ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

C. E. Niehoff & Co. ESOP

Data updated 2026-08-25

$74M
Total assets Below avg plan size
324
Participants Below avg headcount
89th
Percentile by assets National rank
$227,162
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: C. E. Niehoff & Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · Sponsored by C. E. Niehoff & Co. · Illinois · Manufacturing

$74M in assets, 324 participants

C. E. Niehoff & Co.'s C. E. Niehoff & Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported $74M in total assets and 324 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 89th 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.

  • #15,678 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)

Coverage in Illinois

C. E. Niehoff & Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan covers 324 participants in Illinois, about 42% of the average Illinois filer (state average ~779 per filing). Assets: $74M.

#15,678
in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
+16.4%
assets growth YoY
0.7×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

C. E. Niehoff & Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan's outsized position by total assets

C. E. Niehoff & Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$73,600,519 Top 11% higher than 89% 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

C. E. Niehoff & Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan among mid-size filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. C. E. Niehoff & Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (324 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • C. E. Niehoff & Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported net income rose from -$21M in the plan year 2022 filing to $10M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • C. E. Niehoff & Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan end-of-year assets rose from $63M in the plan year 2022 filing to $74M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • C. E. Niehoff & Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported participants fell from 368 in the plan year 2022 filing to 324 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 202346619 · C. E. Niehoff & Co. PY 2023 · ESOP

C. E. Niehoff & Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · $74M · 324 · 89th

  • 5500 $74M
  • 5500 324
  • 5500 89th
  • 5500 ESOP
  • 5500 near Afco Industries, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan
  • 5500 ind #15678

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 Illinois →

C. E. Niehoff & Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among C. E. Niehoff & Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and nearest nationwide ESOP peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Illinois filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$63M
Net Assets (End of Year)$74M
Net Income$10M
Employer EIN202346619
Plan Effective Date1990-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (C. E. Niehoff & Co.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All C. E. Niehoff & Co. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$154M 22.036967576876258% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$120M$130M$140M$150M$160M 202220232024 $126M $154M ▲ +22.0%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 812 $126M
2023 2 722 $146M
2024 2 767 $154M

Nearby ESOP Plans in Illinois

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

C. E. Niehoff & Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -5000050001000015000 -1012345 Total assets ($B) Participants C. E. Niehoff & Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.073600519 · Participants: 324C. E. Niehoff & Co. Employee Stock Ownership PlanAmsted Industries Incorporated Employees' Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.440263476 · Participants: 4738Amsted Industries Incorporated Employees' Stock Ownership PlanKehe Distributors, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.616096816 · Participants: 4251Kehe Distributors, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanScot Forge Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.195072662 · Participants: 486Scot Forge Company Employee Stock Ownership PlanBdo USA Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.91547863 · Participants: 10168Bdo USA Employee Stock Ownership PlanBdo USA Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.91547863 · Participants: 10168Bdo USA Employee Stock Ownership Plan
C. E. Niehoff & Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants
Compare C. E. Niehoff & Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

C. E. Niehoff & Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan's out-of-state ESOP peers by assets and headcount

Outside Illinois, the nearest ESOP by assets is Afco Industries, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in LA ($73M); by covered participants it is Theracare of New York, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in NY (324 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (324 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 C. E. Niehoff & Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
C. E. Niehoff & Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan grew sharply - up 16.4% during 2023, from $63M to $74M. Reported net income was $10M.
How have C. E. Niehoff & Co. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), C. E. Niehoff & Co.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 22.0%, from $126M to $154M.
Where does C. E. Niehoff & Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
C. E. Niehoff & Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan ranks in the 89th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets).
Which ESOP plans are similar in size to C. E. Niehoff & Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by assets is Afco Industries, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in LA ($73M, 201 participants).
Which ESOP plans cover a similar participant headcount to C. E. Niehoff & Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Theracare of New York, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in NY (324 participants, $10K 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 202346619.

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.