ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Hackett Publishing Co Inc. ESOP

Data updated 2026-08-25

$4M
Total assets Small plan by assets
28
Participants Small participant base
41st
Percentile by assets National rank
$153,419
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. ESOP & Trust · Sponsored by Hackett Publishing Co Inc. · Indiana · Information & Media

$4M in assets, 28 participants

Hackett Publishing Co Inc.'s Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. ESOP & Trust reported $4M in total assets and 28 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 41st 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.

  • #716 in Information & Media (2,818 peers)

Hackett Publishing Co Inc. multi-year trail

Hackett Publishing Co Inc.'s plans moved +21.1% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. ESOP & Trust at $4M / 28 participants.

#716
in Information & Media (2,818 peers)
+0.4%
assets growth YoY

Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. ESOP & Trust's mid-pack asset rank among Information & Media and all filers

Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. ESOP & Trust vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500

$4,295,729 41st percentile higher than 41% of 127,068 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 2023

Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. ESOP & Trust among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. ESOP & Trust is a small filing (28 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. ESOP & Trust reported net income rose from -$660K in the plan year 2022 filing to $16K in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. ESOP & Trust reported participants rose from 27 in the plan year 2022 filing to 28 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 351281712 · Hackett Publishing Co Inc. PY 2023 · ESOP

Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. ESOP & Trust · $4M · 28 · 41st

  • EOY $4M
  • EOY 28
  • EOY 41st
  • EOY ESOP
  • EOY near Thomco Specialty Products, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan
  • EOY ind #716

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 Indiana →

Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. ESOP & Trust in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. ESOP & Trust and nearest nationwide ESOP peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Hackett Publishing Co Inc. multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Hackett Publishing Co Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$9M 21.104870466509485% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$7.5M$8M$8.5M$9M$9.5M 202220232024 $7.71M $9.33M ▲ +21.0%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 53 $8M
2023 2 56 $8M
2024 2 58 $9M

Hackett Publishing Co Inc. filing trail (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$4M
Net Assets (End of Year)$4M
Net Income$16K
Employer EIN351281712
Plan Effective Date2010-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby ESOP Plans in Indiana

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

Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. ESOP & Trust vs. nearby ESOP plans in Indiana, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -100001000200030004000 -0.500.511.522.5 Total assets ($B) Participants Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. ESOP & Trust, Total assets ($B): 0.004295729 · Participants: 28Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. ESOP & TrustJasper Holdings, Inc Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust, Total assets ($B): 1.921766853 · Participants: 3535Jasper Holdings, Inc Employee Stock Ownership Plan and TrustUrschel Laboratories Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.36648086 · Participants: 487Urschel Laboratories Employee Stock Ownership PlanNibco Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.364505967 · Participants: 1242Nibco Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanSuperior Industrial Solutions, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.138902309 · Participants: 363Superior Industrial Solutions, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanDucharme, Mcmillen & Associates, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.135390454 · Participants: 558Ducharme, Mcmillen & Associates, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan
Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. ESOP & Trust vs. nearby ESOP plans in Indiana, assets vs. participants

Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. ESOP & Trust's out-of-state ESOP peers by assets and headcount

Outside Indiana, the nearest ESOP by assets is Thomco Specialty Products, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in GA ($4M); by covered participants it is Electro-Sensors, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust in MN (28 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. ESOP & Trust assets move in 2023?
Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. ESOP & Trust held essentially flat - up 0.4% during 2023, from $4M to $4M. Reported net income was $16K.
How have Hackett Publishing Co Inc. plan assets changed over time?
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Hackett Publishing Co Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 21.1%, from $8M to $9M.
Which ESOP plans are similar in size to Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. ESOP & Trust?
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by assets is Thomco Specialty Products, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in GA ($4M, 40 participants).
Which ESOP plans cover a similar participant headcount to Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. ESOP & Trust?
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Electro-Sensors, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust in MN (28 participants, $443K in assets).