ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc. ESOP

Data updated 2026-08-25

$136M
Total assets Near avg plan size
1,014
Participants Near avg headcount
94th
Percentile by assets National rank
$134,338
Avg per participant Near avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · Sponsored by Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc. · California · Retail Trade

$136M in assets, 1,014 participants

Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc.'s Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported $136M in total assets and 1,014 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 94th 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.

  • #9,214 in Retail Trade (9,519 peers)

Where Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan sits by assets

Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan sits in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets, $136M for 1,014 participants (~$134,338/participant), up 22.3% in 2022.

#9,214
in Retail Trade (9,519 peers)
+22.3%
assets growth YoY
1.4×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan's outsized position by total assets

Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$136,218,433 Top 6% higher than 94% 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

Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan's large-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan lands in the large band (1,014 participants).

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 953207663 · Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc. PY 2022 · ESOP

Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · $136M · 1,014 · 94th

  • VS-ST $136M
  • VS-ST 1,014
  • VS-ST 94th
  • VS-ST ESOP
  • VS-ST near Bancfirst Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan
  • VS-ST ind #9214

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 →

Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Armstrong Garden Centers, 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)$111M
Net Assets (End of Year)$136M
Net Income$25M
Employer EIN953207663
Plan Effective Date1980-08-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$176M 10.701843077055806% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$150M$160M$170M$180M 202220232024 $159M $176M ▲ +10.7%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 2,239 $159M
2023 2 2,175 $170M
2024 2 2,329 $176M

Nearby ESOP Plans in California

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

Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in California, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -20000200040006000800010000 -101234 Total assets ($B) Participants Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.136218433 · Participants: 1014Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc. 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
Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in California, assets vs. participants
Compare Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan's out-of-state ESOP peers by assets and headcount

Outside California, the nearest ESOP by assets is Bancfirst Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan in OK ($136M); by covered participants it is Trinidad Benham Corp. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in CO (1,013 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (1,014 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 Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan assets move in 2022? ▼
Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan grew sharply - up 22.3% during 2022, from $111M to $136M. Reported net income was $25M.
How have Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 10.7%, from $159M to $176M.
Where does Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan ranks in the 94th percentile by end-of-year assets among 139,126 plans that reported assets for plan year 2022 (in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets).
Which ESOP plans are similar in size to Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by assets is Bancfirst Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan in OK ($136M, 1,676 participants).
Which ESOP plans cover a similar participant headcount to Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Trinidad Benham Corp. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in CO (1,013 participants, $218M 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 953207663.

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.