ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Fabricators, Inc. ESOP

Data updated 2026-08-25

$2M
Total assets Small plan by assets
21
Participants Small participant base
32nd
Percentile by assets National rank
$106,592
Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Fabricators, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · Sponsored by Fabricators, Inc. · Iowa · Manufacturing

$2M in assets, 21 participants

Fabricators, Inc.'s Fabricators, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported $2M in total assets and 21 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 32nd 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.

  • #2,987 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)

What the 2023 filing shows

Fabricators, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan holds $2M for 21 participants - about $106,592 per participant, in the lower half of filed plans by assets.

#2,987
in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
+5.6%
assets growth YoY

The plan reported a net loss of $115K for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Fabricators, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan among the smaller filed plans by assets

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

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

$2,238,437 32nd percentile higher than 32% 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

Fabricators, 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. Fabricators, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan is a small filing (21 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Fabricators, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported net income rose from -$182K in the plan year 2022 filing to -$115K in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Fabricators, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported participants rose from 17 in the plan year 2022 filing to 21 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Fabricators, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan end-of-year assets rose from $2M in the plan year 2022 filing to $2M in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 420896527 · Fabricators, Inc. PY 2023 · ESOP

Fabricators, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · $2M · 21 · 32nd

  • 5500 $2M
  • 5500 21
  • 5500 32nd
  • 5500 ESOP
  • 5500 near Capture Technologies, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust
  • 5500 ind #2987

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 Iowa →

Fabricators, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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

Filing particulars (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$2M
Net Assets (End of Year)$2M
Net Income-$115K
Employer EIN420896527
Plan Effective Date1975-11-21
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Fabricators, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Fabricators, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$2M 8.49995611257455% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$1.9M$2M$2.1M$2.2M$2.3M 202220232024 $2.12M $1.94M ▼ -8.5%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 17 $2M
2023 1 21 $2M
2024 1 18 $2M

Nearby ESOP Plans in Iowa

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

Fabricators, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Iowa, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -500050010001500 -20002004006008001000 Total assets ($M) Participants Fabricators, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 2.238437 · Participants: 21Fabricators, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanEmployee Owned Brands, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 863.986659 · Participants: 802Employee Owned Brands, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanVan Meter Industrial, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 596.09835 · Participants: 801Van Meter Industrial, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanPrecision, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust, Total assets ($M): 438.062674 · Participants: 667Precision, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and TrustIta Group Holdings, Inc. Employees' Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 427.790025 · Participants: 771Ita Group Holdings, Inc. Employees' Stock Ownership PlanVgm Group, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 405.931426 · Participants: 1070Vgm Group, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan
Fabricators, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Iowa, assets vs. participants
Compare Fabricators, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

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

Outside Iowa, the nearest ESOP by assets is Capture Technologies, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust in CA ($2M); by covered participants it is Valley Premier Bank Employee Stock Ownership Plan & Trust in MN (21 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (21 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 Fabricators, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Fabricators, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan grew at a solid clip - up 5.6% during 2023, from $2M to $2M. Reported net income was -$115K.
How have Fabricators, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Fabricators, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets declined 8.5%, from $2M to $2M.
Which ESOP plans are similar in size to Fabricators, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by assets is Capture Technologies, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust in CA ($2M, 17 participants).
Which ESOP plans cover a similar participant headcount to Fabricators, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Valley Premier Bank Employee Stock Ownership Plan & Trust in MN (21 participants, $11M 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 420896527.

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.