401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Howard's Appliances, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$1M
Total assets Small plan by assets
129
Participants Small participant base
25th
Percentile by assets National rank
$9,338
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Howard's Appliances 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Howard's Appliances, Inc. · California · Retail Trade

$1M in assets, 129 participants

Howard's Appliances, Inc.'s Howard's Appliances 401(k) Plan reported $1M in total assets and 129 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 25th 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.

  • #2,981 in Retail Trade (8,048 peers)

Coverage in California

Howard's Appliances 401(k) Plan covers 129 participants in California, about 20% of the average California filer (state average ~630 per filing). Assets: $1M.

#2,981
in Retail Trade (8,048 peers)
+26.2%
assets growth YoY

Howard's Appliances 401(k) Plan among the smaller filed plans by assets

Howard's Appliances 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500

$1,204,551 25th percentile higher than 25% of 123,620 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 2024

Howard's Appliances 401(k) Plan among mid-size filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Howard's Appliances 401(k) Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (129 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Howard's Appliances 401(k) Plan reported net income rose from $187K in the plan year 2023 filing to $250K in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Howard's Appliances 401(k) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $955K in the plan year 2023 filing to $1M in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 951595620 · Howard's Appliances, Inc. PY 2024 · 401(k)

Howard's Appliances 401(k) Plan · $1M · 129 · 25th

  • TYPE $1M
  • NET 129
  • BOOK 25th
  • VS-ST 401(k)
  • BOY near Lamar Trailers Inc. 401(k) Plan
  • SCH ind #2981

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 →

Howard's Appliances 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Howard's Appliances 401(k) Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

California filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$955K
Net Assets (End of Year)$1M
Net Income$250K
Employer EIN951595620
Plan Effective Date2013-10-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Howard's Appliances, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Howard's Appliances, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$1M 95.31242698314216% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$0M$10M$20M$30M$40M 202220232024 $29.1M $1.36M ▼ -95.3%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 356 $29M
2023 2 249 $16M
2024 2 274 $1M

Nearby 401(k) Plans in California

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

Howard's Appliances 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in California, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 -200204060 Total assets ($B) Participants Howard's Appliances 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.001204551 · Participants: 129Howard's Appliances 401(k) PlanGoogle LLC 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 48.738057415 · Participants: 116712Google LLC 401(k) Savings PlanOracle Corporation 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan, Total assets ($B): 31.02646504 · Participants: 58962Oracle Corporation 401(k) Savings and Investment PlanIntel 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 24.850880304 · Participants: 55298Intel 401(k) Savings PlanApple 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 24.714519387 · Participants: 101450Apple 401(k) PlanCisco Systems,Inc. 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 22.728425546 · Participants: 40452Cisco Systems,Inc. 401(k) Plan
Howard's Appliances 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in California, assets vs. participants
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Howard's Appliances 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside California, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Lamar Trailers Inc. 401(k) Plan in TX ($1M); by covered participants it is Wellframe 401(k) Plan in MA (129 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (129 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Howard's Appliances 401(k) Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Howard's Appliances 401(k) Plan grew sharply - up 26.2% during 2024, from $955K to $1M. Reported net income was $250K.
How have Howard's Appliances, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Howard's Appliances, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets declined 95.3%, from $29M to $1M.
Where does Howard's Appliances 401(k) Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Howard's Appliances 401(k) Plan ranks in the 25th percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (in the lower half of filed plans by assets).
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Howard's Appliances 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Lamar Trailers Inc. 401(k) Plan in TX ($1M, 179 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Howard's Appliances 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Wellframe 401(k) Plan in MA (129 participants, $5M in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2024.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 951595620.

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.