401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Harris, Creech, Ward & Blackerby, P.a. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$14M
Total assets Small plan by assets
16
Participants Small participant base
66th
Percentile by assets National rank
$885,361
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Harris, Creech, Ward & Blackerby, P.a. Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Harris, Creech, Ward & Blackerby, P.a. · North Carolina · Professional & Technical Services

$14M in assets, 16 participants

Harris, Creech, Ward & Blackerby, P.a.'s Harris, Creech, Ward & Blackerby, P.a. Retirement Plan reported $14M in total assets and 16 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 66th 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.

  • #13,273 in Professional & Technical Services (20,321 peers)

Harris, Creech, Ward & Blackerby, P.a. multi-year trail

Harris, Creech, Ward & Blackerby, P.a.'s plans moved +11.3% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows Harris, Creech, Ward & Blackerby, P.a. Retirement Plan at $14M / 16 participants.

#13,273
in Professional & Technical Services (20,321 peers)
-1.7%
assets change YoY

The plan reported a net loss of $240K for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Harris, Creech, Ward & Blackerby, P.a. Retirement Plan's mid-pack asset rank among Professional & Technical Services and all filers

Harris, Creech, Ward & Blackerby, P.a. Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$14,165,781 Top 34% higher than 66% 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

Harris, Creech, Ward & Blackerby, P.a. Retirement 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. Harris, Creech, Ward & Blackerby, P.a. Retirement Plan is a small filing (16 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Harris, Creech, Ward & Blackerby, P.a. Retirement Plan reported net income rose from -$3M in the plan year 2022 filing to -$240K in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Harris, Creech, Ward & Blackerby, P.a. Retirement Plan reported participants rose from 14 in the plan year 2022 filing to 16 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Harris, Creech, Ward & Blackerby, P.a. Retirement Plan end-of-year assets fell from $14M in the plan year 2022 filing to $14M in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 561758896 · Harris, Creech, Ward & Blackerby, P.a. PY 2023 · 401(k)

Harris, Creech, Ward & Blackerby, P.a. Retirement Plan · $14M · 16 · 66th

  • 5500 $14M
  • ASSETS 16
  • PCT 66th
  • EIN 401(k)
  • RANK near Multi Media 401(k) Plan
  • PHOTO ind #13273

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 →

Harris, Creech, Ward & Blackerby, P.a. Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Harris, Creech, Ward & Blackerby, P.a. Retirement PlanHarris, Creech, Ward & Black…$14MMulti Media 401(k) Plan$14MAssemi Group, Inc. Retirement PlanAssemi Group, Inc. Retiremen…$14MDedert Corporation Employees' 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan & TrustDedert Corporation Employees…$14MHungerford Nichols Investment Plan and TrustHungerford Nichols Investmen…$14M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Harris, Creech, Ward & Blackerby, P.a. Retirement Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Harris, Creech, Ward & Blackerby, P.a. multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Harris, Creech, Ward & Blackerby, P.a. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$16M 11.285299794626697% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$13M$14M$15M$16M$17M 202220232024 $14.4M $16M ▲ +11.2%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 14 $14M
2023 1 16 $14M
2024 1 12 $16M

Harris, Creech, Ward & Blackerby, P.a. filing trail (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$14M
Net Assets (End of Year)$14M
Net Income-$240K
Employer EIN561758896
Plan Effective Date1992-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby 401(k) Plans in North Carolina

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

Harris, Creech, Ward & Blackerby, P.a. Retirement Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in North Carolina, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000200000 -200204060 Total assets ($B) Participants Harris, Creech, Ward & Blackerby, P.a. Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.014165781 · Participants: 16Harris, Creech, Ward & Blackerby, P.a. Retirement 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
Harris, Creech, Ward & Blackerby, P.a. Retirement Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in North Carolina, assets vs. participants
Compare Harris, Creech, Ward & Blackerby, P.a. Retirement Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Harris, Creech, Ward & Blackerby, P.a. Retirement Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside North Carolina, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Multi Media 401(k) Plan in CA ($14M); by covered participants it is Surgical Associates of La Jolla Medical Group Inc. Profit Sharing Plan in CA (16 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (16 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 Harris, Creech, Ward & Blackerby, P.a. Retirement Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Harris, Creech, Ward & Blackerby, P.a. Retirement Plan edged down modestly - down 1.7% during 2023, from $14M to $14M. Reported net income was -$240K.
How have Harris, Creech, Ward & Blackerby, P.a. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Harris, Creech, Ward & Blackerby, P.a.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 11.3%, from $14M to $16M.
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Harris, Creech, Ward & Blackerby, P.a. Retirement Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Multi Media 401(k) Plan in CA ($14M, 294 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Harris, Creech, Ward & Blackerby, P.a. Retirement Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Surgical Associates of La Jolla Medical Group Inc. Profit Sharing Plan in CA (16 participants, $5M 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 561758896.

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.