401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
Stepan Company 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-11
- $389M
- Total assets
- 1,274
- Participants
- 97th
- Percentile by assets
- $305,535
- Avg per participant
Official DOL plan name: Stepan Company Savings and Investment Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Stepan Company · Illinois · Manufacturing
$389M in assets, 1,274 participants
Stepan Company's Stepan Company Savings and Investment Retirement Plan reported $389M in total assets and 1,274 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 97th 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.
- 97th percentile by assets (of 127,072 plans)
- #17,775 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
Where Stepan Company Savings and Investment Retirement Plan sits by assets
Stepan Company Savings and Investment Retirement Plan sits in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, $389M for 1,274 participants (~$305,535/participant), up 13.3% in 2023.
- $389M
- total plan assets (2023 EOY)
- 1,274
- covered participants
- 97th
- percentile by assets (of 127,072 plans)
- $305,535
- avg assets per participant
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- Stepan Company Savings and Investment Retirement Plan reported net income rose from -$85M in the plan year 2022 filing to $44M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Stepan Company Savings and Investment Retirement Plan end-of-year assets rose from $343M in the plan year 2022 filing to $389M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Stepan Company Savings and Investment Retirement Plan reported participants rose from 1,263 in the plan year 2022 filing to 1,274 in the plan year 2023 filing.
Stepan Company Savings and Investment Retirement Plan vs the 2023 asset distribution
By assets, Stepan Company Savings and Investment Retirement Plan outranks 97% of the 127,072 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2023 plan year, and holds roughly 3.9x the national average plan size of $100M (721 average participants).
Scale-class filing particulars (2023)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $343M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $389M |
| Net Income | $44M |
| Employer EIN | 361823834 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1984-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Stepan Company)
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | 2,847 | $562M |
| 2023 | 5 | 2,836 | $595M |
| 2024 | 5 | 2,748 | $564M |
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Stepan Company Savings and Investment Retirement Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants
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Similar-Sized 401(k) Plans Nationally
401(k) plans in other states closest to Stepan Company Savings and Investment Retirement Plan by total assets, not by location.
- Cwt 401(k) Plan (MN) $389M · 2,690
- Thornton Tomasetti, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan (NY) $389M · 1,075
- Abt Associates Inc. Profit Sharing and Savings Plan (MA) $389M · 1,228
- Natixis US Group 401(k) Plan (NY) $389M · 814
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- Stepan Company's sponsor-wide assets have grown 0.4% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Manufacturing plans