ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Sylvia's Microwave, Inc. , Dba Friedmans Appliance ESOP

Data updated 2026-08-25

$11M
Total assets Small plan by assets
51
Participants Small participant base
67th
Percentile by assets National rank
$218,104
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Friedmans Appliance Employee Stock Ownership Plan · Sponsored by Sylvia's Microwave, Inc. , Dba Friedmans Appliance · California · Retail Trade

$11M in assets, 51 participants

Sylvia's Microwave, Inc. , Dba Friedmans Appliance's Friedmans Appliance Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported $11M in total assets and 51 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 67th 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.

  • #7,393 in Retail Trade (9,519 peers)

Sylvia's Microwave, Inc. , Dba Friedmans Appliance multi-year trail

Sylvia's Microwave, Inc. , Dba Friedmans Appliance's plans moved +33.9% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows Friedmans Appliance Employee Stock Ownership Plan at $11M / 51 participants.

#7,393
in Retail Trade (9,519 peers)
+66.0%
assets growth YoY

Friedmans Appliance Employee Stock Ownership Plan's outsized position by total assets

Friedmans Appliance Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$11,123,289 Top 33% higher than 67% 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

Friedmans Appliance 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. Friedmans Appliance Employee Stock Ownership Plan is a small filing (51 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 942679112 · Sylvia's Microwave, Inc. , Dba Friedmans Appliance PY 2022 · ESOP

Friedmans Appliance Employee Stock Ownership Plan · $11M · 51 · 67th

  • SCH $11M
  • SCH 51
  • SCH 67th
  • SCH ESOP
  • SCH near Dutton-Lainson Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust
  • SCH ind #7393

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 →

Friedmans Appliance Employee Stock Ownership Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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

Sylvia's Microwave, Inc. , Dba Friedmans Appliance multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Sylvia's Microwave, Inc. , Dba Friedmans Appliance plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$15M 33.88701848886602% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$10M$12M$14M$16M 202220232024 $11.1M $14.9M ▲ +33.9%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 51 $11M
2023 1 61 $14M
2024 1 71 $15M

Sylvia's Microwave, Inc. , Dba Friedmans Appliance filing trail (2022)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$7M
Net Assets (End of Year)$9M
Net Income$5M
Employer EIN942679112
Plan Effective Date2016-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby ESOP Plans in California

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

Friedmans Appliance Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in California, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -20000200040006000800010000 -101234 Total assets ($B) Participants Friedmans Appliance Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.011123289 · Participants: 51Friedmans Appliance 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
Friedmans Appliance Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in California, assets vs. participants
Compare Friedmans Appliance Employee Stock Ownership Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

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

Outside California, the nearest ESOP by assets is Dutton-Lainson Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust in NE ($11M); by covered participants it is Mineola Community Bank, S.S.B. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in TX (51 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (51 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 Friedmans Appliance Employee Stock Ownership Plan assets move in 2022? ▼
Friedmans Appliance Employee Stock Ownership Plan surged - up 66.0% during 2022, from $7M to $11M. Reported net income was $5M.
How have Sylvia's Microwave, Inc. , Dba Friedmans Appliance plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Sylvia's Microwave, Inc. , Dba Friedmans Appliance's sponsor-wide assets grew 33.9%, from $11M to $15M.
Which ESOP plans are similar in size to Friedmans Appliance Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by assets is Dutton-Lainson Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust in NE ($11M, 252 participants).
Which ESOP plans cover a similar participant headcount to Friedmans Appliance Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Mineola Community Bank, S.S.B. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in TX (51 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 942679112.

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.