401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Fairbanks Scales Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$40M
Total assets Below avg plan size
487
Participants Below avg headcount
82nd
Percentile by assets National rank
$82,748
Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Fairbanks Scales Inc. 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Fairbanks Scales Inc. · Kansas · Manufacturing

$40M in assets, 487 participants

Fairbanks Scales Inc.'s Fairbanks Scales Inc. 401(k) Plan reported $40M in total assets and 487 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.

  • #13,177 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)

Where Fairbanks Scales Inc. 401(k) Plan sits by assets

Fairbanks Scales Inc. 401(k) Plan sits in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, $40M for 487 participants (~$82,748/participant), down 3.9% in 2024.

#13,177
in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
-3.9%
assets change YoY
0.4×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $2M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Fairbanks Scales Inc. 401(k) Plan's outsized position by total assets

Fairbanks Scales Inc. 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$40,298,097 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

Fairbanks Scales 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. Fairbanks Scales Inc. 401(k) Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (487 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Fairbanks Scales Inc. 401(k) Plan reported net income fell from $6M in the plan year 2023 filing to -$2M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Fairbanks Scales Inc. 401(k) Plan reported participants rose from 449 in the plan year 2023 filing to 487 in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Fairbanks Scales Inc. 401(k) Plan end-of-year assets fell from $42M in the plan year 2023 filing to $40M in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 431464165 · Fairbanks Scales Inc. PY 2024 · 401(k)

Fairbanks Scales Inc. 401(k) Plan · $40M · 487 · 82nd

  • IND $40M
  • IND 487
  • IND 82nd
  • IND 401(k)
  • IND near Standard Profit Sharing Plan Plus 401(k) Plan
  • IND ind #13177

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 Manufacturing retirement plans → · Plans in Kansas →

Fairbanks Scales Inc. 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Fairbanks Scales 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)$42M
Net Assets (End of Year)$40M
Net Income-$2M
Employer EIN431464165
Plan Effective Date1998-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Fairbanks Scales Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Fairbanks Scales Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$44M 28.245620037293822% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$40M$50M$60M$70M 202220232024 $61.4M $44.1M ▼ -28.3%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 3 541 $61M
2023 2 463 $46M
2024 2 498 $44M

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Kansas

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

Fairbanks Scales Inc. 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Kansas, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -5000050001000015000 -1012345 Total assets ($B) Participants Fairbanks Scales Inc. 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.040298097 · Participants: 487Fairbanks Scales Inc. 401(k) PlanKoch Employees' Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.337744163 · Participants: 11423Koch Employees' Savings PlanPerformance Contracting Group, Inc. ESOP/401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.582245863 · Participants: 1315Performance Contracting Group, Inc. ESOP/401(k) PlanBlack & Veatch Retirement Program, Total assets ($B): 3.040446983 · Participants: 7438Black & Veatch Retirement ProgramGarmin International, Inc. Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.173466604 · Participants: 7082Garmin International, Inc. Retirement PlanSpirit Aerosystems Holdings, Inc. Retirement & Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.224530411 · Participants: 7736Spirit Aerosystems Holdings, Inc. Retirement & Savings Plan
Fairbanks Scales Inc. 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Kansas, assets vs. participants
Compare Fairbanks Scales Inc. 401(k) Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Fairbanks Scales Inc. 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Kansas, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Standard Profit Sharing Plan Plus 401(k) Plan in NE ($40M); by covered participants it is Election Systems & Software, LLC 401(k) Plan in NE (487 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (487 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 Fairbanks Scales Inc. 401(k) Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Fairbanks Scales Inc. 401(k) Plan edged down modestly - down 3.9% during 2024, from $42M to $40M. Reported net income was -$2M.
How have Fairbanks Scales Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Fairbanks Scales Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets declined 28.2%, from $61M to $44M.
Where does Fairbanks Scales Inc. 401(k) Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Fairbanks Scales Inc. 401(k) 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 Fairbanks Scales Inc. 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Standard Profit Sharing Plan Plus 401(k) Plan in NE ($40M, 555 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Fairbanks Scales Inc. 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Election Systems & Software, LLC 401(k) Plan in NE (487 participants, $83M 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 431464165.

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.