401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Kern Steel Fabrication, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$7M
Total assets Small plan by assets
86
Participants Small participant base
52nd
Percentile by assets National rank
$85,456
Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Kern Steel Fabrication, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust · Sponsored by Kern Steel Fabrication, Inc. · California · Manufacturing

$7M in assets, 86 participants

Kern Steel Fabrication, Inc.'s Kern Steel Fabrication, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust reported $7M in total assets and 86 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 52nd 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.

  • #6,838 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)

Kern Steel Fabrication, Inc. multi-year trail

Kern Steel Fabrication, Inc.'s plans moved +20.9% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows Kern Steel Fabrication, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust at $7M / 86 participants.

#6,838
in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
+2.0%
assets growth YoY

Kern Steel Fabrication, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust's mid-pack asset rank among Manufacturing and all filers

Kern Steel Fabrication, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust vs every filed plan by assets

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

$7,349,214 Top 48% higher than 52% 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

Kern Steel Fabrication, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Kern Steel Fabrication, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust is a small filing (86 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Kern Steel Fabrication, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust reported net income fell from $394K in the plan year 2022 filing to $146K in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Kern Steel Fabrication, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust reported participants fell from 107 in the plan year 2022 filing to 86 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Kern Steel Fabrication, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust end-of-year assets rose from $7M in the plan year 2022 filing to $7M in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 953267210 · Kern Steel Fabrication, Inc. PY 2023 · 401(k)

Kern Steel Fabrication, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust · $7M · 86 · 52nd

  • PCT $7M
  • PCT 86
  • PCT 52nd
  • PCT 401(k)
  • PCT near Atkins & Pearce 401 (K) Plan
  • PCT ind #6838

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 California →

Kern Steel Fabrication, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust in the asset neighbourhood

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

Kern Steel Fabrication, Inc. multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Kern Steel Fabrication, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$9M 20.854314573040536% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$7M$7.5M$8M$8.5M$9M 202220232024 $7.2M $8.71M ▲ +21.0%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 107 $7M
2023 1 86 $7M
2024 1 85 $9M

Kern Steel Fabrication, Inc. filing trail (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$7M
Net Assets (End of Year)$7M
Net Income$146K
Employer EIN953267210
Plan Effective Date1997-07-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby 401(k) Plans in California

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

Kern Steel Fabrication, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust vs. nearby 401(k) plans in California, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000200000250000 -200204060 Total assets ($B) Participants Kern Steel Fabrication, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust, Total assets ($B): 0.007349214 · Participants: 86Kern Steel Fabrication, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and TrustWells Fargo & Company 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 51.831350351 · Participants: 193919Wells Fargo & Company 401(k) PlanGoogle LLC 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 39.047152408 · Participants: 122867Google LLC 401(k) Savings PlanOracle Corporation 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan, Total assets ($B): 26.320437734 · Participants: 63105Oracle Corporation 401(k) Savings and Investment PlanIntel 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 22.17918189 · Participants: 59863Intel 401(k) Savings PlanApple 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 19.779511539 · Participants: 106111Apple 401(k) Plan
Kern Steel Fabrication, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust vs. nearby 401(k) plans in California, assets vs. participants
Compare Kern Steel Fabrication, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust side-by-side with 3 peers →

Kern Steel Fabrication, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside California, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Atkins & Pearce 401 (K) Plan in KY ($7M); by covered participants it is Digestive Health Clinic, LLC 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan in ID (86 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (86 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 Kern Steel Fabrication, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust assets move in 2023? ▼
Kern Steel Fabrication, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust edged up modestly - up 2.0% during 2023, from $7M to $7M. Reported net income was $146K.
How have Kern Steel Fabrication, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Kern Steel Fabrication, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 20.9%, from $7M to $9M.
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Kern Steel Fabrication, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Atkins & Pearce 401 (K) Plan in KY ($7M, 242 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Kern Steel Fabrication, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Digestive Health Clinic, LLC 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan in ID (86 participants, $14M 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 953267210.

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.