ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

America's Gardening Resource, Inc. ESOP

Data updated 2026-08-25

$15M
Total assets Small plan by assets
218
Participants Below avg headcount
67th
Percentile by assets National rank
$68,944
Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: America's Gardening Resource, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · Sponsored by America's Gardening Resource, Inc. · Vermont · Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing

$15M in assets, 218 participants

America's Gardening Resource, Inc.'s America's Gardening Resource, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported $15M in total assets and 218 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 67th 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.

  • #957 in Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing (1,288 peers)

America's Gardening Resource, Inc. multi-year trail

America's Gardening Resource, Inc.'s plans moved -59.9% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows America's Gardening Resource, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan at $15M / 218 participants.

#957
in Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing (1,288 peers)
-45.4%
assets change YoY

The plan reported a net loss of $12M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

America's Gardening Resource, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan's outsized position by total assets

America's Gardening Resource, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$15,029,832 Top 33% higher than 67% 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

America's Gardening Resource, 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. America's Gardening Resource, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (218 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • America's Gardening Resource, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported net income fell from $2M in the plan year 2022 filing to -$12M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • America's Gardening Resource, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan end-of-year assets fell from $28M in the plan year 2022 filing to $15M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • America's Gardening Resource, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported participants rose from 215 in the plan year 2022 filing to 218 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 030289604 · America's Gardening Resource, Inc. PY 2023 · ESOP

America's Gardening Resource, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · $15M · 218 · 67th

  • EBSA $15M
  • PART 218
  • TYPE 67th
  • NET ESOP
  • BOOK near Brewer & Company of West Virginia, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan
  • VS-ST ind #957

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 Vermont →

America's Gardening Resource, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Employee Stock Ownership Plan of Westfield Financial, Inc.Employee Stock Ownership Pla…$15MBrewer & Company of West Virginia, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanBrewer & Company of West Vir…$15MAmerica's Gardening Resource, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanAmerica's Gardening Resource…$15MD. Wilson Construction Company Employee Stock Ownership PlanD. Wilson Construction Compa…$15MDaigle Oil Company Employee Stock Ownership PlanDaigle Oil Company Employee …$15M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among America's Gardening Resource, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and nearest nationwide ESOP peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

America's Gardening Resource, Inc. multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All America's Gardening Resource, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$17M 59.874182074149765% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$10M$20M$30M$40M$50M 202220232024 $41.6M $16.7M ▼ -59.9%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 468 $42M
2023 2 461 $30M
2024 2 386 $17M

America's Gardening Resource, Inc. filing trail (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$28M
Net Assets (End of Year)$15M
Net Income-$12M
Employer EIN030289604
Plan Effective Date1986-10-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby ESOP Plans in Vermont

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

America's Gardening Resource, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Vermont, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 0200400600800 -1000100200300400500 Total assets ($M) Participants America's Gardening Resource, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 15.029832 · Participants: 218America's Gardening Resource, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanVermont Information Processing, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 423.9135 · Participants: 600Vermont Information Processing, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanKing Arthur Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 192.33935 · Participants: 304King Arthur Employee Stock Ownership PlanCfc ESOP, Total assets ($M): 88.27 · Participants: 427Cfc ESOPHallam Associates, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust, Total assets ($M): 23.199304 · Participants: 134Hallam Associates, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and TrustTrust Company of Vermont Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 18.810834 · Participants: 43Trust Company of Vermont Employee Stock Ownership Plan
America's Gardening Resource, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Vermont, assets vs. participants
Compare America's Gardening Resource, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

America's Gardening Resource, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan's out-of-state ESOP peers by assets and headcount

Outside Vermont, the nearest ESOP by assets is Brewer & Company of West Virginia, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in WV ($15M); by covered participants it is Ruscilli Construction Co., LLC. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in OH (218 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (218 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 America's Gardening Resource, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
America's Gardening Resource, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan contracted severely - down 45.4% during 2023, from $28M to $15M. Reported net income was -$12M.
How have America's Gardening Resource, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), America's Gardening Resource, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets declined 59.9%, from $42M to $17M.
Which ESOP plans are similar in size to America's Gardening Resource, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by assets is Brewer & Company of West Virginia, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in WV ($15M, 50 participants).
Which ESOP plans cover a similar participant headcount to America's Gardening Resource, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Ruscilli Construction Co., LLC. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in OH (218 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 030289604.

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.