401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Decibel Research, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$41M
Total assets Below avg plan size
154
Participants Small participant base
82nd
Percentile by assets National rank
$268,130
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Decibel Research, Inc. Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Decibel Research, Inc. · Alabama · Professional & Technical Services

$41M in assets, 154 participants

Decibel Research, Inc.'s Decibel Research, Inc. Retirement Plan reported $41M in total assets and 154 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 82nd 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.

  • #16,613 in Professional & Technical Services (20,173 peers)

Coverage in Alabama

Decibel Research, Inc. Retirement Plan covers 154 participants in Alabama, about 43% of the average Alabama filer (state average ~360 per filing). Assets: $41M.

#16,613
in Professional & Technical Services (20,173 peers)
+14.8%
assets growth YoY
0.4×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Decibel Research, Inc. Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets

Decibel Research, Inc. Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$41,292,089 Top 18% higher than 82% 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

Decibel Research, Inc. Retirement 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. Decibel Research, Inc. Retirement Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (154 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Decibel Research, Inc. Retirement Plan reported net income fell from $7M in the plan year 2023 filing to $5M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Decibel Research, Inc. Retirement Plan end-of-year assets rose from $36M in the plan year 2023 filing to $41M in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 421551697 · Decibel Research, Inc. PY 2024 · 401(k)

Decibel Research, Inc. Retirement Plan · $41M · 154 · 82nd

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

Decibel Research, Inc. Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Decibel Research, Inc. Retirement Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Alabama filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$36M
Net Assets (End of Year)$41M
Net Income$5M
Employer EIN421551697
Plan Effective Date2003-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Decibel Research, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Decibel Research, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$66M 33.88683620143444% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$45M$50M$55M$60M$65M$70M 202220232024 $49.1M $65.7M ▲ +33.9%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 248 $49M
2023 2 279 $60M
2024 2 284 $66M

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Alabama

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

Decibel Research, Inc. Retirement Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Alabama, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -10000010000200003000040000 -101234 Total assets ($B) Participants Decibel Research, Inc. Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.041292089 · Participants: 154Decibel Research, Inc. Retirement PlanRegions Financial Corporation 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.197489981 · Participants: 20783Regions Financial Corporation 401(k) PlanEncompass Health Corporation 401(k) Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.722944967 · Participants: 29454Encompass Health Corporation 401(k) Retirement PlanHexagon Employee Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.651353194 · Participants: 4638Hexagon Employee Retirement Savings PlanVulcan 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.472398962 · Participants: 8628Vulcan 401(k) PlanMercedes-Benz U.S. International, Inc. Retirement and Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.234118844 · Participants: 6167Mercedes-Benz U.S. International, Inc. Retirement and Savings Plan
Decibel Research, Inc. Retirement Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Alabama, assets vs. participants
Compare Decibel Research, Inc. Retirement Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Decibel Research, Inc. Retirement Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Alabama, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Hanover Foods Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan in PA ($41M); by covered participants it is 401(k) Savings Plan for Peter Marino Architect, PLLC in NY (154 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (154 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 Decibel Research, Inc. Retirement Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Decibel Research, Inc. Retirement Plan grew at a solid clip - up 14.8% during 2024, from $36M to $41M. Reported net income was $5M.
How have Decibel Research, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Decibel Research, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 33.9%, from $49M to $66M.
Where does Decibel Research, Inc. Retirement Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Decibel Research, Inc. Retirement Plan ranks in the 82nd 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 Decibel Research, Inc. Retirement Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Hanover Foods Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan in PA ($41M, 651 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Decibel Research, Inc. Retirement Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is 401(k) Savings Plan for Peter Marino Architect, PLLC in NY (154 participants, $36M 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 421551697.

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.