ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Bwe, Inc. ESOP

Data updated 2026-08-25

$4M
Total assets Small plan by assets
43
Participants Small participant base
38th
Percentile by assets National rank
$83,530
Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Bwe, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · Sponsored by Bwe, Inc. · California · Professional & Technical Services

$4M in assets, 43 participants

Bwe, Inc.'s Bwe, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported $4M in total assets and 43 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 38th 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.

  • #7,239 in Professional & Technical Services (20,321 peers)

Bwe, Inc. multi-year trail

Bwe, Inc.'s plans moved -13.4% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows Bwe, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan at $4M / 43 participants.

#7,239
in Professional & Technical Services (20,321 peers)
-1.8%
assets change YoY

The plan reported a net loss of $67K for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Bwe, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan's mid-pack asset rank among Professional & Technical Services and all filers

Bwe, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$3,591,780 38th percentile higher than 38% 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

Bwe, Inc. 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. Bwe, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan is a small filing (43 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Bwe, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported net income rose from -$243K in the plan year 2022 filing to -$67K in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Bwe, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported participants fell from 47 in the plan year 2022 filing to 43 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Bwe, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan end-of-year assets fell from $4M in the plan year 2022 filing to $4M in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 952762943 · Bwe, Inc. PY 2023 · ESOP

Bwe, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · $4M · 43 · 38th

  • RANK $4M
  • RANK 43
  • RANK 38th
  • RANK ESOP
  • RANK near P.B.E. Jobbers Warehouse, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan
  • RANK ind #7239

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 →

Bwe, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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

Bwe, Inc. multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Bwe, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$3M 13.392720474076667% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$3M$3.2M$3.4M$3.6M$3.8M 202220232024 $3.66M $3.17M ▼ -13.4%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 47 $4M
2023 1 43 $4M
2024 1 40 $3M

Bwe, Inc. filing trail (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$4M
Net Assets (End of Year)$4M
Net Income-$67K
Employer EIN952762943
Plan Effective Date2012-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby ESOP Plans in California

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

Bwe, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in California, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -20000200040006000800010000 -101234 Total assets ($B) Participants Bwe, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.00359178 · Participants: 43Bwe, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanParsons Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.757068542 · Participants: 7871Parsons Employee Stock Ownership PlanAcco Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.444524335 · Participants: 1397Acco Employee Stock Ownership PlanRosendin Electric, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.125537204 · Participants: 1700Rosendin Electric, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanAgron, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.533004512 · Participants: 72Agron, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanRecology Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.497089527 · Participants: 3656Recology Employee Stock Ownership Plan
Bwe, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in California, assets vs. participants
Compare Bwe, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

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

Outside California, the nearest ESOP by assets is P.B.E. Jobbers Warehouse, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in WI ($4M); by covered participants it is Geotex Construction Services, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in OH (43 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (43 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 Bwe, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Bwe, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan edged down modestly - down 1.8% during 2023, from $4M to $4M. Reported net income was -$67K.
How have Bwe, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Bwe, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets declined 13.4%, from $4M to $3M.
Which ESOP plans are similar in size to Bwe, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by assets is P.B.E. Jobbers Warehouse, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in WI ($4M, N/A participants).
Which ESOP plans cover a similar participant headcount to Bwe, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Geotex Construction Services, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in OH (43 participants, $5M 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 952762943.

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.