ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Gopher Stage Lighting, Inc. ESOP

Data updated 2026-08-25

$1M
Total assets Small plan by assets
15
Participants Small participant base
24th
Percentile by assets National rank
$68,256
Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Gopher Stage Lighting, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · Sponsored by Gopher Stage Lighting, Inc. · Minnesota · Wholesale Trade

$1M in assets, 15 participants

Gopher Stage Lighting, Inc.'s Gopher Stage Lighting, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported $1M in total assets and 15 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 24th 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.

  • #845 in Wholesale Trade (6,309 peers)

Gopher Stage Lighting, Inc. multi-year trail

Gopher Stage Lighting, Inc.'s plans moved +124.6% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows Gopher Stage Lighting, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan at $1M / 15 participants.

#845
in Wholesale Trade (6,309 peers)
+37.7%
assets growth YoY

Gopher Stage Lighting, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan among the smaller filed plans by assets

Gopher Stage Lighting, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$1,023,836 24th percentile higher than 24% 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

Gopher Stage Lighting, 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. Gopher Stage Lighting, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan is a small filing (15 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Gopher Stage Lighting, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported net income rose from $248K in the plan year 2022 filing to $412K in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Gopher Stage Lighting, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan end-of-year assets rose from $743K in the plan year 2022 filing to $1M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Gopher Stage Lighting, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported participants rose from 14 in the plan year 2022 filing to 15 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 411922359 · Gopher Stage Lighting, Inc. PY 2023 · ESOP

Gopher Stage Lighting, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · $1M · 15 · 24th

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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 Minnesota →

Gopher Stage Lighting, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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

Gopher Stage Lighting, Inc. multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Gopher Stage Lighting, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$2M 124.60585562860629% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$0.5M$1M$1.5M$2M 202220232024 $0.74M $1.67M ▲ +125.7%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 14 $743K
2023 1 15 $1M
2024 1 17 $2M

Gopher Stage Lighting, Inc. filing trail (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$743K
Net Assets (End of Year)$236K
Net Income$412K
Employer EIN411922359
Plan Effective Date2020-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby ESOP Plans in Minnesota

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

Gopher Stage Lighting, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Minnesota, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -5000050001000015000 -20002004006008001000 Total assets ($M) Participants Gopher Stage Lighting, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 1.023836 · Participants: 15Gopher Stage Lighting, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanAndersen Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 899.073238 · Participants: 11644Andersen Corporation Employee Stock Ownership PlanKingdom Enterprises, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 497.538965 · Participants: 789Kingdom Enterprises, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanLandscape Structures, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust, Total assets ($M): 432.374379 · Participants: 446Landscape Structures, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and TrustHormel Foods Corporation Joint Earnings Profit Sharing Trust, Total assets ($M): 431.874919 · Participants: 4575Hormel Foods Corporation Joint Earnings Profit Sharing TrustForce America Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 426.610266 · Participants: 412Force America Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan
Gopher Stage Lighting, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Minnesota, assets vs. participants
Compare Gopher Stage Lighting, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Gopher Stage Lighting, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan's out-of-state ESOP peers by assets and headcount

Outside Minnesota, the nearest ESOP by assets is Denali Brewing Employee Stock Ownership Plan in AK ($1M); by covered participants it is First National Bank of Sparta Profit Sharing Plan in IL (15 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (15 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 Gopher Stage Lighting, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Gopher Stage Lighting, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan surged - up 37.7% during 2023, from $743K to $1M. Reported net income was $412K.
How have Gopher Stage Lighting, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Gopher Stage Lighting, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 124.6%, from $743K to $2M.
Where does Gopher Stage Lighting, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Gopher Stage Lighting, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan ranks in the 24th 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 Gopher Stage Lighting, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by assets is Denali Brewing Employee Stock Ownership Plan in AK ($1M, 65 participants).
Which ESOP plans cover a similar participant headcount to Gopher Stage Lighting, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is First National Bank of Sparta Profit Sharing Plan in IL (15 participants, $2M 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 411922359.

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.