401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Howell Electric 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-05-15

$36M
Total assets
117
Participants
80th
Percentile by assets
$306,339
Avg per participant

Sponsored by K.F. Howell Electric, LLC · California · Construction

What the 2024 filing shows

Howell Electric 401(k) Plan holds $36M for 117 participants - about $306,339 per participant, in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, up 15.3% over the 2024 plan year.

$36M
total plan assets (2024 EOY)
117
covered participants
80th
percentile by assets (of 116,472 plans)
$306,339
avg assets per participant
State
Industry
Construction

401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

What the Filing Says About Howell Electric 401(k) Plan

Howell Electric 401(k) Plan is a 401(k) retirement plan sponsored by K.F. Howell Electric, LLC, headquartered in California. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2024 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $36M in total end-of-year assets and covers 117 participants across the Construction industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 770383422, and the plan has been effective since 1997-01-01. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets grew sharply from $31M at the beginning of 2024 to $36M at year-end - up 15.3%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $36M, with reported net income of $5M 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 K.F. Howell Electric, LLC has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $27M to $36M, a gain of 33.1%, while reported participants moved from 107 to 117 (+9.3%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2024 at $36M; the softest was 2022 at $27M. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $27M in assets across 1 plan covering 107 participants; 2023 - $31M in assets across 1 plan covering 122 participants; 2024 - $36M in assets across 1 plan covering 117 participants.

By assets, Howell Electric 401(k) Plan outranks 80% of the 116,472 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2024 plan year, and holds roughly 0.4x 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 Howell Electric 401(k) 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)$31M
Total Assets (End of Year)$36M
Net Assets (End of Year)$36M
Net Income$5M
Plan Type401(k)
Employer EIN770383422
Plan Effective Date1997-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (K.F. Howell Electric, LLC)

Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 107 $27M
2023 1 122 $31M
2024 1 117 $36M

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the Howell Electric 401(k) Plan?
As of the 2024 Form 5500 filing, Howell Electric 401(k) Plan holds $36M in total assets with 117 participants. It is sponsored by K.F. Howell Electric, LLC.
What type of plan is Howell Electric 401(k) Plan?
Howell Electric 401(k) Plan is a 401(k) plan. It has been effective since 1997-01-01. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 770383422.
Who sponsors the Howell Electric 401(k) Plan?
Howell Electric 401(k) Plan is sponsored by K.F. Howell Electric, LLC, located in California. The sponsor's EIN is 770383422 and the plan operates in the Construction industry.
How did Howell Electric 401(k) Plan perform in 2024?
Howell Electric 401(k) Plan grew sharply - up 15.3% during 2024, moving from $31M to $36M in total assets. Net income was $5M.

What this filing means

Ways to act on Howell Electric 401(k) Plan's numbers.

  • By total assets, Howell Electric 401(k) Plan ranks in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets. See the largest plans
  • Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar 401(k) plans in California. Compare plans
  • K.F. Howell Electric, LLC's sponsor-wide assets have grown 33.1% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Construction plans
  • A 401(k) plan works differently from other retirement plan types, understand the structural differences before comparing. Compare plan types

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 770383422.

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.