ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Barbour Publishing, Inc. ESOP

Data updated 2026-08-25

$4M
Total assets Small plan by assets
38
Participants Small participant base
42nd
Percentile by assets National rank
$115,147
Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Barbour Publishing Employee Stock Ownership Plan · Sponsored by Barbour Publishing, Inc. · Ohio · Information & Media

$4M in assets, 38 participants

Barbour Publishing, Inc.'s Barbour Publishing Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported $4M in total assets and 38 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 42nd 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.

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

Barbour Publishing, Inc. multi-year trail

Barbour Publishing, Inc.'s plans moved +27.1% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows Barbour Publishing Employee Stock Ownership Plan at $4M / 38 participants.

#723
in Information & Media (2,818 peers)
+5.4%
assets growth YoY

Barbour Publishing Employee Stock Ownership Plan's mid-pack asset rank among Information & Media and all filers

Barbour Publishing Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$4,375,602 42nd percentile higher than 42% 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

Barbour Publishing 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. Barbour Publishing Employee Stock Ownership Plan is a small filing (38 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Barbour Publishing Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported net income rose from -$592K in the plan year 2022 filing to $438K in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Barbour Publishing Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported participants rose from 31 in the plan year 2022 filing to 38 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Barbour Publishing Employee Stock Ownership Plan end-of-year assets rose from $4M in the plan year 2022 filing to $4M in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 222367408 · Barbour Publishing, Inc. PY 2023 · ESOP

Barbour Publishing Employee Stock Ownership Plan · $4M · 38 · 42nd

  • PART $4M
  • TYPE 38
  • NET 42nd
  • BOOK ESOP
  • VS-ST near James Monroe Corp. ESOP
  • BOY ind #723

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 →

Barbour Publishing Employee Stock Ownership Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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

Barbour Publishing, Inc. multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Barbour Publishing, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$5M 27.11070708949515% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$4M$4.5M$5M$5.5M 202220232024 $4.15M $5.28M ▲ +27.2%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 31 $4M
2023 1 38 $4M
2024 1 37 $5M

Barbour Publishing, Inc. filing trail (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$4M
Net Assets (End of Year)$2M
Net Income$438K
Employer EIN222367408
Plan Effective Date2016-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby ESOP Plans in Ohio

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

Barbour Publishing Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Ohio, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -10000010000200003000040000 -100102030 Total assets ($B) Participants Barbour Publishing Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.004375602 · Participants: 38Barbour Publishing Employee Stock Ownership PlanProcter & Gamble Profit Sharing Trust & Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 23.091305753 · Participants: 32152Procter & Gamble Profit Sharing Trust & Employee Stock Ownership PlanThe Garland Industries, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan & Trust, Total assets ($B): 1.692644904 · Participants: 1019The Garland Industries, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan & TrustMesser Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.62249774 · Participants: 873Messer Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanGreat Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.504257458 · Participants: 4110Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanCleveland Steel Container Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.451883636 · Participants: 434Cleveland Steel Container Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan
Barbour Publishing Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Ohio, assets vs. participants
Compare Barbour Publishing Employee Stock Ownership Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

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

Outside Ohio, the nearest ESOP by assets is James Monroe Corp. ESOP in MA ($4M); by covered participants it is Inberg-Miller Engineers Employee Stock Ownership Plan in WY (38 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (38 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 Barbour Publishing Employee Stock Ownership Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Barbour Publishing Employee Stock Ownership Plan grew at a solid clip - up 5.4% during 2023, from $4M to $4M. Reported net income was $438K.
How have Barbour Publishing, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Barbour Publishing, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 27.1%, from $4M to $5M.
Which ESOP plans are similar in size to Barbour Publishing Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by assets is James Monroe Corp. ESOP in MA ($4M, 121 participants).
Which ESOP plans cover a similar participant headcount to Barbour Publishing Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Inberg-Miller Engineers Employee Stock Ownership Plan in WY (38 participants, N/A 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 222367408.

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.