ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Howell Laboratories, Inc. ESOP

Data updated 2026-08-25

$8M
Total assets Small plan by assets
56
Participants Small participant base
53rd
Percentile by assets National rank
$137,995
Avg per participant Near avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Howell Laboratories, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · Sponsored by Howell Laboratories, Inc. · Maine · Manufacturing

$8M in assets, 56 participants

Howell Laboratories, Inc.'s Howell Laboratories, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported $8M in total assets and 56 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 53rd 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.

  • #7,094 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)

Howell Laboratories, Inc. multi-year trail

Howell Laboratories, Inc.'s plans moved +30.0% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows Howell Laboratories, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan at $8M / 56 participants.

#7,094
in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
+14.4%
assets growth YoY

Howell Laboratories, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan's mid-pack asset rank among Manufacturing and all filers

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

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

$7,727,712 Top 47% higher than 53% 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

Howell Laboratories, 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. Howell Laboratories, Inc. 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

  • Howell Laboratories, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported net income rose from $439K in the plan year 2022 filing to $970K in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Howell Laboratories, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan end-of-year assets rose from $7M in the plan year 2022 filing to $8M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Howell Laboratories, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported participants rose from 55 in the plan year 2022 filing to 56 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 010271749 · Howell Laboratories, Inc. PY 2023 · ESOP

Howell Laboratories, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · $8M · 56 · 53rd

  • VS-ST $8M
  • VS-ST 56
  • VS-ST 53rd
  • VS-ST ESOP
  • VS-ST near Pennsylvania Tool Sales & Services Employee Stock Ownership Plan
  • VS-ST ind #7094

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 Maine →

Howell Laboratories, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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

Howell Laboratories, Inc. multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Howell Laboratories, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$9M 30.027810036920705% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$6M$7M$8M$9M 202220232024 $6.76M $8.79M ▲ +30.0%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 55 $7M
2023 1 56 $8M
2024 1 69 $9M

Howell Laboratories, Inc. filing trail (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$7M
Net Assets (End of Year)$8M
Net Income$970K
Employer EIN010271749
Plan Effective Date1995-07-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby ESOP Plans in Maine

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

Howell Laboratories, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Maine, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 0100200300400500600 020406080100 Total assets ($M) Participants Howell Laboratories, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 7.727712 · Participants: 56Howell Laboratories, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanSc Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 95.45285 · Participants: 479Sc Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanMaine Drilling & Blasting Group Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 84.621407 · Participants: 425Maine Drilling & Blasting Group Employee Stock Ownership PlanJohnnys Selected Seeds Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 64.27302 · Participants: 249Johnnys Selected Seeds Employee Stock Ownership PlanSystems Engineering, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 47.084805 · Participants: 175Systems Engineering, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanPortland Air Freight, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 45.49657 · Participants: 85Portland Air Freight, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan
Howell Laboratories, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Maine, assets vs. participants
Compare Howell Laboratories, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

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

Outside Maine, the nearest ESOP by assets is Pennsylvania Tool Sales & Services Employee Stock Ownership Plan in OH ($8M); 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 Howell Laboratories, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Howell Laboratories, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan grew at a solid clip - up 14.4% during 2023, from $7M to $8M. Reported net income was $970K.
How have Howell Laboratories, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Howell Laboratories, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 30.0%, from $7M to $9M.
Which ESOP plans are similar in size to Howell Laboratories, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by assets is Pennsylvania Tool Sales & Services Employee Stock Ownership Plan in OH ($8M, 162 participants).
Which ESOP plans cover a similar participant headcount to Howell Laboratories, Inc. 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 010271749.

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.