401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

By Shear Design, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$215K
Total assets Small plan by assets
4
Participants Small participant base
11th
Percentile by assets National rank
$53,771
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: By Shear Design, Inc. 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by By Shear Design, Inc. · Virginia · Other Services

$215K in assets, 4 participants

By Shear Design, Inc.'s By Shear Design, Inc. 401(k) Plan reported $215K in total assets and 4 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 11th 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.

  • #1,804 in Other Services (7,719 peers)

2024 asset change

By Shear Design, Inc. 401(k) Plan pulled back noticeably 10.8% in 2024 ($241K → $215K) for 4 participants.

#1,804
in Other Services (7,719 peers)
-10.8%
assets change YoY

The plan reported a net loss of $26K for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

By Shear Design, Inc. 401(k) Plan among the smaller filed plans by assets

By Shear Design, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$215,083 11th percentile higher than 11% 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

By Shear Design, Inc. 401(k) Plan among micro filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. By Shear Design, Inc. 401(k) Plan is a micro filing (4 participants), the leftmost band.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • By Shear Design, Inc. 401(k) Plan reported net income fell from $12K in the plan year 2023 filing to -$26K in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • By Shear Design, Inc. 401(k) Plan end-of-year assets fell from $241K in the plan year 2023 filing to $215K in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 273911417 · By Shear Design, Inc. PY 2024 · 401(k)

By Shear Design, Inc. 401(k) Plan · $215K · 4 · 11th

  • SCH $215K
  • SCH 4
  • SCH 11th
  • SCH 401(k)
  • SCH near Puerto Rican American Corporation 401(k) Plan
  • SCH ind #1804

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 Other Services retirement plans → · Plans in Virginia →

By Shear Design, Inc. 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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

By Shear Design, Inc. years around the 2024 move

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All By Shear Design, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$215K 6.124025594245659% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$0.21M$0.22M$0.23M$0.24M$0.25M 202220232024 $0.23M $0.22M ▼ -4.3%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 1 $229K
2023 1 4 $241K
2024 1 4 $215K

2024 asset-move particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$241K
Net Assets (End of Year)$215K
Net Income-$26K
Employer EIN273911417
Plan Effective Date2010-11-09
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Virginia

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

By Shear Design, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Virginia, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 -1001020304050 Total assets ($B) Participants By Shear Design, Inc. 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.000215083 · Participants: 4By Shear Design, Inc. 401(k) PlanNorthrop Grumman Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 39.473777135 · Participants: 104719Northrop Grumman Savings Plan401(k) Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 16.840459887 · Participants: 62869401(k) Pension PlanGeneral Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Plan 6.0, Total assets ($B): 12.395006194 · Participants: 49414General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Plan 6.0Capital One Financial Corporation Associate Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 12.04952818 · Participants: 44933Capital One Financial Corporation Associate Savings PlanLeidos, Inc. Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 11.790942581 · Participants: 29734Leidos, Inc. Retirement Plan
By Shear Design, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Virginia, assets vs. participants
Compare By Shear Design, Inc. 401(k) Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

By Shear Design, Inc. 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Virginia, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Puerto Rican American Corporation 401(k) Plan in OH ($215K); by covered participants it is Jab Investments, Inc. 401(k) Plan in WI (4 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (4 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 By Shear Design, Inc. 401(k) Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
By Shear Design, Inc. 401(k) Plan pulled back noticeably - down 10.8% during 2024, from $241K to $215K. Reported net income was -$26K.
How have By Shear Design, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), By Shear Design, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets declined 6.1%, from $229K to $215K.
Where does By Shear Design, Inc. 401(k) Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
By Shear Design, Inc. 401(k) Plan ranks in the 11th percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (among the smaller plans by assets on file).
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to By Shear Design, Inc. 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Puerto Rican American Corporation 401(k) Plan in OH ($215K, 12 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to By Shear Design, Inc. 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Jab Investments, Inc. 401(k) Plan in WI (4 participants, N/A 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 273911417.

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.