ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Howard K. Bell Consulting Engineers, Inc. ESOP

Data updated 2026-08-25

$3M
Total assets Small plan by assets
39
Participants Small participant base
35th
Percentile by assets National rank
$85,394
Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Howard K. Bell Consulting Engineers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · Sponsored by Howard K. Bell Consulting Engineers, Inc. · Kentucky · Professional & Technical Services

$3M in assets, 39 participants

Howard K. Bell Consulting Engineers, Inc.'s Howard K. Bell Consulting Engineers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported $3M in total assets and 39 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 35th 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.

  • #6,500 in Professional & Technical Services (20,173 peers)

Howard K. Bell Consulting Engineers, Inc. multi-year trail

Howard K. Bell Consulting Engineers, Inc.'s plans moved +99.9% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows Howard K. Bell Consulting Engineers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan at $3M / 39 participants.

#6,500
in Professional & Technical Services (20,173 peers)
+39.5%
assets growth YoY

Howard K. Bell Consulting Engineers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan's mid-pack asset rank among Professional & Technical Services and all filers

Howard K. Bell Consulting Engineers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$3,330,355 35th percentile higher than 35% 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

Howard K. Bell Consulting Engineers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Howard K. Bell Consulting Engineers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan is a small filing (39 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Howard K. Bell Consulting Engineers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan end-of-year assets rose from $2M in the plan year 2023 filing to $3M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Howard K. Bell Consulting Engineers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported net income rose from $722K in the plan year 2023 filing to $943K in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Howard K. Bell Consulting Engineers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported participants fell from 40 in the plan year 2023 filing to 39 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 610569699 · Howard K. Bell Consulting Engineers, Inc. PY 2024 · ESOP

Howard K. Bell Consulting Engineers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · $3M · 39 · 35th

  • BOOK $3M
  • VS-ST 39
  • BOY 35th
  • SCH ESOP
  • EBSA near Paul I. Cripe, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan
  • PART ind #6500

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 What is an ESOP? → · Plans in Kentucky →

Howard K. Bell Consulting Engineers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Howard K. Bell Consulting Engineers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and nearest nationwide ESOP peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Howard K. Bell Consulting Engineers, Inc. multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Howard K. Bell Consulting Engineers, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$3M 99.92130063457742% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$1.5M$2M$2.5M$3M$3.5M 202220232024 $1.67M $3.33M ▲ +99.4%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 36 $2M
2023 1 40 $2M
2024 1 39 $3M

Howard K. Bell Consulting Engineers, Inc. filing trail (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$2M
Net Assets (End of Year)$3M
Net Income$943K
Employer EIN610569699
Plan Effective Date1993-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby ESOP Plans in Kentucky

Peer ESOP plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Howard K. Bell Consulting Engineers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Kentucky, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -20000200040006000800010000 -10123 Total assets ($B) Participants Howard K. Bell Consulting Engineers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.003330355 · Participants: 39Howard K. Bell Consulting Engineers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanHouchens Industries, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.640129838 · Participants: 7785Houchens Industries, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanGray, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.177392403 · Participants: 1534Gray, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanStock Yards Bank & Trust Company 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.167312413 · Participants: 1107Stock Yards Bank & Trust Company 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership PlanInterstate Personnel Services, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.122999859 · Participants: 834Interstate Personnel Services, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanH & R Agri-Power Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.111162082 · Participants: 522H & R Agri-Power Employee Stock Ownership Plan
Howard K. Bell Consulting Engineers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Kentucky, assets vs. participants
Compare Howard K. Bell Consulting Engineers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Howard K. Bell Consulting Engineers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan's out-of-state ESOP peers by assets and headcount

Outside Kentucky, the nearest ESOP by assets is Paul I. Cripe, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in IN ($3M); by covered participants it is Sacred Wind Employee Stock Ownership Plan in NM (39 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (39 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 Howard K. Bell Consulting Engineers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Howard K. Bell Consulting Engineers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan surged - up 39.5% during 2024, from $2M to $3M. Reported net income was $943K.
How have Howard K. Bell Consulting Engineers, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Howard K. Bell Consulting Engineers, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 99.9%, from $2M to $3M.
Which ESOP plans are similar in size to Howard K. Bell Consulting Engineers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by assets is Paul I. Cripe, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in IN ($3M, 42 participants).
Which ESOP plans cover a similar participant headcount to Howard K. Bell Consulting Engineers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Sacred Wind Employee Stock Ownership Plan in NM (39 participants, $1M 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 610569699.

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.