ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Flying S Inc ESOP

Data updated 2026-08-25

$4M
Total assets Small plan by assets
80
Participants Small participant base
38th
Percentile by assets National rank
$44,931
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Flying S, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · Sponsored by Flying S Inc · Illinois · Manufacturing

$4M in assets, 80 participants

Flying S Inc's Flying S, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported $4M in total assets and 80 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 38th 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.

  • #4,068 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)

Flying S Inc multi-year trail

Flying S Inc's plans moved +167.2% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows Flying S, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan at $4M / 80 participants.

#4,068
in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
+73.1%
assets growth YoY

Flying S, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan's mid-pack asset rank among Manufacturing and all filers

Flying S, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$3,594,495 38th percentile higher than 38% 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

Flying S, 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. Flying S, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan is a small filing (80 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Flying S, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported net income rose from $552K in the plan year 2022 filing to $2M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Flying S, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan end-of-year assets rose from $2M in the plan year 2022 filing to $4M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Flying S, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported participants rose from 79 in the plan year 2022 filing to 80 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 274299003 · Flying S Inc PY 2023 · ESOP

Flying S, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · $4M · 80 · 38th

  • PCT $4M
  • PCT 80
  • PCT 38th
  • PCT ESOP
  • PCT near Ses Employee Stock Ownership Plan
  • PCT ind #4068

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 →

Flying S, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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

Flying S Inc multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Flying S Inc plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$6M 167.15829639005932% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$0M$2M$4M$6M 202220232024 $2.08M $5.55M ▲ +166.8%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 79 $2M
2023 1 80 $4M
2024 1 81 $6M

Flying S Inc filing trail (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$2M
Net Assets (End of Year)$4M
Net Income$2M
Employer EIN274299003
Plan Effective Date2019-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby ESOP Plans in Illinois

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

Flying S, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -5000050001000015000 -1012345 Total assets ($B) Participants Flying S, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.003594495 · Participants: 80Flying S, 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
Flying S, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants
Compare Flying S, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

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

Outside Illinois, the nearest ESOP by assets is Ses Employee Stock Ownership Plan in UT ($4M); by covered participants it is Lenoir Mirror Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan in NC (80 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (80 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 Flying S, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Flying S, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan surged - up 73.1% during 2023, from $2M to $4M. Reported net income was $2M.
How have Flying S Inc plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Flying S Inc's sponsor-wide assets grew 167.2%, from $2M to $6M.
Which ESOP plans are similar in size to Flying S, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by assets is Ses Employee Stock Ownership Plan in UT ($4M, 23 participants).
Which ESOP plans cover a similar participant headcount to Flying S, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Lenoir Mirror Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan in NC (80 participants, $330K 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 274299003.

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.