ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Gardeners Guild, Inc. ESOP

Data updated 2026-08-25

$977K
Total assets Small plan by assets
107
Participants Small participant base
23rd
Percentile by assets National rank
$9,130
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Gardeners Guild Employee Stock Ownership Plan · Sponsored by Gardeners Guild, Inc. · California · Administrative & Support Services

$977K in assets, 107 participants

Gardeners Guild, Inc.'s Gardeners Guild Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported $977K in total assets and 107 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 23rd 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.

  • #2,037 in Administrative & Support Services (4,372 peers)

Coverage in California

Gardeners Guild Employee Stock Ownership Plan covers 107 participants in California, about 17% of the average California filer (state average ~630 per filing). Assets: $977K.

#2,037
in Administrative & Support Services (4,372 peers)
-6.7%
assets change YoY

The plan reported a net loss of $65K for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Gardeners Guild Employee Stock Ownership Plan among the smaller filed plans by assets

Gardeners Guild Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$976,864 23rd percentile higher than 23% 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

Gardeners Guild 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. Gardeners Guild Employee Stock Ownership Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (107 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Gardeners Guild Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported net income fell from -$52K in the plan year 2022 filing to -$65K in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Gardeners Guild Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported participants fell from 136 in the plan year 2022 filing to 107 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Gardeners Guild Employee Stock Ownership Plan end-of-year assets fell from $1M in the plan year 2022 filing to $977K in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 680082879 · Gardeners Guild, Inc. PY 2023 · ESOP

Gardeners Guild Employee Stock Ownership Plan · $977K · 107 · 23rd

  • BOY $977K
  • SCH 107
  • EBSA 23rd
  • PART ESOP
  • TYPE near Humanix Employee Stock Ownership Plan
  • NET ind #2037

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 →

Gardeners Guild Employee Stock Ownership Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Gardeners Guild Employee Stock Ownership PlanGardeners Guild Employee Sto…$977KHumanix Employee Stock Ownership PlanHumanix Employee Stock Owner…$980KHometown Bank Amended and Restated Employee Stock Ownership PlanHometown Bank Amended and Re…$981KMesa Employee Stock Ownership PlanMesa Employee Stock Ownershi…$981KSotherly Hotels Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanSotherly Hotels Inc. Employe…$982K
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Gardeners Guild Employee Stock Ownership Plan and nearest nationwide ESOP peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

California filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$1M
Net Assets (End of Year)$977K
Net Income-$65K
Employer EIN680082879
Plan Effective Date1997-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Gardeners Guild, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Gardeners Guild, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$947K 9.57629748451994% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$0.9M$0.95M$1M$1.05M$1.1M 202220232024 $1.05M $0.95M ▼ -9.5%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 136 $1M
2023 1 107 $977K
2024 1 119 $947K

Nearby ESOP Plans in California

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

Gardeners Guild Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in California, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -20000200040006000800010000 -101234 Total assets ($B) Participants Gardeners Guild Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.000976864 · Participants: 107Gardeners Guild 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
Gardeners Guild Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in California, assets vs. participants
Compare Gardeners Guild Employee Stock Ownership Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

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

Outside California, the nearest ESOP by assets is Humanix Employee Stock Ownership Plan in WA ($980K); by covered participants it is Ppic Employee Stock Ownership Plan in NM (107 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (107 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 Gardeners Guild Employee Stock Ownership Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Gardeners Guild Employee Stock Ownership Plan pulled back noticeably - down 6.7% during 2023, from $1M to $977K. Reported net income was -$65K.
How have Gardeners Guild, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Gardeners Guild, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets declined 9.6%, from $1M to $947K.
Where does Gardeners Guild Employee Stock Ownership Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Gardeners Guild Employee Stock Ownership Plan ranks in the 23rd percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (among the smaller plans by assets on file).
Which ESOP plans are similar in size to Gardeners Guild Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by assets is Humanix Employee Stock Ownership Plan in WA ($980K, 32 participants).
Which ESOP plans cover a similar participant headcount to Gardeners Guild Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Ppic Employee Stock Ownership Plan in NM (107 participants, $59M 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 680082879.

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.