401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Empire Candle Co., LLC 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$3M
Total assets Small plan by assets: 252
Participants Below avg headcount: 35th
Percentile by assets National rank: $12,588
Avg per participant Low balance/head

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Official DOL plan name: Empire Candle 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Empire Candle Co., LLC · Kansas · Manufacturing

$3M in assets, 252 participants

Empire Candle Co., LLC's Empire Candle 401(k) Plan reported $3M in total assets and 252 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 35th 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.

#3,249 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)

Empire Candle Co., LLC multi-year trail

Empire Candle Co., LLC's plans moved +93.0% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows Empire Candle 401(k) Plan at $3M / 252 participants.

#3,249
in Manufacturing (17,777 peers): +34.7%
assets growth YoY

Empire Candle 401(k) Plan's mid-pack asset rank among Manufacturing and all filers

Empire Candle 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$3,172,226 35th percentile higher than 35% of 123,620 filed plans

Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.

Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2024

Empire Candle 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. Empire Candle 401(k) Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (252 participants).

Micro (1-10) 33,766 filings (27%) Small (11-100) 26,107 filings (21%) Medium (101-1,000) 54,251 filings (43%) Large (1,001-10,000) 10,349 filings (8%) Mega (10,000+) 1,399 filings (1%)

Empire Candle 401(k) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $2M in the plan year 2023 filing to $3M in the plan year 2024 filing.
Empire Candle 401(k) Plan reported net income rose from $712K in the plan year 2023 filing to $817K in the plan year 2024 filing.
Empire Candle 401(k) Plan reported participants rose from 222 in the plan year 2023 filing to 252 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 481223256 · Empire Candle Co., LLC PY 2024 · 401(k)

Empire Candle 401(k) Plan · $3M · 252 · 35th

PCT $3M
PCT 252
PCT 35th
PCT 401(k)
PCT near Kannon Manufacturing, Inc. 401(k) Plan
PCT ind #3249

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 →

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

Empire Candle Co., LLC multi-year asset trail

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets: $3M 93.02306619513655% vs 2022; 2024 filing year

Year	Plans	Participants	Total Assets
2022	1	254	$2M
2023	1	222	$2M
2024	1	252	$3M

Empire Candle Co., LLC filing trail (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)	$2M
Net Assets (End of Year)	$3M
Net Income	$817K
Employer EIN	481223256
Plan Effective Date	2006-04-01
Filing Status	FILING RECEIVED

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Kansas

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

Empire Candle 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Kansas, assets vs. participants

Koch Employees' Savings Plan $4.3B · 11,423
Performance Contracting Group, Inc. ESOP/401(k) Plan $3.6B · 1,315
Black & Veatch Retirement Program $3.0B · 7,438
Garmin International, Inc. Retirement Plan $2.2B · 7,082
Spirit Aerosystems Holdings, Inc. Retirement & Savings Plan $1.2B · 7,736

Compare Empire Candle 401(k) Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Empire Candle 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Kansas, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Kannon Manufacturing, Inc. 401(k) Plan in TX ($3M); by covered participants it is Gilcrest-Jewett Lumber Company Profit Sharing Plan in IA (252 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($3M here).

Kannon Manufacturing, Inc. 401(k) Plan (TX) $3M · 26
Vida Family Therapy PC 401(k) Plan (CA) $3M · 212
Bruckman Rubber Co. 401(k) Plan (NE) $3M · 47
Kittrich Corporation 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan & Trust (CA) $3M · 380

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (252 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

Gilcrest-Jewett Lumber Company Profit Sharing Plan (IA) 252 · 0 off
Denron Plumbing & Hvac 401(k) Plan (NH) 252 · 0 off
Mm Hotel Management, LLC Dba Garden City Hotel 401(k) Plan (NY) 252 · 0 off
Neil Huffman Volkswagen, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan & Trust (KY) 252 · 0 off

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 Empire Candle 401(k) Plan assets move in 2024? ▼

Empire Candle 401(k) Plan surged - up 34.7% during 2024, from $2M to $3M. Reported net income was $817K.

How have Empire Candle Co., LLC plan assets changed over time? ▼

Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Empire Candle Co., LLC's sponsor-wide assets grew 93.0%, from $2M to $3M.

Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Empire Candle 401(k) Plan? ▼

Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Kannon Manufacturing, Inc. 401(k) Plan in TX ($3M, 26 participants).

Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Empire Candle 401(k) Plan? ▼

Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Gilcrest-Jewett Lumber Company Profit Sharing Plan in IA (252 participants, N/A 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 481223256.