ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Blaze Holdings, Inc. ESOP

Data updated 2026-08-25

$290K
Total assets Small plan by assets
188
Participants Below avg headcount
13th
Percentile by assets National rank
$1,543
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Blaze Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · Sponsored by Blaze Holdings, Inc. · Michigan · Construction

$290K in assets, 188 participants

Blaze Holdings, Inc.'s Blaze Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported $290K in total assets and 188 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 13th 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.

  • #1,098 in Construction (9,030 peers)

Coverage in Michigan

Blaze Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan covers 188 participants in Michigan, about 29% of the average Michigan filer (state average ~638 per filing). Assets: $290K.

#1,098
in Construction (9,030 peers)
-85.3%
assets change YoY

Blaze Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan among the smaller filed plans by assets

Blaze Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$290,000 13th percentile higher than 13% 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

Blaze Holdings, Inc. 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. Blaze Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (188 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Blaze Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported net income rose from -$2M in the plan year 2022 filing to $971K in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Blaze Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan end-of-year assets fell from $2M in the plan year 2022 filing to $290K in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Blaze Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported participants rose from 136 in the plan year 2022 filing to 188 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 383545343 · Blaze Holdings, Inc. PY 2023 · ESOP

Blaze Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · $290K · 188 · 13th

  • IND $290K
  • EOY 188
  • 5500 13th
  • ASSETS ESOP
  • PCT near Drs Employee Stock Ownership Plan
  • EIN ind #1098

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 Michigan →

Blaze Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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

Michigan filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$2M
Net Assets (End of Year)-$40M
Net Income$971K
Employer EIN383545343
Plan Effective Date2020-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Blaze Holdings, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

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

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$4M 117.04470309501689% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$0M$2M$4M$6M 202220232024 $1.97M $4.28M ▲ +117.3%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 136 $2M
2023 1 188 $290K
2024 1 136 $4M

Nearby ESOP Plans in Michigan

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

Blaze Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Michigan, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 0500100015002000 -0.500.511.5 Total assets ($B) Participants Blaze Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.00029 · Participants: 188Blaze Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanMcnaughton-Mckay Electric Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.30777109 · Participants: 1635Mcnaughton-Mckay Electric Company Employee Stock Ownership PlanThe Kendall Group Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.808091077 · Participants: 1907The Kendall Group Employee Stock Ownership PlanProject Worldwide, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.436210284 · Participants: 1173Project Worldwide, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanMotor City Electric Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.258079249 · Participants: 207Motor City Electric Co. Employee Stock Ownership PlanLee Contracting, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.237688318 · Participants: 500Lee Contracting, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan
Blaze Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Michigan, assets vs. participants
Compare Blaze Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

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

Outside Michigan, the nearest ESOP by assets is Drs Employee Stock Ownership Plan in CO ($290K); by covered participants it is Nation Safe Drivers Employee Stock Ownership Plan in FL (188 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (188 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 Blaze Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Blaze Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan contracted severely - down 85.3% during 2023, from $2M to $290K. Reported net income was $971K.
How have Blaze Holdings, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Blaze Holdings, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 117.0%, from $2M to $4M.
Where does Blaze Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Blaze Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan ranks in the 13th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (among the smaller plans by assets on file).
Which ESOP plans are similar in size to Blaze Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by assets is Drs Employee Stock Ownership Plan in CO ($290K, 13 participants).
Which ESOP plans cover a similar participant headcount to Blaze Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Nation Safe Drivers Employee Stock Ownership Plan in FL (188 participants, $153M 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 383545343.

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.