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HOWARD SIMON & ASSOCIATES, INC.

40 known aliases resolved via the canonical alias map

Market position · 2024

Plans served35-11 YoYRank #459 of mapped providers
Assets under administration$863M0.0%Market share · rank #4189
Fees received$730,134Median $10,218/planSum across Schedule C direct + indirect
Net wins YoY-106 won · 16 lostPlan-level switch detection
Plans served · 5-year trajectory
Market-share plans percent annotated. Bar height is raw plan count.
Customer-base shape
What does a typical HOWARD SIMON & ASSOCIATES, INC. plan look like?
Service mix · median fees per plan
Count of plans where HOWARD SIMON & ASSOCIATES, INC. ships each service code, and the median compensation they report under it.
ServicePlansMedian feesDistribution
Recordkeeping fees; Recordkeeping and information management (computing, tabulating, data processing, etc.); Account maintenance fees; Direct payment from the planCode 15
14$21,291
Contract AdministratorCode 13
7$5,000
Participant loan processing; Consulting (pension); Direct payment from the planCode 17
5$6,339
Participant loan processing; Investment advisory (participants); Consulting (pension); Direct payment from the plan; Plan Administrator; Investment advisory (plan); Recordkeeping and information management (computing, tabulating, data processing, etc.); Participant communicationCode 14
3$48,556
Other feesCode 99
2$1,674
Accounting (including auditing)Code 10
1$1,950
Legal; Direct payment from the planCode 29
1$10,218
Participant loan processing; Participant communicationCode 37
1$2,528
Competitor overlap
Percent of HOWARD SIMON & ASSOCIATES, INC.'s plans that also list each competitor on Schedule C. High numbers = co-living partners; low numbers = direct displacement targets.
Plans won in 2024
Appeared this year; did not appear last year under HOWARD SIMON & ASSOCIATES, INC..
SponsorFromAssets
STAFFMARK GROUP, LLCOH · 061553489-002
GREAT-WEST LIFE & ANNUITY INSURANCE$149M
BBS AUTOMATION CHICAGO, INC.IL · 203893653-001
GOLDEN TRAIL ADVISERS, LLC$15M
QUALITY SPRING/TOGOMI · 382813160-003
COHEN & COMPANY$5M
METCO TREATING & DEVELOPMENTIL · 362268981-001
JOHN HANCOCK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY$4M
STEIN HOSPICE SERVICES, INCOH · 341411008-001
METLIFE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY$0
Plans lost in 2024
Appeared last year under HOWARD SIMON & ASSOCIATES, INC.; not this year.
SponsorToAssets
GRAY TELEVISION INC.GA · 580285030-003
GREAT-WEST LIFE & ANNUITY INSURANCE$576M
OTTO ENGINEERING, INC.IL · 362538513-001
GREAT-WEST LIFE & ANNUITY INSURANCE$58M
MIDWEST ANESTHESIA ASSOCIATES, P.A.KS · 480765484-001
CHARLES SCHWAB & CO., INC.$56M
INDECK ENERGY SERVICES, INC.IL · 363421443-001
ASCENSUS LLC$32M
NORTHWEST ONCOLOGY & HEMATOLOGY,S.CIL · 363395596-001
(new plan)$27M
MCGRATH ENTERPRISES, INC.IL · 363432209-001
ASCENSUS LLC$21M
HOFFMAN TRANSPORTATIONIL · 363079839-001
ASCENSUS LLC$21M
V & V SUPREMO FOODS, INC.IL · 362653261-001
VOYA RETIREMENT INSURANCE & ANNUITY$18M
TRITECH MARKETING, LLCIL · 363604568-001
ASCENSUS LLC$18M
ADVACARE SYSTEMS, INC.IL · 363998557-001
NADLER FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.$16M
Top plans by assets
Searchable full list lands with the commercial layer.
PlanAssetsParticipantsFeesTenureFlags
STAFFMARK GROUP, LLCOH · 061553489-002
$144M5,366$4,5812y1
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$100M204$80,52610y-
SWANSON, MARTIN & BELL, LLPIL · 363825975-001
$93M278$48,55610y1
CHICAGO TUBE AND IRON COMPANYIL · 360910890-001
$60M441$52,40110y1
WEAVER CONSULTANTS GROUP, LLCIL · 364365041-001
$49M749$14,20510y-
MICHAEL LEWIS COMPANYIL · 360905140-001
$45M255$50,92910y1
CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C.IL · 363258748-001
$37M363$4,68810y1
INTERNATIONAL SERVICES, INC.IL · 363788558-001
$32M681$5,0004y-
B.F. SHAW PRINTING COMPANYIL · 361763240-001
$27M372$25,18610y-
FIELDWORK, INC.IL · 363328814-001
$25M487$114,1652y-
Flag exposure
94.3%Market: 89.2%
This provider
Market baseline

Share of this provider's plans tripping any deterministic red flag this year. Lower than market baseline = better risk surface.

Aliases resolved (40)
Raw Schedule C names collapsed into HOWARD SIMON & ASSOCIATES, INC..
  • HOWARD & HOWARD, PLLC
  • HOWARD COWAN
  • HOWARD FERTILIZER & CHEMICAL CO INC
  • HOWARD GREEN
  • HOWARD JOHANNSSEN SS 089-34-1787
  • HOWARD MILLER & ASSOCIATES
  • HOWARD MILLER & ASSOCIATES, LLC
  • HOWARD ROBERTS
  • HOWARD S ZODICOFF
  • HOWARD SIMON
  • HOWARD SIMON & ASSOC INC
  • HOWARD SIMON & ASSOCIATES
  • HOWARD SIMON & ASSOCIATES INC
  • HOWARD SIMON & ASSOCIATES, INC
  • HOWARD SIMON & ASSOCIATES, INC,.
  • HOWARD SIMON & ASSOCIATES, INC.
  • HOWARD SIMON & ASSOCIATES,INC.
  • HOWARD SIMON & ASSOCS INC
  • HOWARD SIMON & ASSOICATES, INC.
  • HOWARD SIMON AND ASSOCIATES
  • HOWARD SIMON ASSOCS INC
  • HOWARD WERSHBAIE & CO
  • HOWARD WERSHBALE & CO.
  • HOWARD ZODICOFF
  • HOWARD, STACEY
Book composition by plan size
Bars stack to total plans served; segments use the same asset cutoffs as the /retirement size filter. Up-and-to-the-right on the bigger segments = moving up-market.
Under $5M$5-50M$50-250M$250M-1B$1B+
Compliance posture vs market
Per-flag share for HOWARD SIMON & ASSOCIATES, INC.'s book against the same flag's overall prevalence across all filings. Negative delta = under-indexed (cleaner book); positive = elevated risk surface.
FlagPlans flaggedProvider %Market %Delta
Recently terminated12.86%7.76%-4.91 pp
Fidelity bond gap25.71%26.94%-21.23 pp
Late contributions720.00%1.71%+18.29 pp
Failed to provide benefit00.00%0.14%-0.14 pp
Corrective distributions617.14%1.76%+15.38 pp
Loss discovered00.00%0.00%-0.00 pp
New-plan formation share
Share of plans filing for the first time each year that landed with HOWARD SIMON & ASSOCIATES, INC.. Compare to the incumbent market share (0.1%) - higher = winning new business, lower = coasting on existing relationships.
0.0%-0.1 pp vs incumbent
Geographic penetration index
(Provider plans in state / state plans) divided by the provider's overall share of the market. Index 1.00 = average; > 1 = over-indexed (winning more than their fair share); < 1 = under-indexed (white space).
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