ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Shields, Harper & Company ESOP

Data updated 2026-08-25

$19M
Total assets Small plan by assets
56
Participants Small participant base
72nd
Percentile by assets National rank
$347,330
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Shields, Harper & Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan · Sponsored by Shields, Harper & Company · California · Wholesale Trade

$19M in assets, 56 participants

Shields, Harper & Company's Shields, Harper & Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported $19M in total assets and 56 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 72nd 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.

  • #4,343 in Wholesale Trade (6,309 peers)

What the 2023 filing shows

Shields, Harper & Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan holds $19M for 56 participants - about $347,330 per participant, above the median plan by assets.

#4,343
in Wholesale Trade (6,309 peers)
+0.5%
assets growth YoY

Shields, Harper & Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan's outsized position by total assets

Shields, Harper & Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$19,450,469 Top 28% higher than 72% 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

Shields, Harper & 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. Shields, Harper & Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan is a small filing (56 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Shields, Harper & Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported net income fell from $1M in the plan year 2022 filing to $110K in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Shields, Harper & Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported participants fell from 58 in the plan year 2022 filing to 56 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Shields, Harper & Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan end-of-year assets rose from $19M in the plan year 2022 filing to $19M in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 941751530 · Shields, Harper & Company PY 2023 · ESOP

Shields, Harper & Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan · $19M · 56 · 72nd

  • ASSETS $19M
  • PCT 56
  • EIN 72nd
  • RANK ESOP
  • PHOTO near Waterfront Services Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust
  • IND ind #4343

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 →

Shields, Harper & Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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

Filing particulars (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$19M
Net Assets (End of Year)$19M
Net Income$110K
Employer EIN941751530
Plan Effective Date1992-11-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Shields, Harper & Company)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Shields, Harper & Company plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$19M 0.5750966419119211% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$19.2M$19.3M$19.4M$19.5M 202220232024 $19.4M $19.2M ▼ -0.6%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 58 $19M
2023 1 56 $19M
2024 1 57 $19M

Nearby ESOP Plans in California

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

Shields, Harper & Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in California, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -20000200040006000800010000 -101234 Total assets ($B) Participants Shields, Harper & Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.019450469 · Participants: 56Shields, Harper & Company 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
Shields, Harper & Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in California, assets vs. participants
Compare Shields, Harper & Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Shields, Harper & Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan's out-of-state ESOP peers by assets and headcount

Outside California, the nearest ESOP by assets is Waterfront Services Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust in IL ($19M); by covered participants it is Created From the First National Bank Employee Stock Ownership Plan in IL (56 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (56 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 Shields, Harper & Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Shields, Harper & Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan held essentially flat - up 0.5% during 2023, from $19M to $19M. Reported net income was $110K.
How have Shields, Harper & Company plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Shields, Harper & Company's sponsor-wide assets declined 0.6%, from $19M to $19M.
Which ESOP plans are similar in size to Shields, Harper & Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by assets is Waterfront Services Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust in IL ($19M, 88 participants).
Which ESOP plans cover a similar participant headcount to Shields, Harper & Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Created From the First National Bank Employee Stock Ownership Plan in IL (56 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 941751530.

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.