ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

America's Gardening Resource, Inc. ESOP

Data updated 2026-08-25

$28M
Total assets Below avg plan size
215
Participants Below avg headcount
82nd
Percentile by assets National rank
$128,044
Avg per participant Near avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: America's Gardening Resource, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · Sponsored by America's Gardening Resource, Inc. · Vermont · Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing

$28M in assets, 215 participants

America's Gardening Resource, Inc.'s America's Gardening Resource, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported $28M in total assets and 215 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 82nd 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.

  • #1,349 in Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing (1,523 peers)

Where America's Gardening Resource, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan sits by assets

America's Gardening Resource, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan sits in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, $28M for 215 participants (~$128,044/participant), up 4.0% in 2022.

#1,349
in Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing (1,523 peers)
+4.0%
assets growth YoY
0.3×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

America's Gardening Resource, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan's outsized position by total assets

America's Gardening Resource, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$27,529,451 Top 18% higher than 82% 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

America's Gardening Resource, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan among mid-size filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. America's Gardening Resource, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (215 participants).

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 030289604 · America's Gardening Resource, Inc. PY 2022 · ESOP

America's Gardening Resource, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · $28M · 215 · 82nd

  • EOY $28M
  • 5500 215
  • ASSETS 82nd
  • PCT ESOP
  • EIN near Unitek Holdings Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan
  • RANK ind #1349

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 Vermont →

America's Gardening Resource, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among America's Gardening Resource, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and nearest nationwide ESOP peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

Scale-class filing particulars (2022)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$26M
Net Assets (End of Year)$27M
Net Income$2M
Employer EIN030289604
Plan Effective Date1986-10-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (America's Gardening Resource, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All America's Gardening Resource, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$17M 59.874182074149765% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$10M$20M$30M$40M$50M 202220232024 $41.6M $16.7M ▼ -59.9%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 468 $42M
2023 2 461 $30M
2024 2 386 $17M

Nearby ESOP Plans in Vermont

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

America's Gardening Resource, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Vermont, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 0100200300400500 -1000100200300400500 Total assets ($M) Participants America's Gardening Resource, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 27.529451 · Participants: 215America's Gardening Resource, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanVermont Information Processing, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 400.862763 · Participants: 421Vermont Information Processing, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanKing Arthur Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 134.547526 · Participants: 301King Arthur Employee Stock Ownership PlanCfc ESOP, Total assets ($M): 77.87 · Participants: 402Cfc ESOPTrust Company of Vermont Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 18.503938 · Participants: 39Trust Company of Vermont Employee Stock Ownership PlanHallam Associates, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust, Total assets ($M): 17.15904 · Participants: 115Hallam Associates, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust
America's Gardening Resource, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Vermont, assets vs. participants
Compare America's Gardening Resource, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

America's Gardening Resource, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan's out-of-state ESOP peers by assets and headcount

Outside Vermont, the nearest ESOP by assets is Unitek Holdings Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in HI ($28M); by covered participants it is Valsource, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in PA (215 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (215 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 America's Gardening Resource, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan assets move in 2022? ▼
America's Gardening Resource, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan edged up modestly - up 4.0% during 2022, from $26M to $28M. Reported net income was $2M.
How have America's Gardening Resource, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), America's Gardening Resource, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets declined 59.9%, from $42M to $17M.
Where does America's Gardening Resource, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
America's Gardening Resource, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan ranks in the 82nd percentile by end-of-year assets among 139,126 plans that reported assets for plan year 2022 (in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets).
Which ESOP plans are similar in size to America's Gardening Resource, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by assets is Unitek Holdings Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in HI ($28M, 75 participants).
Which ESOP plans cover a similar participant headcount to America's Gardening Resource, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Valsource, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in PA (215 participants, $41M 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 030289604.

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.