ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Applied Earthworks, Inc. ESOP

Data updated 2026-08-25

$4M
Total assets Small plan by assets
61
Participants Small participant base
40th
Percentile by assets National rank
$66,389
Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Applied Earthworks Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · Sponsored by Applied Earthworks, Inc. · California · Professional & Technical Services

$4M in assets, 61 participants

Applied Earthworks, Inc.'s Applied Earthworks Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported $4M in total assets and 61 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 40th 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.

  • #7,694 in Professional & Technical Services (20,321 peers)

2023 asset change

Applied Earthworks Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan declined sharply 18.0% in 2023 ($5M → $4M) for 61 participants.

#7,694
in Professional & Technical Services (20,321 peers)
-18.0%
assets change YoY

The plan reported a net loss of $819K for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

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

Applied Earthworks Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$4,049,721 40th percentile higher than 40% 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

Applied Earthworks 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. Applied Earthworks Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan is a small filing (61 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Applied Earthworks Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported net income rose from -$2M in the plan year 2022 filing to -$819K in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Applied Earthworks Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan end-of-year assets fell from $5M in the plan year 2022 filing to $4M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Applied Earthworks Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported participants rose from 59 in the plan year 2022 filing to 61 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 770406473 · Applied Earthworks, Inc. PY 2023 · ESOP

Applied Earthworks Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · $4M · 61 · 40th

  • ASSETS $4M
  • PCT 61
  • EIN 40th
  • RANK ESOP
  • PHOTO near Machine Tool Research, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan
  • IND ind #7694

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 →

Applied Earthworks Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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

Applied Earthworks, Inc. years around the 2023 move

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Applied Earthworks, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$9M 2.924173380602987% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$8.4M$8.6M$8.8M$9M$9.2M 202220232024 $9.03M $8.77M ▼ -2.9%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 143 $9M
2023 2 135 $9M
2024 2 145 $9M

2023 asset-move particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$5M
Net Assets (End of Year)$3M
Net Income-$819K
Employer EIN770406473
Plan Effective Date2009-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby ESOP Plans in California

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

Applied Earthworks Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in California, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -20000200040006000800010000 -101234 Total assets ($B) Participants Applied Earthworks Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.004049721 · Participants: 61Applied Earthworks 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
Applied Earthworks Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in California, assets vs. participants
Compare Applied Earthworks Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

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

Outside California, the nearest ESOP by assets is Machine Tool Research, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in NY ($4M); by covered participants it is Employee Stock Ownership Plan for Employees of Perry Bancshares, Inc. in OK (61 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (61 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 Applied Earthworks Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Applied Earthworks Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan declined sharply - down 18.0% during 2023, from $5M to $4M. Reported net income was -$819K.
How have Applied Earthworks, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Applied Earthworks, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets declined 2.9%, from $9M to $9M.
Which ESOP plans are similar in size to Applied Earthworks Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by assets is Machine Tool Research, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in NY ($4M, 50 participants).
Which ESOP plans cover a similar participant headcount to Applied Earthworks Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Employee Stock Ownership Plan for Employees of Perry Bancshares, Inc. in OK (61 participants, $4M 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 770406473.

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.