ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Starfish Holdings, Inc. ESOP

Data updated 2026-08-25

$470M
Total assets Above avg plan size
1,360
Participants Near avg headcount
97th
Percentile by assets National rank
$345,947
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Starfish Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · Sponsored by Starfish Holdings, Inc. · Alabama · Professional & Technical Services

$470M in assets, 1,360 participants

Starfish Holdings, Inc.'s Starfish Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported $470M in total assets and 1,360 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.

  • #19,939 in Professional & Technical Services (20,321 peers)

Coverage in Alabama

Starfish Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan covers 1,360 participants in Alabama, 3.8x the typical Alabama plan (state average ~360 per filing). Assets: $470M.

#19,939
in Professional & Technical Services (20,321 peers)
+21.0%
assets growth YoY
4.7×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Starfish Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan's outsized position by total assets

Starfish Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$470,487,980 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

Starfish Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan's large-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Starfish Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan lands in the large band (1,360 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Starfish Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported net income rose from $32M in the plan year 2022 filing to $86M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Starfish Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan end-of-year assets rose from $389M in the plan year 2022 filing to $470M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Starfish Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported participants rose from 1,314 in the plan year 2022 filing to 1,360 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 471834100 · Starfish Holdings, Inc. PY 2023 · ESOP

Starfish Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · $470M · 1,360 · 97th

  • PHOTO $470M
  • PHOTO 1,360
  • PHOTO 97th
  • PHOTO ESOP
  • PHOTO near Proponent Employee Stock Ownership Plan
  • PHOTO ind #19939

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 Alabama →

Starfish Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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

Alabama filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$389M
Net Assets (End of Year)$470M
Net Income$86M
Employer EIN471834100
Plan Effective Date2004-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Starfish Holdings, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Starfish Holdings, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$819M 39.49242554376361% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$500M$600M$700M$800M$900M 202220232024 $587M $819M ▲ +39.5%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 2,618 $587M
2023 2 2,751 $726M
2024 2 3,349 $819M

Nearby ESOP Plans in Alabama

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

Starfish Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Alabama, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 050010001500 0100200300400500 Total assets ($M) Participants Starfish Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 470.48798 · Participants: 1360Starfish Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanInline Electric Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 196.496733 · Participants: 287Inline Electric Employee Stock Ownership PlanRadiance Technologies, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 168.105591 · Participants: 874Radiance Technologies, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanSignature Homes Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 167.814551 · Participants: 123Signature Homes Employee Stock Ownership PlanEmployee Stock Ownership Plan for Employees of David Volkert and Associates, Inc. and Sub, Total assets ($M): 126.850762 · Participants: 909Employee Stock Ownership Plan for Employees of David Volkert and Associates, Inc. and SubPinnacle Solutions, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 106.683277 · Participants: 293Pinnacle Solutions, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan
Starfish Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Alabama, assets vs. participants
Compare Starfish Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

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

Outside Alabama, the nearest ESOP by assets is Proponent Employee Stock Ownership Plan in CA ($460M); by covered participants it is Gray, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in KY (1,362 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (1,360 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 Starfish Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Starfish Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan grew sharply - up 21.0% during 2023, from $389M to $470M. Reported net income was $86M.
How have Starfish Holdings, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Starfish Holdings, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 39.5%, from $587M to $819M.
Where does Starfish Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Starfish Holdings, Inc. 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 Starfish Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by assets is Proponent Employee Stock Ownership Plan in CA ($460M, 353 participants).
Which ESOP plans cover a similar participant headcount to Starfish Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Gray, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in KY (1,362 participants, $127M 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 471834100.

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.