ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
Styx Acquisition, LLC Dba Buehler's Fresh Foods ESOP
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $26M
- Total assets Below avg plan size
- 1,631
- Participants Near avg headcount
- 77th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $15,950
- Avg per participant Low balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Buehler's Fresh Foods Employee Stock Ownership Plan · Sponsored by Styx Acquisition, LLC Dba Buehler's Fresh Foods · Ohio · Wholesale Trade
$26M in assets, 1,631 participants
Styx Acquisition, LLC Dba Buehler's Fresh Foods's Buehler's Fresh Foods Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported $26M in total assets and 1,631 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 77th 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.
- #4,774 in Wholesale Trade (6,309 peers)
Coverage in Ohio
Buehler's Fresh Foods Employee Stock Ownership Plan covers 1,631 participants in Ohio, 2.1x the typical Ohio plan (state average ~765 per filing). Assets: $26M.
- #4,774
- in Wholesale Trade (6,309 peers)
- -0.5%
- assets change YoY
- 0.3×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $137K for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Buehler's Fresh Foods Employee Stock Ownership Plan's outsized position by total assets
Buehler's Fresh Foods Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500
$26,014,614 Top 23% higher than 77% of 127,068 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2023
Buehler's Fresh Foods 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. Buehler's Fresh Foods Employee Stock Ownership Plan lands in the large band (1,631 participants).
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- Buehler's Fresh Foods Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported net income fell from $3M in the plan year 2022 filing to -$137K in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Buehler's Fresh Foods Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported participants rose from 1,586 in the plan year 2022 filing to 1,631 in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Buehler's Fresh Foods Employee Stock Ownership Plan end-of-year assets fell from $26M in the plan year 2022 filing to $26M in the plan year 2023 filing.
Plan-year Form 5500 strip
Filing strip 822654781 · Styx Acquisition, LLC Dba Buehler's Fresh Foods PY 2023 · ESOP
Buehler's Fresh Foods Employee Stock Ownership Plan · $26M · 1,631 · 77th
- PART $26M
- PART 1,631
- PART 77th
- PART ESOP
- PART near Salem Fabrication Technologies Group, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan
- PART ind #4774
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 →
Buehler's Fresh Foods Employee Stock Ownership Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Ohio filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $26M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $26M |
| Net Income | -$137K |
| Employer EIN | 822654781 |
| Plan Effective Date | 2017-10-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Styx Acquisition, LLC Dba Buehler's Fresh Foods)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Styx Acquisition, LLC Dba Buehler's Fresh Foods plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $62M 3.1432455930975682% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 2,917 | $60M |
| 2023 | 2 | 3,099 | $64M |
| 2024 | 2 | 2,771 | $62M |
Nearby ESOP Plans in Ohio
Peer ESOP plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Procter & Gamble Profit Sharing Trust & Employee Stock Ownership Plan $23.1B · 32,152
- The Garland Industries, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan & Trust $1.7B · 1,019
- Messer Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan $622M · 873
- Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan $504M · 4,110
- Cleveland Steel Container Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan $452M · 434
Buehler's Fresh Foods Employee Stock Ownership Plan's out-of-state ESOP peers by assets and headcount
Outside Ohio, the nearest ESOP by assets is Salem Fabrication Technologies Group, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in NC ($26M); by covered participants it is Bancfirst Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan in OK (1,631 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($26M here).
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (1,631 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Bancfirst Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan (OK) 1,631 · 0 off
- Mcnaughton-Mckay Electric Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan (MI) 1,635 · 4 off
- Ki Employee Stock Ownership Plan (WI) 1,624 · 7 off
- Evapco, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan (MD) 1,617 · 14 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.