401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Ayres Associates Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$80M
Total assets Below avg plan size
389
Participants Below avg headcount
89th
Percentile by assets National rank
$206,509
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Ayres Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Ayres Associates Inc. · Wisconsin · Professional & Technical Services

$80M in assets, 389 participants

Ayres Associates Inc.'s Ayres Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan reported $80M in total assets and 389 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 89th 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.

  • #18,135 in Professional & Technical Services (20,173 peers)

Where Ayres Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan sits by assets

Ayres Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan sits in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, $80M for 389 participants (~$206,509/participant), up 10.1% in 2024.

#18,135
in Professional & Technical Services (20,173 peers)
+10.1%
assets growth YoY
0.8×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Ayres Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan's outsized position by total assets

Ayres Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$80,332,138 Top 11% higher than 89% 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

Ayres Associates, 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. Ayres Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (389 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Ayres Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan reported net income fell from $10M in the plan year 2023 filing to $7M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Ayres Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan reported participants rose from 347 in the plan year 2023 filing to 389 in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Ayres Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $73M in the plan year 2023 filing to $80M in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 390965082 · Ayres Associates Inc. PY 2024 · 401(k)

Ayres Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan · $80M · 389 · 89th

  • PHOTO $80M
  • PHOTO 389
  • PHOTO 89th
  • PHOTO 401(k)
  • PHOTO near Gelson's Markets 401(k) Plan
  • PHOTO ind #18135

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 Professional & Technical Services retirement plans → · Plans in Wisconsin →

Ayres Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Ayres Associates, Inc. 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)$73M
Net Assets (End of Year)$80M
Net Income$7M
Employer EIN390965082
Plan Effective Date1979-10-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Ayres Associates Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Ayres Associates Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$110M 27.277405055480873% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$80M$90M$100M$110M$120M 202220232024 $86.8M $110M ▲ +27.3%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 673 $87M
2023 2 713 $100M
2024 2 777 $110M

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Wisconsin

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

Ayres Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Wisconsin, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -20000020000400006000080000100000 -5051015 Total assets ($B) Participants Ayres Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.080332138 · Participants: 389Ayres Associates, Inc. 401(k) PlanAdvocate Aurora Health 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 10.487791739 · Participants: 80015Advocate Aurora Health 401(k) PlanJohnson Controls Retirement Savings and Investment Plan, Total assets ($B): 7.188548319 · Participants: 28489Johnson Controls Retirement Savings and Investment PlanFiserv 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.136404794 · Participants: 26372Fiserv 401(k) Savings PlanKimberly-Clark Corporation 401(k) & Profit Sharing Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.988151 · Participants: 11661Kimberly-Clark Corporation 401(k) & Profit Sharing PlanRockwell Automation Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.765132976 · Participants: 9217Rockwell Automation Retirement Savings Plan
Ayres Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Wisconsin, assets vs. participants
Compare Ayres Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Ayres Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Wisconsin, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Gelson's Markets 401(k) Plan in CA ($80M); by covered participants it is Ems Linq Inc 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan in NC (389 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (389 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 Ayres Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Ayres Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan grew at a solid clip - up 10.1% during 2024, from $73M to $80M. Reported net income was $7M.
How have Ayres Associates Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Ayres Associates Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 27.3%, from $87M to $110M.
Where does Ayres Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Ayres Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan ranks in the 89th 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 Ayres Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Gelson's Markets 401(k) Plan in CA ($80M, 175 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Ayres Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Ems Linq Inc 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan in NC (389 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 390965082.

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.