ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

L/B Water Service, Inc. ESOP

Data updated 2026-08-25

$201M
Total assets Near avg plan size
192
Participants Below avg headcount
96th
Percentile by assets National rank
$1.0M
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: L/B Water Service, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · Sponsored by L/B Water Service, Inc. · Pennsylvania · Wholesale Trade

$201M in assets, 192 participants

L/B Water Service, Inc.'s L/B Water Service, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported $201M in total assets and 192 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 96th 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.

  • #6,627 in Wholesale Trade (6,843 peers)

Coverage in Pennsylvania

L/B Water Service, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan covers 192 participants in Pennsylvania, about 23% of the average Pennsylvania filer (state average ~822 per filing). Assets: $201M.

#6,627
in Wholesale Trade (6,843 peers)
+30.6%
assets growth YoY
2.0×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

L/B Water Service, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan's outsized position by total assets

L/B Water Service, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$200,571,150 Top 4% higher than 96% 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

L/B Water Service, 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. L/B Water Service, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (192 participants).

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 753036438 · L/B Water Service, Inc. PY 2022 · ESOP

L/B Water Service, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · $201M · 192 · 96th

  • PCT $201M
  • EIN 192
  • RANK 96th
  • PHOTO ESOP
  • IND near Zander Group Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan
  • EOY ind #6627

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 Pennsylvania →

L/B Water Service, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Pace Supply Corporation Employee Stock Ownership PlanPace Supply Corporation Empl…$203MEmery Sapp Employee Stock Ownership PlanEmery Sapp Employee Stock Ow…$202ML/B Water Service, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanL/B Water Service, Inc. Empl…$201MZander Group Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanZander Group Holdings, Inc. …$200MPorterville Citrus, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanPorterville Citrus, Inc. Emp…$199M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among L/B Water Service, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and nearest nationwide ESOP peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

Pennsylvania filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$154M
Net Assets (End of Year)$201M
Net Income$47M
Employer EIN753036438
Plan Effective Date2002-04-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (L/B Water Service, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All L/B Water Service, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$247M 12.45629845401719% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$210M$220M$230M$240M$250M 202220232024 $219M $247M ▲ +12.5%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 409 $219M
2023 2 434 $238M
2024 2 458 $247M

Nearby ESOP Plans in Pennsylvania

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

L/B Water Service, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Pennsylvania, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000500010000150002000025000 -1012345 Total assets ($B) Participants L/B Water Service, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.20057115 · Participants: 192L/B Water Service, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanWawa, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.519811811 · Participants: 22323Wawa, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanBradford White Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust Agreement, Total assets ($B): 1.154561341 · Participants: 337Bradford White Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust AgreementSheetz, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.533697969 · Participants: 12847Sheetz, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanCentimark Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust, Total assets ($B): 0.48126732 · Participants: 2268Centimark Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan and TrustNewage Industries, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.310383492 · Participants: 304Newage Industries, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan
L/B Water Service, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Pennsylvania, assets vs. participants
Compare L/B Water Service, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

L/B Water Service, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan's out-of-state ESOP peers by assets and headcount

Outside Pennsylvania, the nearest ESOP by assets is Zander Group Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in TN ($200M); by covered participants it is Ameri-Force, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in FL (192 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (192 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 L/B Water Service, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan assets move in 2022? ▼
L/B Water Service, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan surged - up 30.6% during 2022, from $154M to $201M. Reported net income was $47M.
How have L/B Water Service, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), L/B Water Service, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 12.5%, from $219M to $247M.
Where does L/B Water Service, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
L/B Water Service, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan ranks in the 96th percentile by end-of-year assets among 139,126 plans that reported assets for plan year 2022 (in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets).
Which ESOP plans are similar in size to L/B Water Service, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by assets is Zander Group Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in TN ($200M, 184 participants).
Which ESOP plans cover a similar participant headcount to L/B Water Service, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Ameri-Force, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in FL (192 participants, $8M 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 753036438.

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.