401(k) Β· DOL Form 5500 Β· 2024

J.C. Steele & Sons,Inc Profit Sharing and Retirement Savings Plan

Data updated 2026-05-15

$28M
Total assets
135
Participants
76th
Percentile by assets
$204,307
Avg per participant

Sponsored by J.C. Steele and Sons, Inc. Β· North Carolina Β· Manufacturing

What the 2024 filing shows

J.C. Steele & Sons,Inc Profit Sharing and Retirement Savings Plan holds $28M for 135 participants - about $204,307 per participant, in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, up 2.6% over the 2024 plan year.

$28M
total plan assets (2024 EOY)
135
covered participants
76th
percentile by assets (of 116,472 plans)
$204,307
avg assets per participant
Industry
Manufacturing

401(k) Β· DOL Form 5500 Β· 2024

What the Filing Says About J.C. Steele & Sons,Inc Profit Sharing and Retirement Savings Plan

J.C. Steele & Sons,Inc Profit Sharing and Retirement Savings Plan is a 401(k) retirement plan sponsored by J.C. Steele and Sons, Inc., headquartered in North Carolina. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2024 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $28M in total end-of-year assets and covers 135 participants across the Manufacturing industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 560495324, and the plan has been effective since 1953-01-05. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets edged up modestly from $27M at the beginning of 2024 to $28M at year-end - up 2.6%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $28M, with reported net income of $696K driven by investment returns, contributions received, and benefit payments during the period. These figures reflect what the plan administrator certified on Schedule H or Schedule I of the Form 5500 annual return and can be compared against 2 prior plan-year filings from the same sponsor shown below.

Across the 3 plan years J.C. Steele and Sons, Inc. has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $24M to $28M, a gain of 14.8%, while reported participants moved from 123 to 135 (+9.8%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2024 at $28M; the softest was 2022 at $24M. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $24M in assets across 1 plan covering 123 participants; 2023 - $27M in assets across 1 plan covering 134 participants; 2024 - $28M in assets across 1 plan covering 135 participants.

By assets, J.C. Steele & Sons,Inc Profit Sharing and Retirement Savings Plan outranks 76% of the 116,472 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2024 plan year, and holds roughly 0.3x the national average plan size of $100M and 730 average participants.

Asset totals and participant counts reflect a single plan year snapshot and can change materially with market conditions, plan mergers, or workforce changes. Fields such as "net income" include both realized investment performance and contribution/distribution flows, a single-year figure does not by itself indicate plan health or participant outcomes. This page summarizes public DOL disclosures for research and educational purposes only and is not retirement, tax, legal, or financial advice. Before making decisions about your own retirement benefits or evaluating an employer's plan, verify the underlying filing directly via the DOL EFAST2 system and consult a qualified professional.

How the percentile is calculated: we count every plan that filed a 2024 Form 5500 with a reported end-of-year asset figure (116,472 plans), rank J.C. Steele & Sons,Inc Profit Sharing and Retirement Savings Plan against all of them by total assets, and report the share of those plans it outranks. A plan reporting no asset figure for the year is excluded from the ranking rather than assumed to be zero.

Financial Summary (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$27M
Total Assets (End of Year)$28M
Net Assets (End of Year)$28M
Net Income$696K
Plan Type401(k)
Employer EIN560495324
Plan Effective Date1953-01-05
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (J.C. Steele and Sons, Inc.)

Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 123 $24M
2023 1 134 $27M
2024 1 135 $28M

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the J.C. Steele & Sons,Inc Profit Sharing and Retirement Savings Plan?
As of the 2024 Form 5500 filing, J.C. Steele & Sons,Inc Profit Sharing and Retirement Savings Plan holds $28M in total assets with 135 participants. It is sponsored by J.C. Steele and Sons, Inc..
What type of plan is J.C. Steele & Sons,Inc Profit Sharing and Retirement Savings Plan?
J.C. Steele & Sons,Inc Profit Sharing and Retirement Savings Plan is a 401(k) plan. It has been effective since 1953-01-05. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 560495324.
Who sponsors the J.C. Steele & Sons,Inc Profit Sharing and Retirement Savings Plan?
J.C. Steele & Sons,Inc Profit Sharing and Retirement Savings Plan is sponsored by J.C. Steele and Sons, Inc., located in North Carolina. The sponsor's EIN is 560495324 and the plan operates in the Manufacturing industry.
How did J.C. Steele & Sons,Inc Profit Sharing and Retirement Savings Plan perform in 2024?
J.C. Steele & Sons,Inc Profit Sharing and Retirement Savings Plan edged up modestly - up 2.6% during 2024, moving from $27M to $28M in total assets. Net income was $696K.

What this filing means

Ways to act on J.C. Steele & Sons,Inc Profit Sharing and Retirement Savings Plan's numbers.

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  • J.C. Steele and Sons, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets have grown 14.8% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Manufacturing plans
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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 560495324.

Reference: IRS Publication 560, Retirement Plans for Small Business, contribution-limit rules.

Reference: IRS Publication 590-B, Distributions from IRAs, RMD rules under SECURE Act 2.0.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.

Every figure on PlainRetire is rendered directly from the Department of Labor's Form 5500 annual return filings, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-05-15.