ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Best Friends Pet Care Holdings, Inc. ESOP

Data updated 2026-08-25

$2M
Total assets Small plan by assets
156
Participants Small participant base
28th
Percentile by assets National rank
$10,385
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Best Friends Pet Care Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · Sponsored by Best Friends Pet Care Holdings, Inc. · Connecticut · Retail Trade

$2M in assets, 156 participants

Best Friends Pet Care Holdings, Inc.'s Best Friends Pet Care Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported $2M in total assets and 156 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 28th 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.

  • #3,409 in Retail Trade (8,414 peers)

Coverage in Connecticut

Best Friends Pet Care Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan covers 156 participants in Connecticut, about 22% of the average Connecticut filer (state average ~718 per filing). Assets: $2M.

#3,409
in Retail Trade (8,414 peers)
+268.2%
assets growth YoY

Best Friends Pet Care Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan among the smaller filed plans by assets

Best Friends Pet Care Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$1,620,000 28th percentile higher than 28% 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

Best Friends Pet Care Holdings, 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. Best Friends Pet Care Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (156 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Best Friends Pet Care Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported net income rose from $494K in the plan year 2022 filing to $4M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Best Friends Pet Care Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan end-of-year assets rose from $440K in the plan year 2022 filing to $2M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Best Friends Pet Care Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported participants rose from 151 in the plan year 2022 filing to 156 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 832710652 · Best Friends Pet Care Holdings, Inc. PY 2023 · ESOP

Best Friends Pet Care Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · $2M · 156 · 28th

  • PART $2M
  • TYPE 156
  • NET 28th
  • BOOK ESOP
  • VS-ST near Mold-Base Industries, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan
  • BOY ind #3409

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 Connecticut →

Best Friends Pet Care Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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

Connecticut filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$440K
Net Assets (End of Year)-$7M
Net Income$4M
Employer EIN832710652
Plan Effective Date2018-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Best Friends Pet Care Holdings, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Best Friends Pet Care Holdings, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$4M 724.6295454545455% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$0M$1M$2M$3M$4M 202220232024 $0.44M $3.63M ▲ +725.0%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 151 $440K
2023 1 156 $2M
2024 1 174 $4M

Nearby ESOP Plans in Connecticut

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

Best Friends Pet Care Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Connecticut, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 0100200300400500600 -1000100200300400 Total assets ($M) Participants Best Friends Pet Care Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 1.62 · Participants: 156Best Friends Pet Care Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanMott Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 360.458407 · Participants: 269Mott Corporation Employee Stock Ownership PlanSonalysts, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 125.286205 · Participants: 418Sonalysts, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanBl Companies, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 113.226057 · Participants: 323Bl Companies, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanEurpac Service, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 96.349012 · Participants: 529Eurpac Service, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanTwin Mro Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 82.993881 · Participants: 93Twin Mro Employee Stock Ownership Plan
Best Friends Pet Care Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Connecticut, assets vs. participants
Compare Best Friends Pet Care Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Best Friends Pet Care Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan's out-of-state ESOP peers by assets and headcount

Outside Connecticut, the nearest ESOP by assets is Mold-Base Industries, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in PA ($2M); by covered participants it is Natural Beauty Growers Employee Stock Ownership Plan in WI (156 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (156 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 Best Friends Pet Care Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Best Friends Pet Care Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan surged - up 268.2% during 2023, from $440K to $2M. Reported net income was $4M.
How have Best Friends Pet Care Holdings, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Best Friends Pet Care Holdings, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 724.6%, from $440K to $4M.
Which ESOP plans are similar in size to Best Friends Pet Care Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by assets is Mold-Base Industries, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in PA ($2M, 12 participants).
Which ESOP plans cover a similar participant headcount to Best Friends Pet Care Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Natural Beauty Growers Employee Stock Ownership Plan in WI (156 participants, $3M 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 832710652.

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.