ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Design Business Communications, Inc. ESOP

Data updated 2026-08-25

$2M
Total assets Small plan by assets
19
Participants Small participant base
33rd
Percentile by assets National rank
$102,519
Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: American Telephone Employee Stock Ownership Plan · Sponsored by Design Business Communications, Inc. · Arizona · Information & Media

$2M in assets, 19 participants

Design Business Communications, Inc.'s American Telephone Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported $2M in total assets and 19 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 33rd 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.

  • #550 in Information & Media (2,911 peers)

What the 2022 filing shows

American Telephone Employee Stock Ownership Plan holds $2M for 19 participants - about $102,519 per participant, in the lower half of filed plans by assets.

#550
in Information & Media (2,911 peers)
+2.2%
assets growth YoY

American Telephone Employee Stock Ownership Plan among the smaller filed plans by assets

American Telephone Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$1,947,866 33rd percentile higher than 33% 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

American Telephone 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. American Telephone Employee Stock Ownership Plan is a small filing (19 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 860736656 · Design Business Communications, Inc. PY 2022 · ESOP

American Telephone Employee Stock Ownership Plan · $2M · 19 · 33rd

  • RANK $2M
  • RANK 19
  • RANK 33rd
  • RANK ESOP
  • RANK near Hale Farms, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan
  • RANK ind #550

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 Arizona →

American Telephone Employee Stock Ownership Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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

Filing particulars (2022)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$2M
Net Assets (End of Year)$2M
Net Income$42K
Employer EIN860736656
Plan Effective Date2005-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Design Business Communications, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Design Business Communications, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$2M 6.339450455010766% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$1.6M$1.7M$1.8M$1.9M$2M 202220232024 $1.95M $1.82M ▼ -6.7%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 19 $2M
2023 1 17 $2M
2024 1 18 $2M

Nearby ESOP Plans in Arizona

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

American Telephone Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Arizona, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -500005000100001500020000 -2000200400600800 Total assets ($M) Participants American Telephone Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 1.947866 · Participants: 19American Telephone Employee Stock Ownership PlanThe Sundt Companies Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 653.823941 · Participants: 1879The Sundt Companies Employee Stock Ownership PlanU-Haul Holding Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 498.168071 · Participants: 18179U-Haul Holding Company Employee Stock Ownership PlanSpencer's Air Conditioning & Appliance, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 309.035135 · Participants: 235Spencer's Air Conditioning & Appliance, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanPima Medical Institute Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 190.288581 · Participants: 1362Pima Medical Institute Employee Stock Ownership PlanRvr Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 144.534583 · Participants: 139Rvr Employee Stock Ownership Plan
American Telephone Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Arizona, assets vs. participants
Compare American Telephone Employee Stock Ownership Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

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

Outside Arizona, the nearest ESOP by assets is Hale Farms, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in MO ($2M); by covered participants it is N-Link Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan in OR (19 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (19 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 American Telephone Employee Stock Ownership Plan assets move in 2022? ▼
American Telephone Employee Stock Ownership Plan edged up modestly - up 2.2% during 2022, from $2M to $2M. Reported net income was $42K.
How have Design Business Communications, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Design Business Communications, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets declined 6.3%, from $2M to $2M.
Which ESOP plans are similar in size to American Telephone Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by assets is Hale Farms, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in MO ($2M, 2 participants).
Which ESOP plans cover a similar participant headcount to American Telephone Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is N-Link Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan in OR (19 participants, $730K 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 860736656.

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.