401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
Design Research Engineering, LLC 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $28M
- Total assets Below avg plan size
- 54
- Participants Small participant base
- 78th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $510,213
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Design Research Engineering 401(k) and Retirement Savings Plan · Sponsored by Design Research Engineering, LLC · Michigan · Professional & Technical Services
$28M in assets, 54 participants
Design Research Engineering, LLC's Design Research Engineering 401(k) and Retirement Savings Plan reported $28M in total assets and 54 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 78th 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.
- #15,919 in Professional & Technical Services (20,321 peers)
Where Design Research Engineering 401(k) and Retirement Savings Plan sits by assets
Design Research Engineering 401(k) and Retirement Savings Plan sits in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, $28M for 54 participants (~$510,213/participant), up 23.4% in 2023.
- #15,919
- in Professional & Technical Services (20,321 peers)
- +23.4%
- assets growth YoY
- 0.3×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
Design Research Engineering 401(k) and Retirement Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets
Design Research Engineering 401(k) and Retirement Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500
$27,551,520 Top 22% higher than 78% of 127,068 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2023
Design Research Engineering 401(k) and Retirement Savings 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. Design Research Engineering 401(k) and Retirement Savings Plan is a small filing (54 participants) on this national headcount ladder.
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- Design Research Engineering 401(k) and Retirement Savings Plan reported net income rose from $792K in the plan year 2022 filing to $5M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Design Research Engineering 401(k) and Retirement Savings Plan reported participants rose from 40 in the plan year 2022 filing to 54 in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Design Research Engineering 401(k) and Retirement Savings Plan end-of-year assets rose from $22M in the plan year 2022 filing to $28M in the plan year 2023 filing.
Form 5500 schedule snapshot
Filing strip 383264397 · Design Research Engineering, LLC PY 2023 · 401(k)
Design Research Engineering 401(k) and Retirement Savings Plan · $28M · 54 · 78th
- VS-ST $28M
- BOY 54
- SCH 78th
- EBSA 401(k)
- PART near Interventional Cardiologists of Gainesville, P.a. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan
- TYPE ind #15919
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 Michigan →
Design Research Engineering 401(k) and Retirement Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Scale-class filing particulars (2023)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $22M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $28M |
| Net Income | $5M |
| Employer EIN | 383264397 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1996-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Design Research Engineering, LLC)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Design Research Engineering, LLC plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $28M 23.380032300946482% vs 2022
- 2023 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 40 | $22M |
| 2023 | 1 | 54 | $28M |
Nearby 401(k) Plans in Michigan
Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- General Motors Retirement Savings Plan for Salaried Employees in the United States $20.4B · 47,299
- Ford Motor Co. Savings and Stock Investment Plan for Salaried Employees $15.6B · 30,516
- The Dow Chemical Company Employees' Savings Plan $10.1B · 18,088
- The General Motors Personal Savings Plan for Hourly-Rate Employees in the United States $8.6B · 40,393
- Ford Motor Co. Tax-Efficient Savings Plan for Hourly Employees $7.6B · 59,195
Design Research Engineering 401(k) and Retirement Savings Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Michigan, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Interventional Cardiologists of Gainesville, P.a. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan in FL ($28M); by covered participants it is Arco Publicidad Retirement Plan in PR (54 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($28M here).
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (54 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.