401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Mears Fertilizer, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$4M
Total assets Small plan by assets
23
Participants Small participant base
39th
Percentile by assets National rank
$183,133
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Mears Fertilizer, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan · Sponsored by Mears Fertilizer, Inc. · Kansas · Manufacturing

$4M in assets, 23 participants

Mears Fertilizer, Inc.'s Mears Fertilizer, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan reported $4M in total assets and 23 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 39th 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.

  • #3,936 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)

Mears Fertilizer, Inc. multi-year trail

Mears Fertilizer, Inc.'s plans moved +27.5% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows Mears Fertilizer, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan at $4M / 23 participants.

#3,936
in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
+9.5%
assets growth YoY

Mears Fertilizer, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan's mid-pack asset rank among Manufacturing and all filers

Mears Fertilizer, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$4,212,066 39th percentile higher than 39% 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

Mears Fertilizer, Inc. Profit Sharing 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. Mears Fertilizer, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan is a small filing (23 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Mears Fertilizer, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan reported net income fell from $543K in the plan year 2023 filing to $366K in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Mears Fertilizer, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan reported participants fell from 30 in the plan year 2023 filing to 23 in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Mears Fertilizer, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan end-of-year assets rose from $4M in the plan year 2023 filing to $4M in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 480698469 · Mears Fertilizer, Inc. PY 2024 · 401(k)

Mears Fertilizer, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan · $4M · 23 · 39th

  • BOOK $4M
  • VS-ST 23
  • BOY 39th
  • SCH 401(k)
  • EBSA near East Coast Energy Group 401(k) Plan
  • PART ind #3936

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 →

Mears Fertilizer, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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

Mears Fertilizer, Inc. multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Mears Fertilizer, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$4M 27.534828543736765% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$3M$3.5M$4M$4.5M 202220232024 $3.3M $4.21M ▲ +27.6%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 24 $3M
2023 1 30 $4M
2024 1 23 $4M

Mears Fertilizer, Inc. filing trail (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$4M
Net Assets (End of Year)$4M
Net Income$366K
Employer EIN480698469
Plan Effective Date1976-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Kansas

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

Mears Fertilizer, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Kansas, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -5000050001000015000 -1012345 Total assets ($B) Participants Mears Fertilizer, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.004212066 · Participants: 23Mears Fertilizer, Inc. Profit Sharing 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
Mears Fertilizer, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Kansas, assets vs. participants
Compare Mears Fertilizer, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

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

Outside Kansas, the nearest 401(k) by assets is East Coast Energy Group 401(k) Plan in NY ($4M); by covered participants it is Metroplex General Contractors, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan in TX (23 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (23 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 Mears Fertilizer, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Mears Fertilizer, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan grew at a solid clip - up 9.5% during 2024, from $4M to $4M. Reported net income was $366K.
How have Mears Fertilizer, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Mears Fertilizer, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 27.5%, from $3M to $4M.
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Mears Fertilizer, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is East Coast Energy Group 401(k) Plan in NY ($4M, 50 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Mears Fertilizer, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Metroplex General Contractors, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan in TX (23 participants, $5M 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 480698469.

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.