ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Design Partners, Incorporated ESOP

Data updated 2026-08-25

$39M
Total assets Below avg plan size
60
Participants Small participant base
83rd
Percentile by assets National rank
$650,733
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Design Partners, Incorporated ESOP · Sponsored by Design Partners, Incorporated · Hawaii · Professional & Technical Services

$39M in assets, 60 participants

Design Partners, Incorporated's Design Partners, Incorporated ESOP reported $39M in total assets and 60 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 83rd 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.

  • #16,964 in Professional & Technical Services (20,321 peers)

Where Design Partners, Incorporated ESOP sits by assets

Design Partners, Incorporated ESOP sits in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, $39M for 60 participants (~$650,733/participant), down 6.4% in 2023.

#16,964
in Professional & Technical Services (20,321 peers)
-6.4%
assets change YoY
0.4×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $2M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Design Partners, Incorporated ESOP's outsized position by total assets

Design Partners, Incorporated ESOP vs every filed plan by assets

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

$39,044,000 Top 17% higher than 83% 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

Design Partners, Incorporated ESOP among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Design Partners, Incorporated ESOP is a small filing (60 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Design Partners, Incorporated ESOP reported net income fell from $5M in the plan year 2022 filing to -$2M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Design Partners, Incorporated ESOP end-of-year assets fell from $42M in the plan year 2022 filing to $39M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Design Partners, Incorporated ESOP reported participants rose from 59 in the plan year 2022 filing to 60 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 990192794 · Design Partners, Incorporated PY 2023 · ESOP

Design Partners, Incorporated ESOP · $39M · 60 · 83rd

  • NET $39M
  • BOOK 60
  • VS-ST 83rd
  • BOY ESOP
  • SCH near Lockheed Martin Corporation Capital Accumulation Plan for Hourly Ees
  • EBSA ind #16964

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 Hawaii →

Design Partners, Incorporated ESOP in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Design Partners, Incorporated ESOP and nearest nationwide ESOP peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Scale-class filing particulars (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$42M
Net Assets (End of Year)$33M
Net Income-$2M
Employer EIN990192794
Plan Effective Date2014-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Design Partners, Incorporated)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Design Partners, Incorporated plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$65M 26.313757738981646% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$45M$50M$55M$60M$65M$70M 202220232024 $51.4M $64.9M ▲ +26.3%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 119 $51M
2023 2 122 $51M
2024 2 115 $65M

Nearby ESOP Plans in Hawaii

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

Design Partners, Incorporated ESOP vs. nearby ESOP plans in Hawaii, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 050010001500 20406080100120140 Total assets ($M) Participants Design Partners, Incorporated ESOP, Total assets ($M): 39.044 · Participants: 60Design Partners, Incorporated ESOPRoberts Hawaii, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 128.324178 · Participants: 1144Roberts Hawaii, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanGpf Life and Health Benefits Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 128.158632 · Participants: 102Gpf Life and Health Benefits Co. Employee Stock Ownership PlanBowers & Kubota Consulting, Inc. ESOP, Total assets ($M): 124.005968 · Participants: 258Bowers & Kubota Consulting, Inc. ESOPR. M. Towill Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 116.46544 · Participants: 96R. M. Towill Corporation Employee Stock Ownership PlanHpm Building Supply Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 99.513108 · Participants: 381Hpm Building Supply Employee Stock Ownership Plan
Design Partners, Incorporated ESOP vs. nearby ESOP plans in Hawaii, assets vs. participants
Compare Design Partners, Incorporated ESOP side-by-side with 3 peers →

Design Partners, Incorporated ESOP's out-of-state ESOP peers by assets and headcount

Outside Hawaii, the nearest ESOP by assets is Lockheed Martin Corporation Capital Accumulation Plan for Hourly Ees in MD ($39M); by covered participants it is Wheeler Services, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in GA (60 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (60 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 Design Partners, Incorporated ESOP assets move in 2023? ▼
Design Partners, Incorporated ESOP pulled back noticeably - down 6.4% during 2023, from $42M to $39M. Reported net income was -$2M.
How have Design Partners, Incorporated plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Design Partners, Incorporated's sponsor-wide assets grew 26.3%, from $51M to $65M.
Where does Design Partners, Incorporated ESOP rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Design Partners, Incorporated ESOP ranks in the 83rd 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 Design Partners, Incorporated ESOP? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by assets is Lockheed Martin Corporation Capital Accumulation Plan for Hourly Ees in MD ($39M, 3,867 participants).
Which ESOP plans cover a similar participant headcount to Design Partners, Incorporated ESOP? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Wheeler Services, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in GA (60 participants, $5M 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 990192794.

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.