401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Walnut Creek Ford, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$20M
Total assets Small plan by assets
349
Participants Below avg headcount
73rd
Percentile by assets National rank
$57,866
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Stead Automotive Group #1 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Walnut Creek Ford, Inc. · California · Retail Trade

$20M in assets, 349 participants

Walnut Creek Ford, Inc.'s Stead Automotive Group #1 401(k) Plan reported $20M in total assets and 349 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 73rd 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.

  • #6,972 in Retail Trade (8,414 peers)

Walnut Creek Ford, Inc. multi-year trail

Walnut Creek Ford, Inc.'s plans moved +31.7% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows Stead Automotive Group #1 401(k) Plan at $20M / 349 participants.

#6,972
in Retail Trade (8,414 peers)
+12.2%
assets growth YoY

Stead Automotive Group #1 401(k) Plan's outsized position by total assets

Stead Automotive Group #1 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$20,195,377 Top 27% higher than 73% 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

Stead Automotive Group #1 401(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. Stead Automotive Group #1 401(k) Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (349 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Stead Automotive Group #1 401(k) Plan reported net income rose from -$2M in the plan year 2022 filing to $2M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Stead Automotive Group #1 401(k) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $18M in the plan year 2022 filing to $20M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Stead Automotive Group #1 401(k) Plan reported participants rose from 330 in the plan year 2022 filing to 349 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 680193997 · Walnut Creek Ford, Inc. PY 2023 · 401(k)

Stead Automotive Group #1 401(k) Plan · $20M · 349 · 73rd

  • PART $20M
  • TYPE 349
  • NET 73rd
  • BOOK 401(k)
  • VS-ST near Magneto & Diesel Injector Service, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan
  • BOY ind #6972

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 Retail Trade retirement plans → · Plans in California →

Stead Automotive Group #1 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Stead Automotive Group #1 401(k) PlanStead Automotive Group #1 40…$20MMagneto & Diesel Injector Service, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing PlanMagneto & Diesel Injector Se…$20MSoutheastern Pathology Associates, P. C. 401(k) Savings PlanSoutheastern Pathology Assoc…$20MHayner Hoyt Corporation 401(k) PlanHayner Hoyt Corporation 401(…$20MAutomated Conveyor Systems, Inc. Profit Sharing PlanAutomated Conveyor Systems, …$20M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Stead Automotive Group #1 401(k) Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Walnut Creek Ford, Inc. multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Walnut Creek Ford, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$24M 31.67647642630839% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$16M$18M$20M$22M$24M$26M 202220232024 $18M $23.7M ▲ +31.6%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 330 $18M
2023 1 349 $20M
2024 1 354 $24M

Walnut Creek Ford, Inc. filing trail (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$18M
Net Assets (End of Year)$20M
Net Income$2M
Employer EIN680193997
Plan Effective Date2007-04-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby 401(k) Plans in California

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

Stead Automotive Group #1 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in California, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000200000250000 -200204060 Total assets ($B) Participants Stead Automotive Group #1 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.020195377 · Participants: 349Stead Automotive Group #1 401(k) 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
Stead Automotive Group #1 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in California, assets vs. participants
Compare Stead Automotive Group #1 401(k) Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Stead Automotive Group #1 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside California, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Magneto & Diesel Injector Service, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan in TX ($20M); by covered participants it is Csc Investments, LLC 401(k) Plan in TN (349 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (349 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 Stead Automotive Group #1 401(k) Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Stead Automotive Group #1 401(k) Plan grew at a solid clip - up 12.2% during 2023, from $18M to $20M. Reported net income was $2M.
How have Walnut Creek Ford, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Walnut Creek Ford, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 31.7%, from $18M to $24M.
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Stead Automotive Group #1 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Magneto & Diesel Injector Service, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan in TX ($20M, 278 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Stead Automotive Group #1 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Csc Investments, LLC 401(k) Plan in TN (349 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 680193997.

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.