ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Gardeners Guild, Inc. ESOP

Data updated 2026-08-25

$1M
Total assets Small plan by assets
136
Participants Small participant base
25th
Percentile by assets National rank
$7,701
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Gardeners Guild Employee Stock Ownership Plan · Sponsored by Gardeners Guild, Inc. · California · Administrative & Support Services

$1M in assets, 136 participants

Gardeners Guild, Inc.'s Gardeners Guild Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported $1M in total assets and 136 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 25th 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.

  • #2,363 in Administrative & Support Services (4,927 peers)

Coverage in California

Gardeners Guild Employee Stock Ownership Plan covers 136 participants in California, about 22% of the average California filer (state average ~630 per filing). Assets: $1M.

#2,363
in Administrative & Support Services (4,927 peers)
-5.1%
assets change YoY

The plan reported a net loss of $52K for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Gardeners Guild Employee Stock Ownership Plan among the smaller filed plans by assets

Gardeners Guild Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$1,047,315 25th percentile higher than 25% 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

Gardeners Guild 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. Gardeners Guild Employee Stock Ownership Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (136 participants).

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 680082879 · Gardeners Guild, Inc. PY 2022 · ESOP

Gardeners Guild Employee Stock Ownership Plan · $1M · 136 · 25th

  • NET $1M
  • NET 136
  • NET 25th
  • NET ESOP
  • NET near South Georgia Medical Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan
  • NET ind #2363

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 California →

Gardeners Guild Employee Stock Ownership Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Gardeners Guild Employee Stock Ownership Plan and nearest nationwide ESOP peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

California filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$1M
Net Assets (End of Year)$1M
Net Income-$52K
Employer EIN680082879
Plan Effective Date1997-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Gardeners Guild, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Gardeners Guild, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$947K 9.57629748451994% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$0.9M$0.95M$1M$1.05M$1.1M 202220232024 $1.05M $0.95M ▼ -9.5%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 136 $1M
2023 1 107 $977K
2024 1 119 $947K

Nearby ESOP Plans in California

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

Gardeners Guild Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in California, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -20000200040006000800010000 -101234 Total assets ($B) Participants Gardeners Guild Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.001047315 · Participants: 136Gardeners Guild Employee Stock Ownership PlanParsons Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.949816013 · Participants: 7804Parsons Employee Stock Ownership PlanAcco Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.217969943 · Participants: 1318Acco Employee Stock Ownership PlanRosendin Electric, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.994551911 · Participants: 1488Rosendin Electric, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanRecology Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.462005591 · Participants: 3560Recology Employee Stock Ownership PlanAgron, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.455961299 · Participants: 70Agron, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan
Gardeners Guild Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in California, assets vs. participants
Compare Gardeners Guild Employee Stock Ownership Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

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

Outside California, the nearest ESOP by assets is South Georgia Medical Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in GA ($1M); by covered participants it is Rhinebeck Bank Employee Stock Ownership Plan in NY (136 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (136 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 Gardeners Guild Employee Stock Ownership Plan assets move in 2022? ▼
Gardeners Guild Employee Stock Ownership Plan pulled back noticeably - down 5.1% during 2022, from $1M to $1M. Reported net income was -$52K.
How have Gardeners Guild, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Gardeners Guild, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets declined 9.6%, from $1M to $947K.
Where does Gardeners Guild Employee Stock Ownership Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Gardeners Guild Employee Stock Ownership Plan ranks in the 25th percentile by end-of-year assets among 139,126 plans that reported assets for plan year 2022 (in the lower half of filed plans by assets).
Which ESOP plans are similar in size to Gardeners Guild Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by assets is South Georgia Medical Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in GA ($1M, 53 participants).
Which ESOP plans cover a similar participant headcount to Gardeners Guild Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Rhinebeck Bank Employee Stock Ownership Plan in NY (136 participants, $4M 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 680082879.

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.