ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Great Lakes Cheese Co ESOP

Data updated 2026-08-25

$504M
Total assets Above avg plan size
4,110
Participants Above avg headcount
97th
Percentile by assets National rank
$122,690
Avg per participant Near avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · Sponsored by Great Lakes Cheese Co · Ohio · Manufacturing

$504M in assets, 4,110 participants

Great Lakes Cheese Co's Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported $504M in total assets and 4,110 participants in its 2023 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.

  • #17,946 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)

Coverage in Ohio

Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan covers 4,110 participants in Ohio, 5.4x the typical Ohio plan (state average ~765 per filing). Assets: $504M.

#17,946
in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
+22.9%
assets growth YoY
5.1×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan's outsized position by total assets

Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$504,257,458 Top 3% higher than 97% 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

Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan's large-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan lands in the large band (4,110 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported net income rose from -$36M in the plan year 2022 filing to $94M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan end-of-year assets rose from $410M in the plan year 2022 filing to $504M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported participants rose from 3,839 in the plan year 2022 filing to 4,110 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 341015620 · Great Lakes Cheese Co PY 2023 · ESOP

Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · $504M · 4,110 · 97th

  • BOOK $504M
  • BOOK 4,110
  • BOOK 97th
  • BOOK ESOP
  • BOOK near Austin Industries Employee Stock Ownership Plan
  • BOOK ind #17946

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 Ohio →

Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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

Ohio filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$410M
Net Assets (End of Year)$504M
Net Income$94M
Employer EIN341015620
Plan Effective Date1998-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Great Lakes Cheese Co)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Great Lakes Cheese Co plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$625M 25.35063399691793% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$450M$500M$550M$600M$650M 202220232024 $499M $625M ▲ +25.4%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 7,686 $499M
2023 2 8,235 $610M
2024 2 8,539 $625M

Nearby ESOP Plans in Ohio

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

Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Ohio, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -10000010000200003000040000 -50510152025 Total assets ($B) Participants Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.504257458 · Participants: 4110Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanProcter & Gamble Profit Sharing Trust & Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 23.091305753 · Participants: 32152Procter & Gamble Profit Sharing Trust & Employee Stock Ownership PlanThe Garland Industries, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan & Trust, Total assets ($B): 1.692644904 · Participants: 1019The Garland Industries, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan & TrustMesser Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.62249774 · Participants: 873Messer Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanCleveland Steel Container Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.451883636 · Participants: 434Cleveland Steel Container Corporation Employee Stock Ownership PlanHenny Penny Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.414728672 · Participants: 841Henny Penny Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan
Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Ohio, assets vs. participants
Compare Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan's out-of-state ESOP peers by assets and headcount

Outside Ohio, the nearest ESOP by assets is Austin Industries Employee Stock Ownership Plan in TX ($498M); by covered participants it is Coborns Incorporated Employee Stock Ownership Plan in MN (4,093 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($504M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (4,110 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 Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan grew sharply - up 22.9% during 2023, from $410M to $504M. Reported net income was $94M.
How have Great Lakes Cheese Co plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Great Lakes Cheese Co's sponsor-wide assets grew 25.4%, from $499M to $625M.
Where does Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan ranks in the 97th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets).
Which ESOP plans are similar in size to Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by assets is Austin Industries Employee Stock Ownership Plan in TX ($498M, 4,510 participants).
Which ESOP plans cover a similar participant headcount to Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Coborns Incorporated Employee Stock Ownership Plan in MN (4,093 participants, $49M 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 341015620.

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.