023 · 401(k)

Ernie Ball, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan · $12M · 530 · 62nd

  • BOOK $12M
  • VS-ST 530
  • BOY 62nd
  • SCH 401(k)
  • EBSA near Premier 401(k) Pooled Employer Plan
  • PART ind #6178

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 Other Services retirement plans → · Plans in California →

Ernie Ball, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Ernie Ball, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Ernie Ball, Inc. multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Ernie Ball, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$13M 31.712546622383663% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$9M$10M$11M$12M$13M$14M 202220232024 $9.96M $13.1M ▲ +31.7%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 527 $10M
2023 1 530 $12M
2024 1 532 $13M

Ernie Ball, Inc. filing trail (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$10M
Net Assets (End of Year)$12M
Net Income$2M
Employer EIN952378345
Plan Effective Date2004-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby 401(k) Plans in California

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

Ernie Ball, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in California, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000200000250000 -200204060 Total assets ($B) Participants Ernie Ball, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.011766173 · Participants: 530Ernie Ball, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing PlanWells Fargo & Company 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 51.831350351 · Participants: 193919Wells Fargo & Company 401(k) PlanGoogle LLC 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 39.047152408 · Participants: 122867Google LLC 401(k) Savings PlanOracle Corporation 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan, Total assets ($B): 26.320437734 · Participants: 63105Oracle Corporation 401(k) Savings and Investment PlanIntel 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 22.17918189 · Participants: 59863Intel 401(k) Savings PlanApple 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 19.779511539 · Participants: 106111Apple 401(k) Plan
Ernie Ball, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in California, assets vs. participants
Compare Ernie Ball, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Ernie Ball, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside California, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Premier 401(k) Pooled Employer Plan in NJ ($12M); by covered participants it is Gaming Laboratories International, LLC Profit Sharing Plan in NJ (530 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (530 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 Ernie Ball, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Ernie Ball, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan grew sharply - up 18.1% during 2023, from $10M to $12M. Reported net income was $2M.
How have Ernie Ball, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Ernie Ball, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 31.7%, from $10M to $13M.
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Ernie Ball, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Premier 401(k) Pooled Employer Plan in NJ ($12M, 1,390 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Ernie Ball, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Gaming Laboratories International, LLC Profit Sharing Plan in NJ (530 participants, $73M 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 952378345.

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.