401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Ernie Ball, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$13M
Total assets Small plan by assets
532
Participants Below avg headcount
62nd
Percentile by assets National rank
$24,663
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Ernie Ball, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan · Sponsored by Ernie Ball, Inc. · California · Other Services

$13M in assets, 532 participants

Ernie Ball, Inc.'s Ernie Ball, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan reported $13M in total assets and 532 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 62nd 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.

  • #6,048 in Other Services (7,719 peers)

Ernie Ball, Inc. multi-year trail

Ernie Ball, Inc.'s plans moved +31.7% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows Ernie Ball, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan at $13M / 532 participants.

#6,048
in Other Services (7,719 peers)
+11.5%
assets growth YoY

Ernie Ball, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan's mid-pack asset rank among Other Services and all filers

Ernie Ball, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$13,120,789 Top 38% higher than 62% 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

Ernie Ball, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing 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. Ernie Ball, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (532 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Ernie Ball, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan reported net income fell from $2M in the plan year 2023 filing to $1M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Ernie Ball, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan end-of-year assets rose from $12M in the plan year 2023 filing to $13M in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 952378345 · Ernie Ball, Inc. PY 2024 · 401(k)

Ernie Ball, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan · $13M · 532 · 62nd

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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 Other Services retirement plans → · Plans in California →

Ernie Ball, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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

Ernie Ball, Inc. multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Ernie Ball, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$13M 31.712546622383663% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$9M$10M$11M$12M$13M$14M 202220232024 $9.96M $13.1M ▲ +31.7%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 527 $10M
2023 1 530 $12M
2024 1 532 $13M

Ernie Ball, Inc. filing trail (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$12M
Net Assets (End of Year)$13M
Net Income$1M
Employer EIN952378345
Plan Effective Date2004-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby 401(k) Plans in California

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

Ernie Ball, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in California, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 -200204060 Total assets ($B) Participants Ernie Ball, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.013120789 · Participants: 532Ernie Ball, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing PlanGoogle LLC 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 48.738057415 · Participants: 116712Google LLC 401(k) Savings PlanOracle Corporation 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan, Total assets ($B): 31.02646504 · Participants: 58962Oracle Corporation 401(k) Savings and Investment PlanIntel 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 24.850880304 · Participants: 55298Intel 401(k) Savings PlanApple 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 24.714519387 · Participants: 101450Apple 401(k) PlanCisco Systems,Inc. 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 22.728425546 · Participants: 40452Cisco Systems,Inc. 401(k) Plan
Ernie Ball, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in California, assets vs. participants
Compare Ernie Ball, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Ernie Ball, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside California, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Alliance Group Services, LLC 401(k) Plan in VT ($13M); by covered participants it is Design Ready Controls, Inc. 401(k) Plan in MN (532 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (532 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 Ernie Ball, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Ernie Ball, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan grew at a solid clip - up 11.5% during 2024, from $12M to $13M. Reported net income was $1M.
How have Ernie Ball, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Ernie Ball, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 31.7%, from $10M to $13M.
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Ernie Ball, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Alliance Group Services, LLC 401(k) Plan in VT ($13M, 157 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Ernie Ball, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Design Ready Controls, Inc. 401(k) Plan in MN (532 participants, $15M 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 952378345.

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.