401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

The Sign Factory, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$128K
Total assets Small plan by assets
4
Participants Small participant base
8th
Percentile by assets National rank
$31,999
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: The Sign Factory, Inc. 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by The Sign Factory, Inc. · North Carolina · Professional & Technical Services

$128K in assets, 4 participants

The Sign Factory, Inc.'s The Sign Factory, Inc. 401(k) Plan reported $128K in total assets and 4 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 8th 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.

  • #1,294 in Professional & Technical Services (20,321 peers)

The Sign Factory, Inc. multi-year trail

The Sign Factory, Inc.'s plans moved +112.2% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows The Sign Factory, Inc. 401(k) Plan at $128K / 4 participants.

#1,294
in Professional & Technical Services (20,321 peers)
-14.0%
assets change YoY

The plan reported a net loss of $21K for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

The Sign Factory, Inc. 401(k) Plan among the smaller filed plans by assets

The Sign Factory, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$127,997 8th percentile higher than 8% 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

The Sign Factory, Inc. 401(k) Plan among micro filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. The Sign Factory, Inc. 401(k) Plan is a micro filing (4 participants), the leftmost band.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • The Sign Factory, Inc. 401(k) Plan reported participants rose from 2 in the plan year 2022 filing to 4 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • The Sign Factory, Inc. 401(k) Plan reported net income rose from -$39K in the plan year 2022 filing to -$21K in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • The Sign Factory, Inc. 401(k) Plan end-of-year assets fell from $149K in the plan year 2022 filing to $128K in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 460558696 · The Sign Factory, Inc. PY 2023 · 401(k)

The Sign Factory, Inc. 401(k) Plan · $128K · 4 · 8th

  • 5500 $128K
  • ASSETS 4
  • PCT 8th
  • EIN 401(k)
  • RANK near Premier Venture Funding Retirement Plan
  • PHOTO ind #1294

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 Professional & Technical Services retirement plans → · Plans in North Carolina →

The Sign Factory, Inc. 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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

The Sign Factory, Inc. multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All The Sign Factory, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$316K 112.17269839564293% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$0.1M$0.2M$0.3M$0.4M 202220232024 $0.15M $0.32M ▲ +113.3%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 2 $149K
2023 1 4 $128K
2024 1 4 $316K

The Sign Factory, Inc. filing trail (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$149K
Net Assets (End of Year)$128K
Net Income-$21K
Employer EIN460558696
Plan Effective Date2012-07-12
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby 401(k) Plans in North Carolina

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

The Sign Factory, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in North Carolina, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000200000 -200204060 Total assets ($B) Participants The Sign Factory, Inc. 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.000127997 · Participants: 4The Sign Factory, Inc. 401(k) PlanThe Bank of America 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 54.848846192 · Participants: 173899The Bank of America 401(k) PlanHoneywell 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 15.388124058 · Participants: 40004Honeywell 401(k) PlanDuke Energy Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 10.354065 · Participants: 28121Duke Energy Retirement Savings PlanTruist Financial Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 10.120701726 · Participants: 55480Truist Financial Corporation 401(k) Savings PlanNucor Corporation Profit Sharing and Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 8.510660989 · Participants: 24174Nucor Corporation Profit Sharing and Retirement Savings Plan
The Sign Factory, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in North Carolina, assets vs. participants
Compare The Sign Factory, Inc. 401(k) Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

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

Outside North Carolina, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Premier Venture Funding Retirement Plan in GA ($128K); by covered participants it is Makingchg, Inc. Retirement Plan in TN (4 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($128K here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (4 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 The Sign Factory, Inc. 401(k) Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
The Sign Factory, Inc. 401(k) Plan pulled back noticeably - down 14.0% during 2023, from $149K to $128K. Reported net income was -$21K.
How have The Sign Factory, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), The Sign Factory, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 112.2%, from $149K to $316K.
Where does The Sign Factory, Inc. 401(k) Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
The Sign Factory, Inc. 401(k) Plan ranks in the 8th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (among the smaller plans by assets on file).
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to The Sign Factory, Inc. 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Premier Venture Funding Retirement Plan in GA ($128K, 1 participant).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to The Sign Factory, Inc. 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Makingchg, Inc. Retirement Plan in TN (4 participants, N/A 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 460558696.

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.