401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Mears Fertilizer, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$4M
Total assets Small plan by assets
30
Participants Small participant base
40th
Percentile by assets National rank
$128,191
Avg per participant Near avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Mears Fertilizer, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan · Sponsored by Mears Fertilizer, Inc. · Kansas · Manufacturing

$4M in assets, 30 participants

Mears Fertilizer, Inc.'s Mears Fertilizer, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan reported $4M in total assets and 30 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 40th 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.

  • #4,270 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)

Mears Fertilizer, Inc. multi-year trail

Mears Fertilizer, Inc.'s plans moved +27.5% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows Mears Fertilizer, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan at $4M / 30 participants.

#4,270
in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
+16.4%
assets growth YoY

Mears Fertilizer, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan's mid-pack asset rank among Manufacturing and all filers

Mears Fertilizer, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$3,845,738 40th percentile higher than 40% 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

Mears Fertilizer, Inc. Profit Sharing 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. Mears Fertilizer, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan is a small filing (30 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Mears Fertilizer, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan reported net income rose from $42K in the plan year 2022 filing to $543K in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Mears Fertilizer, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan reported participants rose from 24 in the plan year 2022 filing to 30 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Mears Fertilizer, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan end-of-year assets rose from $3M in the plan year 2022 filing to $4M in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 480698469 · Mears Fertilizer, Inc. PY 2023 · 401(k)

Mears Fertilizer, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan · $4M · 30 · 40th

  • IND $4M
  • IND 30
  • IND 40th
  • IND 401(k)
  • IND near Consultants in Neurology, Ltd. Profit Sharing Plan and Trust
  • IND ind #4270

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 Manufacturing retirement plans → · Plans in Kansas →

Mears Fertilizer, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Mears Fertilizer, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Mears Fertilizer, Inc. multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Mears Fertilizer, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$4M 27.534828543736765% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$3M$3.5M$4M$4.5M 202220232024 $3.3M $4.21M ▲ +27.6%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 24 $3M
2023 1 30 $4M
2024 1 23 $4M

Mears Fertilizer, Inc. filing trail (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$3M
Net Assets (End of Year)$4M
Net Income$543K
Employer EIN480698469
Plan Effective Date1976-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Kansas

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

Mears Fertilizer, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Kansas, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -5000050001000015000 -1012345 Total assets ($B) Participants Mears Fertilizer, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.003845738 · Participants: 30Mears Fertilizer, Inc. Profit Sharing PlanKoch Employees' Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.870107696 · Participants: 11911Koch Employees' Savings PlanPerformance Contracting Group, Inc. ESOP/401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.90283952 · Participants: 1223Performance Contracting Group, Inc. ESOP/401(k) PlanBlack & Veatch Retirement Program, Total assets ($B): 2.732675203 · Participants: 6890Black & Veatch Retirement ProgramGarmin International, Inc. Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.784810901 · Participants: 6332Garmin International, Inc. Retirement PlanSpirit Aerosystems Holdings, Inc. Retirement & Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.15584277 · Participants: 7704Spirit Aerosystems Holdings, Inc. Retirement & Savings Plan
Mears Fertilizer, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Kansas, assets vs. participants
Compare Mears Fertilizer, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Mears Fertilizer, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Kansas, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Consultants in Neurology, Ltd. Profit Sharing Plan and Trust in IL ($4M); by covered participants it is Hanna Plumbing & Supply Co Profit Sharing Plan in CA (30 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (30 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 Mears Fertilizer, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Mears Fertilizer, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan grew sharply - up 16.4% during 2023, from $3M to $4M. Reported net income was $543K.
How have Mears Fertilizer, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Mears Fertilizer, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 27.5%, from $3M to $4M.
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Mears Fertilizer, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Consultants in Neurology, Ltd. Profit Sharing Plan and Trust in IL ($4M, 10 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Mears Fertilizer, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Hanna Plumbing & Supply Co Profit Sharing Plan in CA (30 participants, $4M 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 480698469.

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.