401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

F.M. Brown's Sons, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$10M
Total assets Small plan by assets
142
Participants Small participant base
55th
Percentile by assets National rank
$69,403
Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: F.M. Brown's Sons, Inc. 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by F.M. Brown's Sons, Inc. · Pennsylvania · Manufacturing

$10M in assets, 142 participants

F.M. Brown's Sons, Inc.'s F.M. Brown's Sons, Inc. 401(k) Plan reported $10M in total assets and 142 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 55th 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.

  • #7,313 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)

Coverage in Pennsylvania

F.M. Brown's Sons, Inc. 401(k) Plan covers 142 participants in Pennsylvania, about 17% of the average Pennsylvania filer (state average ~822 per filing). Assets: $10M.

#7,313
in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
+7.4%
assets growth YoY

F.M. Brown's Sons, Inc. 401(k) Plan's mid-pack asset rank among Manufacturing and all filers

F.M. Brown's Sons, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$9,855,247 Top 45% higher than 55% 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

F.M. Brown's Sons, Inc. 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. F.M. Brown's Sons, Inc. 401(k) Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (142 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • F.M. Brown's Sons, Inc. 401(k) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $9M in the plan year 2023 filing to $10M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • F.M. Brown's Sons, Inc. 401(k) Plan reported participants fell from 153 in the plan year 2023 filing to 142 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 231308422 · F.M. Brown's Sons, Inc. PY 2024 · 401(k)

F.M. Brown's Sons, Inc. 401(k) Plan · $10M · 142 · 55th

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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 Pennsylvania →

F.M. Brown's Sons, Inc. 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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

Pennsylvania filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$9M
Net Assets (End of Year)$10M
Net Income$680K
Employer EIN231308422
Plan Effective Date2006-07-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (F.M. Brown's Sons, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All F.M. Brown's Sons, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$10M 16.11836919460998% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$8M$8.5M$9M$9.5M$10M 202220232024 $8.49M $9.86M ▲ +16.1%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 146 $8M
2023 1 153 $9M
2024 1 142 $10M

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Pennsylvania

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

F.M. Brown's Sons, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Pennsylvania, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -20000020000400006000080000100000 -50510152025 Total assets ($B) Participants F.M. Brown's Sons, Inc. 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.009855247 · Participants: 142F.M. Brown's Sons, Inc. 401(k) PlanComcast Corporation Retirement - Investment Plan, Total assets ($B): 19.687957793 · Participants: 90495Comcast Corporation Retirement - Investment PlanThe Cigna Group 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 14.20308608 · Participants: 63634The Cigna Group 401(k) PlanThe Vanguard Retirement and Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 11.084818612 · Participants: 18066The Vanguard Retirement and Savings PlanThermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 10.263366209 · Participants: 36150Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 401(k) Retirement PlanThe PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Incentive Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 10.189629 · Participants: 54604The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Incentive Savings Plan
F.M. Brown's Sons, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Pennsylvania, assets vs. participants
Compare F.M. Brown's Sons, Inc. 401(k) Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

F.M. Brown's Sons, Inc. 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Pennsylvania, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Permian Ford-Lincoln 401(k) Profit Sharing in NM ($10M); by covered participants it is Slickdeals, LLC 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan in NV (142 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($10M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (142 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 F.M. Brown's Sons, Inc. 401(k) Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
F.M. Brown's Sons, Inc. 401(k) Plan grew at a solid clip - up 7.4% during 2024, from $9M to $10M. Reported net income was $680K.
How have F.M. Brown's Sons, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), F.M. Brown's Sons, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 16.1%, from $8M to $10M.
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to F.M. Brown's Sons, Inc. 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Permian Ford-Lincoln 401(k) Profit Sharing in NM ($10M, 176 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to F.M. Brown's Sons, Inc. 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Slickdeals, LLC 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan in NV (142 participants, $19M 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 231308422.

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.