ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Watts Copy Systems, Inc. ESOP

Data updated 2026-08-25

$2M
Total assets Small plan by assets
42
Participants Small participant base
30th
Percentile by assets National rank
$45,332
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Watts Copy Systems, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · Sponsored by Watts Copy Systems, Inc. · Illinois · Wholesale Trade

$2M in assets, 42 participants

Watts Copy Systems, Inc.'s Watts Copy Systems, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported $2M in total assets and 42 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 30th 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.

  • #1,206 in Wholesale Trade (6,309 peers)

Watts Copy Systems, Inc. multi-year trail

Watts Copy Systems, Inc.'s plans moved +95.7% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows Watts Copy Systems, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan at $2M / 42 participants.

#1,206
in Wholesale Trade (6,309 peers)
+68.9%
assets growth YoY

Watts Copy Systems, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan among the smaller filed plans by assets

Watts Copy Systems, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$1,903,941 30th percentile higher than 30% 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

Watts Copy Systems, 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. Watts Copy Systems, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan is a small filing (42 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Watts Copy Systems, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan end-of-year assets rose from $1M in the plan year 2022 filing to $2M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Watts Copy Systems, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported net income rose from $556K in the plan year 2022 filing to $776K in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Watts Copy Systems, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported participants fell from 43 in the plan year 2022 filing to 42 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 371117989 · Watts Copy Systems, Inc. PY 2023 · ESOP

Watts Copy Systems, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · $2M · 42 · 30th

  • TYPE $2M
  • NET 42
  • BOOK 30th
  • VS-ST ESOP
  • BOY near Thompson Gray, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan
  • SCH ind #1206

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 Illinois →

Watts Copy Systems, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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

Watts Copy Systems, Inc. multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Watts Copy Systems, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$2M 95.6902301358394% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$1M$1.5M$2M$2.5M 202220232024 $1.13M $2.21M ▲ +95.6%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 43 $1M
2023 1 42 $2M
2024 1 50 $2M

Watts Copy Systems, Inc. filing trail (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$1M
Net Assets (End of Year)$2M
Net Income$776K
Employer EIN371117989
Plan Effective Date2021-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby ESOP Plans in Illinois

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

Watts Copy Systems, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -5000050001000015000 -1012345 Total assets ($B) Participants Watts Copy Systems, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.001903941 · Participants: 42Watts Copy Systems, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanAmsted Industries Incorporated Employees' Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.440263476 · Participants: 4738Amsted Industries Incorporated Employees' Stock Ownership PlanKehe Distributors, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.616096816 · Participants: 4251Kehe Distributors, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanScot Forge Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.195072662 · Participants: 486Scot Forge Company Employee Stock Ownership PlanBdo USA Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.91547863 · Participants: 10168Bdo USA Employee Stock Ownership PlanBdo USA Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.91547863 · Participants: 10168Bdo USA Employee Stock Ownership Plan
Watts Copy Systems, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants
Compare Watts Copy Systems, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Watts Copy Systems, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan's out-of-state ESOP peers by assets and headcount

Outside Illinois, the nearest ESOP by assets is Thompson Gray, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in AL ($2M); by covered participants it is E.V.S. Ltd. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in IN (42 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (42 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 Watts Copy Systems, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Watts Copy Systems, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan surged - up 68.9% during 2023, from $1M to $2M. Reported net income was $776K.
How have Watts Copy Systems, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Watts Copy Systems, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 95.7%, from $1M to $2M.
Which ESOP plans are similar in size to Watts Copy Systems, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by assets is Thompson Gray, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in AL ($2M, 207 participants).
Which ESOP plans cover a similar participant headcount to Watts Copy Systems, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is E.V.S. Ltd. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in IN (42 participants, $22M 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 371117989.

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.