ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Germane & Co., Inc. ESOP

Data updated 2026-08-25

$7M
Total assets Small plan by assets
41
Participants Small participant base
58th
Percentile by assets National rank
$175,045
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Germane Solutions Employee Stock Ownership Plan · Sponsored by Germane & Co., Inc. · Ohio · Professional & Technical Services

$7M in assets, 41 participants

Germane & Co., Inc.'s Germane Solutions Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported $7M in total assets and 41 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 58th 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.

  • #12,110 in Professional & Technical Services (21,562 peers)

Germane & Co., Inc. multi-year trail

Germane & Co., Inc.'s plans moved +71.5% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows Germane Solutions Employee Stock Ownership Plan at $7M / 41 participants.

#12,110
in Professional & Technical Services (21,562 peers)
-26.3%
assets change YoY

The plan reported a net loss of $2M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Germane Solutions Employee Stock Ownership Plan's mid-pack asset rank among Professional & Technical Services and all filers

Germane Solutions Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500

$7,176,858 Top 42% higher than 58% of 139,123 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 2022

Germane Solutions Employee Stock Ownership Plan among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Germane Solutions Employee Stock Ownership Plan is a small filing (41 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 200242557 · Germane & Co., Inc. PY 2022 · ESOP

Germane Solutions Employee Stock Ownership Plan · $7M · 41 · 58th

  • IND $7M
  • EOY 41
  • 5500 58th
  • ASSETS ESOP
  • PCT near Cole's Employee Stock Ownership Plan & Trust Agreement
  • EIN ind #12110

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 Ohio →

Germane Solutions Employee Stock Ownership Plan in the asset neighbourhood

J.M. Grimstad, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanJ.M. Grimstad, Inc. Employee…$7MGermane Solutions Employee Stock Ownership PlanGermane Solutions Employee S…$7MCole's Employee Stock Ownership Plan & Trust AgreementCole's Employee Stock Owners…$7MLumber Traders, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan & TrustLumber Traders, Inc. Employe…$7MNobis Engineering, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanNobis Engineering, Inc. Empl…$7M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Germane Solutions Employee Stock Ownership Plan and nearest nationwide ESOP peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

Germane & Co., Inc. multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Germane & Co., Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$12M 71.45993413830955% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$4M$6M$8M$10M$12M$14M 202220232024 $7.18M $12.3M ▲ +71.4%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 41 $7M
2023 1 43 $6M
2024 1 34 $12M

Germane & Co., Inc. filing trail (2022)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$10M
Net Assets (End of Year)$715K
Net Income-$2M
Employer EIN200242557
Plan Effective Date2019-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby ESOP Plans in Ohio

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

Germane Solutions Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Ohio, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -10000010000200003000040000 -50510152025 Total assets ($B) Participants Germane Solutions Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.007176858 · Participants: 41Germane Solutions Employee Stock Ownership PlanProcter & Gamble Profit Sharing Trust & Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 21.972067387 · Participants: 30782Procter & Gamble Profit Sharing Trust & Employee Stock Ownership PlanThe Garland Industries, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan & Trust, Total assets ($B): 1.386806135 · Participants: 1000The Garland Industries, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan & TrustAdvanced Drainage Systems, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.559381199 · Participants: 3337Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanMesser Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.556639229 · Participants: 808Messer Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanCleveland Steel Container Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.444757925 · Participants: 407Cleveland Steel Container Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan
Germane Solutions Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Ohio, assets vs. participants
Compare Germane Solutions Employee Stock Ownership Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Germane Solutions Employee Stock Ownership Plan's out-of-state ESOP peers by assets and headcount

Outside Ohio, the nearest ESOP by assets is Cole's Employee Stock Ownership Plan & Trust Agreement in MN ($7M); by covered participants it is Appleton Marine, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust in WI (41 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (41 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Germane Solutions Employee Stock Ownership Plan assets move in 2022? ▼
Germane Solutions Employee Stock Ownership Plan declined sharply - down 26.3% during 2022, from $10M to $7M. Reported net income was -$2M.
How have Germane & Co., Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Germane & Co., Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 71.5%, from $7M to $12M.
Which ESOP plans are similar in size to Germane Solutions Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by assets is Cole's Employee Stock Ownership Plan & Trust Agreement in MN ($7M, 231 participants).
Which ESOP plans cover a similar participant headcount to Germane Solutions Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Appleton Marine, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust in WI (41 participants, $18M in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2022.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 200242557.

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.