ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

The Great Lakes Brewing Co. ESOP

Data updated 2026-08-25

$779K
Total assets Small plan by assets
177
Participants Small participant base
22nd
Percentile by assets National rank
$4,399
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: The Great Lakes Brewing Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · Sponsored by The Great Lakes Brewing Co. · Ohio · Manufacturing

$779K in assets, 177 participants

The Great Lakes Brewing Co.'s The Great Lakes Brewing Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported $779K in total assets and 177 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 22nd 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.

  • #1,717 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)

Coverage in Ohio

The Great Lakes Brewing Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan covers 177 participants in Ohio, about 23% of the average Ohio filer (state average ~765 per filing). Assets: $779K.

#1,717
in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
+0.9%
assets growth YoY

The Great Lakes Brewing Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan among the smaller filed plans by assets

The Great Lakes Brewing Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$778,582 22nd percentile higher than 22% 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

The Great Lakes Brewing Co. 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. The Great Lakes Brewing Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (177 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • The Great Lakes Brewing Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported net income rose from -$2K in the plan year 2022 filing to $13K in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • The Great Lakes Brewing Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported participants rose from 158 in the plan year 2022 filing to 177 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 341554625 · The Great Lakes Brewing Co. PY 2023 · ESOP

The Great Lakes Brewing Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · $779K · 177 · 22nd

  • IND $779K
  • IND 177
  • IND 22nd
  • IND ESOP
  • IND near The Dude Abides Employee Stock Ownership Plan
  • IND ind #1717

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 Ohio →

The Great Lakes Brewing Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among The Great Lakes Brewing Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and nearest nationwide ESOP peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Ohio filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$771K
Net Assets (End of Year)$777K
Net Income$13K
Employer EIN341554625
Plan Effective Date2018-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (The Great Lakes Brewing Co.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All The Great Lakes Brewing Co. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$18M 5.704841893872024% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$17M$17.5M$18M$18.5M$19M 202220232024 $17.4M $18.4M ▲ +5.8%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 3 555 $17M
2023 3 539 $18M
2024 1 206 $18M

Nearby ESOP Plans in Ohio

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

The Great Lakes Brewing Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Ohio, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -10000010000200003000040000 -100102030 Total assets ($B) Participants The Great Lakes Brewing Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.000778582 · Participants: 177The Great Lakes Brewing Co. Employee Stock Ownership PlanProcter & Gamble Profit Sharing Trust & Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 23.091305753 · Participants: 32152Procter & Gamble Profit Sharing Trust & Employee Stock Ownership PlanThe Garland Industries, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan & Trust, Total assets ($B): 1.692644904 · Participants: 1019The Garland Industries, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan & TrustMesser Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.62249774 · Participants: 873Messer Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanGreat Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.504257458 · Participants: 4110Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanCleveland Steel Container Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.451883636 · Participants: 434Cleveland Steel Container Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan
The Great Lakes Brewing Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Ohio, assets vs. participants
Compare The Great Lakes Brewing Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

The Great Lakes Brewing Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan's out-of-state ESOP peers by assets and headcount

Outside Ohio, the nearest ESOP by assets is The Dude Abides Employee Stock Ownership Plan in TN ($780K); by covered participants it is E&m Logistics Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in NY (177 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (177 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 The Great Lakes Brewing Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
The Great Lakes Brewing Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan held essentially flat - up 0.9% during 2023, from $771K to $779K. Reported net income was $13K.
How have The Great Lakes Brewing Co. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), The Great Lakes Brewing Co.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 5.7%, from $17M to $18M.
Where does The Great Lakes Brewing Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
The Great Lakes Brewing Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan ranks in the 22nd 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 The Great Lakes Brewing Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by assets is The Dude Abides Employee Stock Ownership Plan in TN ($780K, 197 participants).
Which ESOP plans cover a similar participant headcount to The Great Lakes Brewing Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is E&m Logistics Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in NY (177 participants, $35M 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 341554625.

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.