ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Distribution Alternatives, Inc. ESOP

Data updated 2026-08-25

$3M
Total assets Small plan by assets
300
Participants Below avg headcount
36th
Percentile by assets National rank
$9,934
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Distribution Alternatives, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · Sponsored by Distribution Alternatives, Inc. · Minnesota · Transportation & Warehousing

$3M in assets, 300 participants

Distribution Alternatives, Inc.'s Distribution Alternatives, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported $3M in total assets and 300 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 36th 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.

  • #1,174 in Transportation & Warehousing (3,362 peers)

Coverage in Minnesota

Distribution Alternatives, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan covers 300 participants in Minnesota, about 27% of the average Minnesota filer (state average ~1,126 per filing). Assets: $3M.

#1,174
in Transportation & Warehousing (3,362 peers)
-31.7%
assets change YoY

The plan reported a net loss of $1M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Distribution Alternatives, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan's mid-pack asset rank among Transportation & Warehousing and all filers

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

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

$2,980,282 36th percentile higher than 36% 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

Distribution Alternatives, Inc. 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. Distribution Alternatives, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (300 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Distribution Alternatives, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported net income fell from -$233K in the plan year 2022 filing to -$1M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Distribution Alternatives, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan end-of-year assets fell from $4M in the plan year 2022 filing to $3M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Distribution Alternatives, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported participants rose from 241 in the plan year 2022 filing to 300 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 410791842 · Distribution Alternatives, Inc. PY 2023 · ESOP

Distribution Alternatives, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · $3M · 300 · 36th

  • NET $3M
  • BOOK 300
  • VS-ST 36th
  • BOY ESOP
  • SCH near Morningstar Marble & Granite, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan
  • EBSA ind #1174

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 Minnesota →

Distribution Alternatives, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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

Minnesota filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$4M
Net Assets (End of Year)$3M
Net Income-$1M
Employer EIN410791842
Plan Effective Date2009-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Distribution Alternatives, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Distribution Alternatives, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$9M 19.39186822247871% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$9M$10M$11M$12M 202220232024 $11.6M $9.37M ▼ -19.4%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 556 $12M
2023 2 640 $11M
2024 2 603 $9M

Nearby ESOP Plans in Minnesota

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

Distribution Alternatives, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Minnesota, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -5000050001000015000 -20002004006008001000 Total assets ($M) Participants Distribution Alternatives, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 2.980282 · Participants: 300Distribution Alternatives, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanAndersen Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 899.073238 · Participants: 11644Andersen Corporation Employee Stock Ownership PlanKingdom Enterprises, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 497.538965 · Participants: 789Kingdom Enterprises, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanLandscape Structures, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust, Total assets ($M): 432.374379 · Participants: 446Landscape Structures, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and TrustHormel Foods Corporation Joint Earnings Profit Sharing Trust, Total assets ($M): 431.874919 · Participants: 4575Hormel Foods Corporation Joint Earnings Profit Sharing TrustForce America Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 426.610266 · Participants: 412Force America Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan
Distribution Alternatives, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Minnesota, assets vs. participants
Compare Distribution Alternatives, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

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

Outside Minnesota, the nearest ESOP by assets is Morningstar Marble & Granite, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in ME ($3M); by covered participants it is The L.S. Starrett Company 2013 Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust in MA (300 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (300 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 Distribution Alternatives, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Distribution Alternatives, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan contracted severely - down 31.7% during 2023, from $4M to $3M. Reported net income was -$1M.
How have Distribution Alternatives, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Distribution Alternatives, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets declined 19.4%, from $12M to $9M.
Which ESOP plans are similar in size to Distribution Alternatives, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by assets is Morningstar Marble & Granite, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in ME ($3M, 16 participants).
Which ESOP plans cover a similar participant headcount to Distribution Alternatives, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is The L.S. Starrett Company 2013 Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust in MA (300 participants, $528K 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 410791842.

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.