ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Harps Food Stores, Inc. ESOP

Data updated 2026-08-25

$304M
Total assets Above avg plan size
2,351
Participants Above avg headcount
97th
Percentile by assets National rank
$129,199
Avg per participant Near avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Harps Food Stores, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · Sponsored by Harps Food Stores, Inc. · Arkansas · Retail Trade

$304M in assets, 2,351 participants

Harps Food Stores, Inc.'s Harps Food Stores, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported $304M in total assets and 2,351 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 97th 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.

  • #9,348 in Retail Trade (9,519 peers)

Where Harps Food Stores, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan sits by assets

Harps Food Stores, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan sits in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, $304M for 2,351 participants (~$129,199/participant), up 5.2% in 2022.

#9,348
in Retail Trade (9,519 peers)
+5.2%
assets growth YoY
3.0×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Harps Food Stores, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan's outsized position by total assets

Harps Food Stores, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$303,746,151 Top 3% higher than 97% 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

Harps Food Stores, 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. Harps Food Stores, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan lands in the large band (2,351 participants).

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 710304953 · Harps Food Stores, Inc. PY 2022 · ESOP

Harps Food Stores, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · $304M · 2,351 · 97th

  • PART $304M
  • TYPE 2,351
  • NET 97th
  • BOOK ESOP
  • VS-ST near Mathematica Group Holding Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan
  • BOY ind #9348

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 Arkansas →

Harps Food Stores, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Harps Food Stores, 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)$289M
Net Assets (End of Year)$304M
Net Income$17M
Employer EIN710304953
Plan Effective Date1988-09-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Harps Food Stores, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Harps Food Stores, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$361M 7.043745819521682% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$330M$340M$350M$360M$370M 202220232024 $337M $361M ▲ +7.0%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 6,573 $337M
2023 2 7,415 $345M
2024 2 7,908 $361M

Nearby ESOP Plans in Arkansas

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

Harps Food Stores, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Arkansas, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 05001000150020002500 0100200300400 Total assets ($M) Participants Harps Food Stores, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 303.746151 · Participants: 2351Harps Food Stores, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanCentral States Manufacturing, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 336.726227 · Participants: 1068Central States Manufacturing, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanCentral Moloney, Inc. Salaried Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust, Total assets ($M): 180.291297 · Participants: 112Central Moloney, Inc. Salaried Employee Stock Ownership Plan and TrustE.C. Barton & Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan & Trust, Total assets ($M): 167.015531 · Participants: 587E.C. Barton & Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan & TrustRubber & Gasket Company of America Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 60.748052 · Participants: 140Rubber & Gasket Company of America Employee Stock Ownership PlanFirst Bank Corp Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 29.120249 · Participants: 422First Bank Corp Employee Stock Ownership Plan
Harps Food Stores, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Arkansas, assets vs. participants
Compare Harps Food Stores, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

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

Outside Arkansas, the nearest ESOP by assets is Mathematica Group Holding Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in NJ ($303M); by covered participants it is Discount Drug Mart, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in OH (2,322 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (2,351 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 Harps Food Stores, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan assets move in 2022? ▼
Harps Food Stores, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan grew at a solid clip - up 5.2% during 2022, from $289M to $304M. Reported net income was $17M.
How have Harps Food Stores, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Harps Food Stores, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 7.0%, from $337M to $361M.
Where does Harps Food Stores, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Harps Food Stores, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan ranks in the 97th 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 Harps Food Stores, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by assets is Mathematica Group Holding Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in NJ ($303M, 1,383 participants).
Which ESOP plans cover a similar participant headcount to Harps Food Stores, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Discount Drug Mart, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in OH (2,322 participants, $49M 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 710304953.

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.