401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Sparks Marketing LLC 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$49M
Total assets Below avg plan size
631
Participants Below avg headcount
85th
Percentile by assets National rank
$78,121
Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Sparks Marketing 401(k) Savings Plan · Sponsored by Sparks Marketing LLC · Pennsylvania · Professional & Technical Services

$49M in assets, 631 participants

Sparks Marketing LLC's Sparks Marketing 401(k) Savings Plan reported $49M in total assets and 631 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 85th 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.

  • #17,569 in Professional & Technical Services (20,321 peers)

Where Sparks Marketing 401(k) Savings Plan sits by assets

Sparks Marketing 401(k) Savings Plan sits in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, $49M for 631 participants (~$78,121/participant), up 26.4% in 2023.

#17,569
in Professional & Technical Services (20,321 peers)
+26.4%
assets growth YoY
0.5×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Sparks Marketing 401(k) Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets

Sparks Marketing 401(k) Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$49,294,045 Top 15% higher than 85% 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

Sparks Marketing 401(k) Savings 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. Sparks Marketing 401(k) Savings Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (631 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Sparks Marketing 401(k) Savings Plan reported net income rose from -$4M in the plan year 2022 filing to $10M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Sparks Marketing 401(k) Savings Plan reported participants rose from 437 in the plan year 2022 filing to 631 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Sparks Marketing 401(k) Savings Plan end-of-year assets rose from $39M in the plan year 2022 filing to $49M in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 611769598 · Sparks Marketing LLC PY 2023 · 401(k)

Sparks Marketing 401(k) Savings Plan · $49M · 631 · 85th

  • EBSA $49M
  • EBSA 631
  • EBSA 85th
  • EBSA 401(k)
  • EBSA near Conservice, LLC 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust
  • EBSA ind #17569

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 Pennsylvania →

Sparks Marketing 401(k) Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood

American First National Bank 401(k) Retirement Savings PlanAmerican First National Bank…$49MAttorneys' Liability Assurance Society Ltd., a Risk Retention Group, 401(k) Savings PlanAttorneys' Liability Assuran…$49MSparks Marketing 401(k) Savings PlanSparks Marketing 401(k) Savi…$49MConservice, LLC 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and TrustConservice, LLC 401(k) Profi…$49MCanyon Ranch 401(k) and Profit Sharing PlanCanyon Ranch 401(k) and Prof…$49M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Sparks Marketing 401(k) Savings Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Scale-class filing particulars (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$39M
Net Assets (End of Year)$49M
Net Income$10M
Employer EIN611769598
Plan Effective Date1991-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Sparks Marketing LLC)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Sparks Marketing LLC plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$54M 39.32642882168444% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$35M$40M$45M$50M$55M$60M 202220232024 $39M $54.3M ▲ +39.3%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 437 $39M
2023 1 631 $49M
2024 1 666 $54M

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Pennsylvania

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

Sparks Marketing 401(k) Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Pennsylvania, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000 -505101520 Total assets ($B) Participants Sparks Marketing 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.049294045 · Participants: 631Sparks Marketing 401(k) Savings PlanComcast Corporation Retirement - Investment Plan, Total assets ($B): 17.368669862 · Participants: 93136Comcast Corporation Retirement - Investment PlanCigna 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 13.003870935 · Participants: 66760Cigna 401(k) PlanThe Vanguard Retirement and Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.765617477 · Participants: 18200The Vanguard Retirement and Savings PlanThe PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Incentive Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.339762 · Participants: 61697The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Incentive Savings PlanThe Bank of New York Mellon Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 8.955655142 · Participants: 25184The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan
Sparks Marketing 401(k) Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Pennsylvania, assets vs. participants
Compare Sparks Marketing 401(k) Savings Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Sparks Marketing 401(k) Savings Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Pennsylvania, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Conservice, LLC 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust in UT ($49M); by covered participants it is Amor Home Care Inc 401(k) Plan in NY (631 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (631 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 Sparks Marketing 401(k) Savings Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Sparks Marketing 401(k) Savings Plan grew sharply - up 26.4% during 2023, from $39M to $49M. Reported net income was $10M.
How have Sparks Marketing LLC plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Sparks Marketing LLC's sponsor-wide assets grew 39.3%, from $39M to $54M.
Where does Sparks Marketing 401(k) Savings Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Sparks Marketing 401(k) Savings Plan ranks in the 85th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets).
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Sparks Marketing 401(k) Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Conservice, LLC 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust in UT ($49M, 2,518 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Sparks Marketing 401(k) Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Amor Home Care Inc 401(k) Plan in NY (631 participants, $2M 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 611769598.

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.