ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Kindermusik International, Inc. ESOP

Data updated 2026-08-25

$1M
Total assets Small plan by assets
27
Participants Small participant base
26th
Percentile by assets National rank
$48,051
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Kindermusik International, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · Sponsored by Kindermusik International, Inc. · North Carolina · Information & Media

$1M in assets, 27 participants

Kindermusik International, Inc.'s Kindermusik International, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported $1M in total assets and 27 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 26th 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.

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

Kindermusik International, Inc. multi-year trail

Kindermusik International, Inc.'s plans moved -47.4% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows Kindermusik International, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan at $1M / 27 participants.

#370
in Information & Media (2,818 peers)
-29.0%
assets change YoY

The plan reported a net loss of $529K for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Kindermusik International, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan among the smaller filed plans by assets

Kindermusik International, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$1,297,366 26th percentile higher than 26% 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

Kindermusik International, Inc. 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. Kindermusik International, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan is a small filing (27 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Kindermusik International, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported net income fell from $275K in the plan year 2022 filing to -$529K in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Kindermusik International, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan end-of-year assets fell from $2M in the plan year 2022 filing to $1M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Kindermusik International, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported participants rose from 24 in the plan year 2022 filing to 27 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 561851876 · Kindermusik International, Inc. PY 2023 · ESOP

Kindermusik International, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · $1M · 27 · 26th

  • ASSETS $1M
  • PCT 27
  • EIN 26th
  • RANK ESOP
  • PHOTO near Venn Strategies Employee Stock Ownership Plan
  • IND ind #370

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 North Carolina →

Kindermusik International, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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

Kindermusik International, Inc. multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Kindermusik International, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$960K 47.432251566267695% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$0.5M$1M$1.5M$2M 202220232024 $1.83M $0.96M ▼ -47.5%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 24 $2M
2023 1 27 $1M
2024 1 28 $960K

Kindermusik International, Inc. filing trail (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$2M
Net Assets (End of Year)$1M
Net Income-$529K
Employer EIN561851876
Plan Effective Date2001-04-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby ESOP Plans in North Carolina

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

Kindermusik International, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in North Carolina, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -500050010001500 -50050100150200 Total assets ($M) Participants Kindermusik International, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 1.297366 · Participants: 27Kindermusik International, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanColumbia Forest Products, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust, Total assets ($M): 181.705477 · Participants: 1330Columbia Forest Products, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and TrustEcmd, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 131.739406 · Participants: 922Ecmd, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanPrecision Walls, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 111.490037 · Participants: 1028Precision Walls, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanRobert E. Mason & Associates, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 102.100516 · Participants: 273Robert E. Mason & Associates, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanState Utility Contractors, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 85.875992 · Participants: 144State Utility Contractors, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan
Kindermusik International, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in North Carolina, assets vs. participants
Compare Kindermusik International, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

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

Outside North Carolina, the nearest ESOP by assets is Venn Strategies Employee Stock Ownership Plan in DC ($1M); by covered participants it is Blankenberger Brothers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust Agreement in IN (27 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (27 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 Kindermusik International, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Kindermusik International, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan declined sharply - down 29.0% during 2023, from $2M to $1M. Reported net income was -$529K.
How have Kindermusik International, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Kindermusik International, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets declined 47.4%, from $2M to $960K.
Which ESOP plans are similar in size to Kindermusik International, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by assets is Venn Strategies Employee Stock Ownership Plan in DC ($1M, 39 participants).
Which ESOP plans cover a similar participant headcount to Kindermusik International, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Blankenberger Brothers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust Agreement in IN (27 participants, $13M 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 561851876.

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.