ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Sylvia's Microwave, Inc., Dba Friedmans Appliance ESOP

Data updated 2026-08-25

$14M
Total assets Small plan by assets
61
Participants Small participant base
66th
Percentile by assets National rank
$231,805
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Friedmans Appliance Employee Stock Ownership Plan · Sponsored by Sylvia's Microwave, Inc., Dba Friedmans Appliance · California · Retail Trade

$14M in assets, 61 participants

Sylvia's Microwave, Inc., Dba Friedmans Appliance's Friedmans Appliance Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported $14M in total assets and 61 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 66th 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.

  • #6,452 in Retail Trade (8,414 peers)

Sylvia's Microwave, Inc., Dba Friedmans Appliance multi-year trail

Sylvia's Microwave, Inc., Dba Friedmans Appliance's plans moved +33.9% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows Friedmans Appliance Employee Stock Ownership Plan at $14M / 61 participants.

#6,452
in Retail Trade (8,414 peers)
+27.1%
assets growth YoY

Friedmans Appliance Employee Stock Ownership Plan's mid-pack asset rank among Retail Trade and all filers

Friedmans Appliance Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$14,140,135 Top 34% higher than 66% 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

Friedmans Appliance 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. Friedmans Appliance Employee Stock Ownership Plan is a small filing (61 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Friedmans Appliance Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported net income fell from $5M in the plan year 2022 filing to $3M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Friedmans Appliance Employee Stock Ownership Plan end-of-year assets rose from $11M in the plan year 2022 filing to $14M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Friedmans Appliance Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported participants rose from 51 in the plan year 2022 filing to 61 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 942679112 · Sylvia's Microwave, Inc., Dba Friedmans Appliance PY 2023 · ESOP

Friedmans Appliance Employee Stock Ownership Plan · $14M · 61 · 66th

  • BOY $14M
  • SCH 61
  • EBSA 66th
  • PART ESOP
  • TYPE near W. C. Spratt Incorporated Employee Stock Ownership Plan
  • NET ind #6452

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 →

Friedmans Appliance Employee Stock Ownership Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Waynesboro Construction Co., Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanWaynesboro Construction Co.,…$14MCitizens & Northern Corp. Employee Stock Ownership PlanCitizens & Northern Corp. Em…$14MFriedmans Appliance Employee Stock Ownership PlanFriedmans Appliance Employee…$14MW. C. Spratt Incorporated Employee Stock Ownership PlanW. C. Spratt Incorporated Em…$14MWest Union Trenching, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanWest Union Trenching, Inc. E…$14M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Friedmans Appliance Employee Stock Ownership Plan and nearest nationwide ESOP peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Sylvia's Microwave, Inc., Dba Friedmans Appliance multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Sylvia's Microwave, Inc., Dba Friedmans Appliance plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$15M 33.88701848886602% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$10M$12M$14M$16M 202220232024 $11.1M $14.9M ▲ +33.9%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 51 $11M
2023 1 61 $14M
2024 1 71 $15M

Sylvia's Microwave, Inc., Dba Friedmans Appliance filing trail (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$11M
Net Assets (End of Year)$12M
Net Income$3M
Employer EIN942679112
Plan Effective Date2016-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby ESOP Plans in California

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

Friedmans Appliance Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in California, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -20000200040006000800010000 -101234 Total assets ($B) Participants Friedmans Appliance Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.014140135 · Participants: 61Friedmans Appliance 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
Friedmans Appliance Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in California, assets vs. participants
Compare Friedmans Appliance Employee Stock Ownership Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

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

Outside California, the nearest ESOP by assets is W. C. Spratt Incorporated Employee Stock Ownership Plan in VA ($14M); by covered participants it is Employee Stock Ownership Plan for Employees of Perry Bancshares, Inc. in OK (61 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (61 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 Friedmans Appliance Employee Stock Ownership Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Friedmans Appliance Employee Stock Ownership Plan grew sharply - up 27.1% during 2023, from $11M to $14M. Reported net income was $3M.
How have Sylvia's Microwave, Inc., Dba Friedmans Appliance plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Sylvia's Microwave, Inc., Dba Friedmans Appliance's sponsor-wide assets grew 33.9%, from $11M to $15M.
Which ESOP plans are similar in size to Friedmans Appliance Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by assets is W. C. Spratt Incorporated Employee Stock Ownership Plan in VA ($14M, 52 participants).
Which ESOP plans cover a similar participant headcount to Friedmans Appliance Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Employee Stock Ownership Plan for Employees of Perry Bancshares, Inc. in OK (61 participants, $4M 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 942679112.

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.