401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Plauche, Smith & Nieset, LLC 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$22M
Total assets Small plan by assets
38
Participants Small participant base
74th
Percentile by assets National rank
$583,749
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Plauche, Smith & Nieset 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Plauche, Smith & Nieset, LLC · Louisiana · Professional & Technical Services

$22M in assets, 38 participants

Plauche, Smith & Nieset, LLC's Plauche, Smith & Nieset 401(k) Plan reported $22M in total assets and 38 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 74th 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.

  • #15,146 in Professional & Technical Services (20,321 peers)

Plauche, Smith & Nieset, LLC multi-year trail

Plauche, Smith & Nieset, LLC's plans moved +10.5% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows Plauche, Smith & Nieset 401(k) Plan at $22M / 38 participants.

#15,146
in Professional & Technical Services (20,321 peers)
-3.3%
assets change YoY

The plan reported a net loss of $769K for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Plauche, Smith & Nieset 401(k) Plan's outsized position by total assets

Plauche, Smith & Nieset 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$22,182,478 Top 26% higher than 74% 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

Plauche, Smith & Nieset 401(k) 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. Plauche, Smith & Nieset 401(k) Plan is a small filing (38 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Plauche, Smith & Nieset 401(k) Plan reported net income rose from -$8M in the plan year 2022 filing to -$769K in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Plauche, Smith & Nieset 401(k) Plan reported participants rose from 34 in the plan year 2022 filing to 38 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Plauche, Smith & Nieset 401(k) Plan end-of-year assets fell from $23M in the plan year 2022 filing to $22M in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 720915288 · Plauche, Smith & Nieset, LLC PY 2023 · 401(k)

Plauche, Smith & Nieset 401(k) Plan · $22M · 38 · 74th

  • TYPE $22M
  • TYPE 38
  • TYPE 74th
  • TYPE 401(k)
  • TYPE near Personal Computers, Inc.
  • TYPE ind #15146

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 Louisiana →

Plauche, Smith & Nieset 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Plauche, Smith & Nieset 401(k) PlanPlauche, Smith & Nieset 401(…$22MPersonal Computers, Inc.$22MAssociated Sales & Bag Company 401(k) Savings PlanAssociated Sales & Bag Compa…$22MCytek Biosciences 401(k) Retirement PlanCytek Biosciences 401(k) Ret…$22MOpportunity Financial, LLC 401(k) PlanOpportunity Financial, LLC 4…$22M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Plauche, Smith & Nieset 401(k) Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Plauche, Smith & Nieset, LLC multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Plauche, Smith & Nieset, LLC plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$25M 10.472981054170956% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$21M$22M$23M$24M$25M$26M 202220232024 $23M $25.4M ▲ +10.5%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 34 $23M
2023 1 38 $22M
2024 1 40 $25M

Plauche, Smith & Nieset, LLC filing trail (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$23M
Net Assets (End of Year)$22M
Net Income-$769K
Employer EIN720915288
Plan Effective Date1981-05-15
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Louisiana

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

Plauche, Smith & Nieset 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Louisiana, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -10000010000200003000040000 -202468 Total assets ($B) Participants Plauche, Smith & Nieset 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.022182478 · Participants: 38Plauche, Smith & Nieset 401(k) PlanLumen 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 7.140330247 · Participants: 24522Lumen 401(k) Savings PlanSavings Plan of Entergy Corporation and Subsidiaries, Total assets ($B): 3.827701341 · Participants: 10136Savings Plan of Entergy Corporation and SubsidiariesOchsner Clinic Foundation 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.304723514 · Participants: 31221Ochsner Clinic Foundation 401(k) PlanLouisiana Children's Medical Center Retirement and Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.866658906 · Participants: 12934Louisiana Children's Medical Center Retirement and Savings PlanAmedisys Holding, LLC 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.849210896 · Participants: 20100Amedisys Holding, LLC 401(k) Plan
Plauche, Smith & Nieset 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Louisiana, assets vs. participants
Compare Plauche, Smith & Nieset 401(k) Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Plauche, Smith & Nieset 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Louisiana, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Personal Computers, Inc. in NY ($22M); by covered participants it is Coral Color Process, Ltd 401(k) Plan in NY (38 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($22M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (38 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 Plauche, Smith & Nieset 401(k) Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Plauche, Smith & Nieset 401(k) Plan edged down modestly - down 3.3% during 2023, from $23M to $22M. Reported net income was -$769K.
How have Plauche, Smith & Nieset, LLC plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Plauche, Smith & Nieset, LLC's sponsor-wide assets grew 10.5%, from $23M to $25M.
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Plauche, Smith & Nieset 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Personal Computers, Inc. in NY ($22M, 89 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Plauche, Smith & Nieset 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Coral Color Process, Ltd 401(k) Plan in NY (38 participants, $3M 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 720915288.

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.