ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Howard Building Corporation ESOP

Data updated 2026-08-25

$68M
Total assets Below avg plan size
185
Participants Below avg headcount
88th
Percentile by assets National rank
$369,614
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Howard Building Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan · Sponsored by Howard Building Corporation · California · Construction

$68M in assets, 185 participants

Howard Building Corporation's Howard Building Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported $68M in total assets and 185 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 88th 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.

  • #7,794 in Construction (9,030 peers)

Coverage in California

Howard Building Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan covers 185 participants in California, about 29% of the average California filer (state average ~630 per filing). Assets: $68M.

#7,794
in Construction (9,030 peers)
-14.7%
assets change YoY
0.7×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

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.

Howard Building Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan's outsized position by total assets

Howard Building Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$68,378,596 Top 12% higher than 88% 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

Howard Building Corporation 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. Howard Building Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (185 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Howard Building Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported net income fell from $2M in the plan year 2022 filing to -$12M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Howard Building Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan end-of-year assets fell from $80M in the plan year 2022 filing to $68M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Howard Building Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported participants rose from 181 in the plan year 2022 filing to 185 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 953874749 · Howard Building Corporation PY 2023 · ESOP

Howard Building Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan · $68M · 185 · 88th

  • BOOK $68M
  • VS-ST 185
  • BOY 88th
  • SCH ESOP
  • EBSA near Darifill Employee Stock Ownership Plan
  • PART ind #7794

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 →

Howard Building Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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

California filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$80M
Net Assets (End of Year)$52M
Net Income-$12M
Employer EIN953874749
Plan Effective Date2014-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Howard Building Corporation)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Howard Building Corporation plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$93M 4.052241188253641% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$85M$90M$95M$100M 202220232024 $96.4M $92.5M ▼ -4.1%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 329 $96M
2023 2 342 $88M
2024 2 287 $93M

Nearby ESOP Plans in California

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

Howard Building Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in California, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -20000200040006000800010000 -101234 Total assets ($B) Participants Howard Building Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.068378596 · Participants: 185Howard Building Corporation 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
Howard Building Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in California, assets vs. participants
Compare Howard Building Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Howard Building Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan's out-of-state ESOP peers by assets and headcount

Outside California, the nearest ESOP by assets is Darifill Employee Stock Ownership Plan in OH ($68M); by covered participants it is Auto Custom Carpets, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in AL (185 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (185 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 Howard Building Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Howard Building Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan pulled back noticeably - down 14.7% during 2023, from $80M to $68M. Reported net income was -$12M.
How have Howard Building Corporation plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Howard Building Corporation's sponsor-wide assets declined 4.1%, from $96M to $93M.
Where does Howard Building Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Howard Building Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan ranks in the 88th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets).
Which ESOP plans are similar in size to Howard Building Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by assets is Darifill Employee Stock Ownership Plan in OH ($68M, 59 participants).
Which ESOP plans cover a similar participant headcount to Howard Building Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Auto Custom Carpets, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in AL (185 participants, $24M 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 953874749.

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.