ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Cqa Holdings, Inc. ESOP

Data updated 2026-08-25

$8M
Total assets Small plan by assets
36
Participants Small participant base
53rd
Percentile by assets National rank
$213,750
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Costquest Employee Stock Ownership Plan · Sponsored by Cqa Holdings, Inc. · Ohio · Information & Media

$8M in assets, 36 participants

Cqa Holdings, Inc.'s Costquest Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported $8M in total assets and 36 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.

  • #1,106 in Information & Media (2,818 peers)

Cqa Holdings, Inc. multi-year trail

Cqa Holdings, Inc.'s plans moved +86.0% in assets from 2023 to 2024; this filing shows Costquest Employee Stock Ownership Plan at $8M / 36 participants.

#1,106
in Information & Media (2,818 peers)
-$37M
reported net income

The plan reported a net loss of $37M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Costquest Employee Stock Ownership Plan's mid-pack asset rank among Information & Media and all filers

Costquest Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$7,695,000 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

Costquest 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. Costquest Employee Stock Ownership Plan is a small filing (36 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 934669673 · Cqa Holdings, Inc. PY 2023 · ESOP

Costquest Employee Stock Ownership Plan · $8M · 36 · 53rd

  • ASSETS $8M
  • ASSETS 36
  • ASSETS 53rd
  • ASSETS ESOP
  • ASSETS near Gerding Companies, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust
  • ASSETS ind #1106

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 →

Costquest Employee Stock Ownership Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Environmental Business Specialists Employee Stock Ownership PlanEnvironmental Business Speci…$8MOtto-Meyer, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanOtto-Meyer, Inc. Employee St…$8MCostquest Employee Stock Ownership PlanCostquest Employee Stock Own…$8MGerding Companies, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and TrustGerding Companies, Inc. Empl…$8MTeoc, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanTeoc, Inc. Employee Stock Ow…$8M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Costquest Employee Stock Ownership Plan and nearest nationwide ESOP peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Cqa Holdings, Inc. multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Cqa Holdings, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$14M 85.96491228070175% vs 2023
2024 filing year
$6M$8M$10M$12M$14M$16M 20232024 $7.7M $14.3M ▲ +85.8%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2023 1 36 $8M
2024 1 50 $14M

Cqa Holdings, Inc. filing trail (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)N/A
Net Assets (End of Year)-$37M
Net Income-$37M
Employer EIN934669673
Plan Effective Date2023-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby ESOP Plans in Ohio

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

Costquest Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Ohio, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -10000010000200003000040000 -100102030 Total assets ($B) Participants Costquest Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.007695 · Participants: 36Costquest 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 ($B): 0.62249774 · Participants: 873Messer Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanGreat Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.504257458 · Participants: 4110Great Lakes Cheese Co., 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 Plan
Costquest Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Ohio, assets vs. participants
Compare Costquest Employee Stock Ownership Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Costquest Employee Stock Ownership Plan's out-of-state ESOP peers by assets and headcount

Outside Ohio, the nearest ESOP by assets is Gerding Companies, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust in OR ($8M); by covered participants it is Hydro-Chem Systems, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in MI (36 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (36 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 have Cqa Holdings, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 2 plan years on file (2023-2024), Cqa Holdings, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 86.0%, from $8M to $14M.
Which ESOP plans are similar in size to Costquest Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by assets is Gerding Companies, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust in OR ($8M, 93 participants).
Which ESOP plans cover a similar participant headcount to Costquest Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Hydro-Chem Systems, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in MI (36 participants, $6M 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 934669673.

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.