ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Lester Sales Company ESOP

Data updated 2026-08-25

$380K
Total assets Small plan by assets
63
Participants Small participant base
16th
Percentile by assets National rank
$6,032
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Lester Sales Company, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · Sponsored by Lester Sales Company · Indiana · Wholesale Trade

$380K in assets, 63 participants

Lester Sales Company's Lester Sales Company, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported $380K in total assets and 63 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 16th 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.

  • #488 in Wholesale Trade (6,309 peers)

Lester Sales Company multi-year trail

Lester Sales Company's plans moved +571.1% in assets from 2023 to 2024; this filing shows Lester Sales Company, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan at $380K / 63 participants.

#488
in Wholesale Trade (6,309 peers)
-74.7%
assets change YoY

The plan reported a net loss of $22M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Lester Sales Company, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan among the smaller filed plans by assets

Lester Sales Company, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$380,000 16th percentile higher than 16% 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

Lester Sales Company, 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. Lester Sales Company, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan is a small filing (63 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 454003387 · Lester Sales Company PY 2023 · ESOP

Lester Sales Company, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · $380K · 63 · 16th

  • BOY $380K
  • SCH 63
  • EBSA 16th
  • PART ESOP
  • TYPE near Neighborhood Fresh Employee Stock Ownership Plan
  • NET ind #488

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 Indiana →

Lester Sales Company, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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

Lester Sales Company multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Lester Sales Company plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$3M 571.0526315789474% vs 2023
2024 filing year
$0M$1M$2M$3M 20232024 $0.38M $2.55M ▲ +571.1%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2023 1 63 $380K
2024 1 62 $3M

Lester Sales Company filing trail (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$2M
Net Assets (End of Year)-$20M
Net Income-$22M
Employer EIN454003387
Plan Effective Date2022-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby ESOP Plans in Indiana

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

Lester Sales Company, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Indiana, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -100001000200030004000 -0.500.511.522.5 Total assets ($B) Participants Lester Sales Company, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.00038 · Participants: 63Lester Sales Company, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanJasper Holdings, Inc Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust, Total assets ($B): 1.921766853 · Participants: 3535Jasper Holdings, Inc Employee Stock Ownership Plan and TrustUrschel Laboratories Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.36648086 · Participants: 487Urschel Laboratories Employee Stock Ownership PlanNibco Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.364505967 · Participants: 1242Nibco Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanSuperior Industrial Solutions, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.138902309 · Participants: 363Superior Industrial Solutions, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanDucharme, Mcmillen & Associates, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.135390454 · Participants: 558Ducharme, Mcmillen & Associates, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan
Lester Sales Company, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Indiana, assets vs. participants
Compare Lester Sales Company, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

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

Outside Indiana, the nearest ESOP by assets is Neighborhood Fresh Employee Stock Ownership Plan in OH ($380K); by covered participants it is The First National Bank Employee Stock Ownership Plan in IL (63 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (63 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 Lester Sales Company, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Lester Sales Company, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan contracted severely - down 74.7% during 2023, from $2M to $380K. Reported net income was -$22M.
How have Lester Sales Company plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 2 plan years on file (2023-2024), Lester Sales Company's sponsor-wide assets grew 571.1%, from $380K to $3M.
Where does Lester Sales Company, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Lester Sales Company, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan ranks in the 16th 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 Lester Sales Company, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by assets is Neighborhood Fresh Employee Stock Ownership Plan in OH ($380K, 111 participants).
Which ESOP plans cover a similar participant headcount to Lester Sales Company, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is The First National Bank Employee Stock Ownership Plan in IL (63 participants, $355 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 454003387.

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.