401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Kern Steel Fabrication, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$9M
Total assets Small plan by assets
85
Participants Small participant base
53rd
Percentile by assets National rank
$102,420
Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Kern Steel Fabrication, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust · Sponsored by Kern Steel Fabrication, Inc. · California · Manufacturing

$9M in assets, 85 participants

Kern Steel Fabrication, Inc.'s Kern Steel Fabrication, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust reported $9M in total assets and 85 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 53rd 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.

  • #6,714 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)

Kern Steel Fabrication, Inc. multi-year trail

Kern Steel Fabrication, Inc.'s plans moved +20.9% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows Kern Steel Fabrication, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust at $9M / 85 participants.

#6,714
in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
+18.5%
assets growth YoY

Kern Steel Fabrication, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust's mid-pack asset rank among Manufacturing and all filers

Kern Steel Fabrication, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust vs every filed plan by assets

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

$8,705,691 Top 47% higher than 53% 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

Kern Steel Fabrication, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Kern Steel Fabrication, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust is a small filing (85 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Kern Steel Fabrication, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust reported net income rose from $146K in the plan year 2023 filing to $1M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Kern Steel Fabrication, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust end-of-year assets rose from $7M in the plan year 2023 filing to $9M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Kern Steel Fabrication, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust reported participants fell from 86 in the plan year 2023 filing to 85 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 953267210 · Kern Steel Fabrication, Inc. PY 2024 · 401(k)

Kern Steel Fabrication, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust · $9M · 85 · 53rd

  • BOY $9M
  • BOY 85
  • BOY 53rd
  • BOY 401(k)
  • BOY near Vanu, Inc. 401(k) Plan
  • BOY ind #6714

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 California →

Kern Steel Fabrication, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust in the asset neighbourhood

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

Kern Steel Fabrication, Inc. multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Kern Steel Fabrication, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$9M 20.854314573040536% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$7M$7.5M$8M$8.5M$9M 202220232024 $7.2M $8.71M ▲ +21.0%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 107 $7M
2023 1 86 $7M
2024 1 85 $9M

Kern Steel Fabrication, Inc. filing trail (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$7M
Net Assets (End of Year)$9M
Net Income$1M
Employer EIN953267210
Plan Effective Date1997-07-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby 401(k) Plans in California

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

Kern Steel Fabrication, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust vs. nearby 401(k) plans in California, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 -200204060 Total assets ($B) Participants Kern Steel Fabrication, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust, Total assets ($B): 0.008705691 · Participants: 85Kern Steel Fabrication, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and TrustGoogle LLC 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 48.738057415 · Participants: 116712Google LLC 401(k) Savings PlanOracle Corporation 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan, Total assets ($B): 31.02646504 · Participants: 58962Oracle Corporation 401(k) Savings and Investment PlanIntel 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 24.850880304 · Participants: 55298Intel 401(k) Savings PlanApple 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 24.714519387 · Participants: 101450Apple 401(k) PlanCisco Systems,Inc. 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 22.728425546 · Participants: 40452Cisco Systems,Inc. 401(k) Plan
Kern Steel Fabrication, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust vs. nearby 401(k) plans in California, assets vs. participants
Compare Kern Steel Fabrication, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust side-by-side with 3 peers →

Kern Steel Fabrication, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside California, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Vanu, Inc. 401(k) Plan in MA ($9M); by covered participants it is Heart of America Beverage Company, LLC 401(k) Plan in MO (85 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($9M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (85 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 Kern Steel Fabrication, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust assets move in 2024? ▼
Kern Steel Fabrication, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust grew sharply - up 18.5% during 2024, from $7M to $9M. Reported net income was $1M.
How have Kern Steel Fabrication, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Kern Steel Fabrication, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 20.9%, from $7M to $9M.
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Kern Steel Fabrication, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Vanu, Inc. 401(k) Plan in MA ($9M, 23 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Kern Steel Fabrication, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Heart of America Beverage Company, LLC 401(k) Plan in MO (85 participants, $11M 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 953267210.

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.