ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Valley City Sign Company ESOP

Data updated 2026-08-25

$7M
Total assets Small plan by assets
38
Participants Small participant base
50th
Percentile by assets National rank
$179,053
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Valley City Sign Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan · Sponsored by Valley City Sign Company · Michigan · Manufacturing

$7M in assets, 38 participants

Valley City Sign Company's Valley City Sign Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported $7M in total assets and 38 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 50th 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.

  • #6,454 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)

Valley City Sign Company multi-year trail

Valley City Sign Company's plans moved -74.3% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows Valley City Sign Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan at $7M / 38 participants.

#6,454
in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
+33.1%
assets growth YoY

Valley City Sign Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan's mid-pack asset rank among Manufacturing and all filers

Valley City Sign Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$6,804,000 Top 50% higher than 50% 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

Valley City Sign Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Valley City Sign Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan is a small filing (38 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Valley City Sign Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported net income rose from $922K in the plan year 2022 filing to $2M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Valley City Sign Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan end-of-year assets rose from $5M in the plan year 2022 filing to $7M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Valley City Sign Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported participants rose from 35 in the plan year 2022 filing to 38 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 382137837 · Valley City Sign Company PY 2023 · ESOP

Valley City Sign Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan · $7M · 38 · 50th

  • BOOK $7M
  • VS-ST 38
  • BOY 50th
  • SCH ESOP
  • EBSA near Four Sea Group, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan
  • PART ind #6454

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 Michigan →

Valley City Sign Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Valley City Sign Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan and nearest nationwide ESOP peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Valley City Sign Company multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Valley City Sign Company plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$1M 74.26056338028168% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$0M$2M$4M$6M$8M 202220232024 $5.11M $1.32M ▼ -74.2%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 35 $5M
2023 1 38 $7M
2024 1 30 $1M

Valley City Sign Company filing trail (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$5M
Net Assets (End of Year)$7M
Net Income$2M
Employer EIN382137837
Plan Effective Date2006-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby ESOP Plans in Michigan

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

Valley City Sign Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Michigan, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50005001000150020002500 -0.500.511.5 Total assets ($B) Participants Valley City Sign Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.006804 · Participants: 38Valley City Sign Company Employee Stock Ownership PlanMcnaughton-Mckay Electric Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.30777109 · Participants: 1635Mcnaughton-Mckay Electric Company Employee Stock Ownership PlanThe Kendall Group Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.808091077 · Participants: 1907The Kendall Group Employee Stock Ownership PlanProject Worldwide, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.436210284 · Participants: 1173Project Worldwide, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanMotor City Electric Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.258079249 · Participants: 207Motor City Electric Co. Employee Stock Ownership PlanLee Contracting, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.237688318 · Participants: 500Lee Contracting, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan
Valley City Sign Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Michigan, assets vs. participants
Compare Valley City Sign Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Valley City Sign Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan's out-of-state ESOP peers by assets and headcount

Outside Michigan, the nearest ESOP by assets is Four Sea Group, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in CO ($7M); by covered participants it is Inberg-Miller Engineers Employee Stock Ownership Plan in WY (38 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (38 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

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 Valley City Sign Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Valley City Sign Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan surged - up 33.1% during 2023, from $5M to $7M. Reported net income was $2M.
How have Valley City Sign Company plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Valley City Sign Company's sponsor-wide assets declined 74.3%, from $5M to $1M.
Which ESOP plans are similar in size to Valley City Sign Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by assets is Four Sea Group, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in CO ($7M, 61 participants).
Which ESOP plans cover a similar participant headcount to Valley City Sign Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Inberg-Miller Engineers Employee Stock Ownership Plan in WY (38 participants, N/A in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2023.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 382137837.

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.