401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Sparks Marketing LLC 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$54M
Total assets Below avg plan size
666
Participants Below avg headcount
85th
Percentile by assets National rank
$81,558
Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Sparks Marketing 401(k) Savings Plan · Sponsored by Sparks Marketing LLC · Pennsylvania · Professional & Technical Services

$54M in assets, 666 participants

Sparks Marketing LLC's Sparks Marketing 401(k) Savings Plan reported $54M in total assets and 666 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 85th 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.

  • #17,327 in Professional & Technical Services (20,173 peers)

Where Sparks Marketing 401(k) Savings Plan sits by assets

Sparks Marketing 401(k) Savings Plan sits in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, $54M for 666 participants (~$81,558/participant), up 10.2% in 2024.

#17,327
in Professional & Technical Services (20,173 peers)
+10.2%
assets growth YoY
0.5×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Sparks Marketing 401(k) Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets

Sparks Marketing 401(k) Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$54,317,541 Top 15% higher than 85% 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

Sparks Marketing 401(k) Savings 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. Sparks Marketing 401(k) Savings Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (666 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Sparks Marketing 401(k) Savings Plan reported net income fell from $10M in the plan year 2023 filing to $5M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Sparks Marketing 401(k) Savings Plan end-of-year assets rose from $49M in the plan year 2023 filing to $54M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Sparks Marketing 401(k) Savings Plan reported participants rose from 631 in the plan year 2023 filing to 666 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 611769598 · Sparks Marketing LLC PY 2024 · 401(k)

Sparks Marketing 401(k) Savings Plan · $54M · 666 · 85th

  • EIN $54M
  • RANK 666
  • PHOTO 85th
  • IND 401(k)
  • EOY near Segal Mccambridge Singer & Mahoney, Ltd. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan
  • 5500 ind #17327

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 Pennsylvania →

Sparks Marketing 401(k) Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Blum, Inc. Employees 401(k) PlanBlum, Inc. Employees 401(k) …$54MSparks Marketing 401(k) Savings PlanSparks Marketing 401(k) Savi…$54MSegal Mccambridge Singer & Mahoney, Ltd. 401(k) Profit Sharing PlanSegal Mccambridge Singer & M…$54MEmser Tile, LLC 401(k) Plan$54MKisinger Campo & Associates Corporation Savings PlanKisinger Campo & Associates …$54M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Sparks Marketing 401(k) Savings Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Scale-class filing particulars (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$49M
Net Assets (End of Year)$54M
Net Income$5M
Employer EIN611769598
Plan Effective Date1991-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Sparks Marketing LLC)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Sparks Marketing LLC plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$54M 39.32642882168444% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$35M$40M$45M$50M$55M$60M 202220232024 $39M $54.3M ▲ +39.3%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 437 $39M
2023 1 631 $49M
2024 1 666 $54M

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Pennsylvania

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

Sparks Marketing 401(k) Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Pennsylvania, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -20000020000400006000080000100000 -50510152025 Total assets ($B) Participants Sparks Marketing 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.054317541 · Participants: 666Sparks Marketing 401(k) Savings PlanComcast Corporation Retirement - Investment Plan, Total assets ($B): 19.687957793 · Participants: 90495Comcast Corporation Retirement - Investment PlanThe Cigna Group 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 14.20308608 · Participants: 63634The Cigna Group 401(k) PlanThe Vanguard Retirement and Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 11.084818612 · Participants: 18066The Vanguard Retirement and Savings PlanThermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 10.263366209 · Participants: 36150Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 401(k) Retirement PlanThe PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Incentive Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 10.189629 · Participants: 54604The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Incentive Savings Plan
Sparks Marketing 401(k) Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Pennsylvania, assets vs. participants
Compare Sparks Marketing 401(k) Savings Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Sparks Marketing 401(k) Savings Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Pennsylvania, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Segal Mccambridge Singer & Mahoney, Ltd. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan in IL ($54M); by covered participants it is Maniilaq Association 401(k) Safe Harbor Profit Sharing Plan in AK (666 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (666 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 Sparks Marketing 401(k) Savings Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Sparks Marketing 401(k) Savings Plan grew at a solid clip - up 10.2% during 2024, from $49M to $54M. Reported net income was $5M.
How have Sparks Marketing LLC plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Sparks Marketing LLC's sponsor-wide assets grew 39.3%, from $39M to $54M.
Where does Sparks Marketing 401(k) Savings Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Sparks Marketing 401(k) Savings Plan ranks in the 85th 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 Sparks Marketing 401(k) Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Segal Mccambridge Singer & Mahoney, Ltd. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan in IL ($54M, 263 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Sparks Marketing 401(k) Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Maniilaq Association 401(k) Safe Harbor Profit Sharing Plan in AK (666 participants, $44M 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 611769598.

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.