401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Houston Zoo, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$28M
Total assets Below avg plan size
405
Participants Below avg headcount
76th
Percentile by assets National rank
$69,693
Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Houston Zoo Employees' 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Houston Zoo, Inc. · Texas · Arts, Entertainment & Recreation

$28M in assets, 405 participants

Houston Zoo, Inc.'s Houston Zoo Employees' 401(k) Plan reported $28M in total assets and 405 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 76th 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.

  • #2,501 in Arts, Entertainment & Recreation (2,921 peers)

Where Houston Zoo Employees' 401(k) Plan sits by assets

Houston Zoo Employees' 401(k) Plan sits in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, $28M for 405 participants (~$69,693/participant), up 15.1% in 2024.

#2,501
in Arts, Entertainment & Recreation (2,921 peers)
+15.1%
assets growth YoY
0.3×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Houston Zoo Employees' 401(k) Plan's outsized position by total assets

Houston Zoo Employees' 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$28,225,689 Top 24% higher than 76% 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

Houston Zoo Employees' 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. Houston Zoo Employees' 401(k) Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (405 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Houston Zoo Employees' 401(k) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $25M in the plan year 2023 filing to $28M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Houston Zoo Employees' 401(k) Plan reported net income fell from $4M in the plan year 2023 filing to $4M in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 741590271 · Houston Zoo, Inc. PY 2024 · 401(k)

Houston Zoo Employees' 401(k) Plan · $28M · 405 · 76th

  • BOY $28M
  • SCH 405
  • EBSA 76th
  • PART 401(k)
  • TYPE near Gastrointestinal Associates, S.C. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan
  • NET ind #2501

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 Arts, Entertainment & Recreation retirement plans → · Plans in Texas →

Houston Zoo Employees' 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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

Scale-class filing particulars (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$25M
Net Assets (End of Year)$28M
Net Income$4M
Employer EIN741590271
Plan Effective Date2002-09-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Houston Zoo, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Houston Zoo, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$28M 38.11311121633602% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$15M$20M$25M$30M 202220232024 $20.4M $28.2M ▲ +38.1%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 371 $20M
2023 1 404 $25M
2024 1 405 $28M

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Texas

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

Houston Zoo Employees' 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Texas, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 -1001020304050 Total assets ($B) Participants Houston Zoo Employees' 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.028225689 · Participants: 405Houston Zoo Employees' 401(k) PlanAT&T Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 43.121795 · Participants: 109889AT&T Retirement Savings PlanExxonmobil Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 23.711 · Participants: 21990Exxonmobil Savings PlanChevron Employee Savings Investment Plan, Total assets ($B): 20.378704663 · Participants: 21505Chevron Employee Savings Investment PlanCaterpillar 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 18.81200478 · Participants: 43873Caterpillar 401(k) Savings PlanSouthwest Airlines Co. Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 16.991748637 · Participants: 67820Southwest Airlines Co. Retirement Savings Plan
Houston Zoo Employees' 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Texas, assets vs. participants
Compare Houston Zoo Employees' 401(k) Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Houston Zoo Employees' 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Texas, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Gastrointestinal Associates, S.C. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan in WI ($28M); by covered participants it is Bedford Industries, Inc. Salary Savings Plan in MN (405 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($28M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (405 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 Houston Zoo Employees' 401(k) Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Houston Zoo Employees' 401(k) Plan grew sharply - up 15.1% during 2024, from $25M to $28M. Reported net income was $4M.
How have Houston Zoo, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Houston Zoo, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 38.1%, from $20M to $28M.
Where does Houston Zoo Employees' 401(k) Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Houston Zoo Employees' 401(k) Plan ranks in the 76th percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets).
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Houston Zoo Employees' 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Gastrointestinal Associates, S.C. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan in WI ($28M, 124 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Houston Zoo Employees' 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Bedford Industries, Inc. Salary Savings Plan in MN (405 participants, $71M 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 741590271.

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.