ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Golden Hippo Holdco, Inc. ESOP

Data updated 2026-08-25

$495M
Total assets Above avg plan size
956
Participants Near avg headcount
97th
Percentile by assets National rank
$517,904
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Golden Hippo Employee Stock Ownership Plan · Sponsored by Golden Hippo Holdco, Inc. · California · Retail Trade

$495M in assets, 956 participants

Golden Hippo Holdco, Inc.'s Golden Hippo Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported $495M in total assets and 956 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 97th 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.

  • #8,280 in Retail Trade (8,414 peers)

Where Golden Hippo Employee Stock Ownership Plan sits by assets

Golden Hippo Employee Stock Ownership Plan sits in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, $495M for 956 participants (~$517,904/participant), up 41.4% in 2023.

#8,280
in Retail Trade (8,414 peers)
+41.4%
assets growth YoY
5.0×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Golden Hippo Employee Stock Ownership Plan's outsized position by total assets

Golden Hippo Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$495,116,638 Top 3% higher than 97% 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

Golden Hippo 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. Golden Hippo Employee Stock Ownership Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (956 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Golden Hippo Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported net income rose from -$36M in the plan year 2022 filing to $200M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Golden Hippo Employee Stock Ownership Plan end-of-year assets rose from $259M in the plan year 2022 filing to $495M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Golden Hippo Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported participants rose from 737 in the plan year 2022 filing to 956 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 843579835 · Golden Hippo Holdco, Inc. PY 2023 · ESOP

Golden Hippo Employee Stock Ownership Plan · $495M · 956 · 97th

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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 California →

Golden Hippo Employee Stock Ownership Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanGreat Lakes Cheese Co., Inc.…$504MAustin Industries Employee Stock Ownership PlanAustin Industries Employee S…$498MKingdom Enterprises, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanKingdom Enterprises, Inc. Em…$498MCentral States, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanCentral States, Inc. Employe…$496MGolden Hippo Employee Stock Ownership PlanGolden Hippo Employee Stock …$495M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Golden Hippo Employee Stock Ownership Plan and nearest nationwide ESOP peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Scale-class filing particulars (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$350M
Net Assets (End of Year)$179M
Net Income$200M
Employer EIN843579835
Plan Effective Date2019-11-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Golden Hippo Holdco, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Golden Hippo Holdco, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$415M 31.91409269616387% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$300M$400M$500M$600M$700M 202220232024 $609M $415M ▼ -31.9%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 1,706 $609M
2023 1 956 $495M
2024 1 1,140 $415M

Nearby ESOP Plans in California

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

Golden Hippo Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in California, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -20000200040006000800010000 01234 Total assets ($B) Participants Golden Hippo Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.495116638 · Participants: 956Golden Hippo Employee Stock Ownership PlanParsons Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.757068542 · Participants: 7871Parsons Employee Stock Ownership PlanAcco Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.444524335 · Participants: 1397Acco Employee Stock Ownership PlanRosendin Electric, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.125537204 · Participants: 1700Rosendin Electric, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanAgron, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.533004512 · Participants: 72Agron, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanRecology Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.497089527 · Participants: 3656Recology Employee Stock Ownership Plan
Golden Hippo Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in California, assets vs. participants
Compare Golden Hippo Employee Stock Ownership Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

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

Outside California, the nearest ESOP by assets is Central States, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in AR ($496M); by covered participants it is The First Bancshares, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in MS (951 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (956 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 Golden Hippo Employee Stock Ownership Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Golden Hippo Employee Stock Ownership Plan surged - up 41.4% during 2023, from $350M to $495M. Reported net income was $200M.
How have Golden Hippo Holdco, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Golden Hippo Holdco, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets declined 31.9%, from $609M to $415M.
Where does Golden Hippo Employee Stock Ownership Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Golden Hippo Employee Stock Ownership Plan ranks in the 97th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets).
Which ESOP plans are similar in size to Golden Hippo Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by assets is Central States, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in AR ($496M, 1,113 participants).
Which ESOP plans cover a similar participant headcount to Golden Hippo Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is The First Bancshares, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in MS (951 participants, $174K 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 843579835.

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.