ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Kehe Distributors, Inc. ESOP

Data updated 2026-08-25

$1.6B
Total assets Very large vs avg
4,251
Participants Above avg headcount
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$380,169
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Kehe Distributors, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · Sponsored by Kehe Distributors, Inc. · Illinois · Wholesale Trade

$1.6B in assets, 4,251 participants

Kehe Distributors, Inc.'s Kehe Distributors, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported $1.6B in total assets and 4,251 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 99th 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.

  • #6,280 in Wholesale Trade (6,309 peers)

Coverage in Illinois

Kehe Distributors, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan covers 4,251 participants in Illinois, 5.5x the typical Illinois plan (state average ~779 per filing). Assets: $1.6B.

#6,280
in Wholesale Trade (6,309 peers)
+38.9%
assets growth YoY
16×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Kehe Distributors, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan's outsized position by total assets

Kehe Distributors, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$1,616,096,816 Top 1% higher than 99% 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

Kehe Distributors, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan's large-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Kehe Distributors, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan lands in the large band (4,251 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Kehe Distributors, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported net income rose from $203M in the plan year 2022 filing to $453M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Kehe Distributors, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan end-of-year assets rose from $1.2B in the plan year 2022 filing to $1.6B in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Kehe Distributors, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported participants rose from 3,905 in the plan year 2022 filing to 4,251 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 271729384 · Kehe Distributors, Inc. PY 2023 · ESOP

Kehe Distributors, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · $1.6B · 4,251 · 99th

  • EOY $1.6B
  • EOY 4,251
  • EOY 99th
  • EOY ESOP
  • EOY near Bradford White Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust Agreement
  • EOY ind #6280

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 →

Kehe Distributors, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in the asset neighbourhood

The Garland Industries, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan & TrustThe Garland Industries, Inc.…$1.7BKehe Distributors, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanKehe Distributors, Inc. Empl…$1.6BBradford White Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust AgreementBradford White Corporation E…$1.6BMccarthy Employee Stock Ownership PlanMccarthy Employee Stock Owne…$1.5BAcco Employee Stock Ownership PlanAcco Employee Stock Ownershi…$1.4B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Kehe Distributors, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and nearest nationwide ESOP peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Illinois filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$1.2B
Net Assets (End of Year)$1.6B
Net Income$453M
Employer EIN271729384
Plan Effective Date2000-05-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Kehe Distributors, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Kehe Distributors, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$2.5B 79.07538012319361% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$1B$1.5B$2B$2.5B$3B 202220232024 $1.39B $2.49B ▲ +79.1%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 10,279 $1.4B
2023 2 10,300 $1.9B
2024 2 11,469 $2.5B

Nearby ESOP Plans in Illinois

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

Kehe Distributors, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 050001000015000 012345 Total assets ($B) Participants Kehe Distributors, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.616096816 · Participants: 4251Kehe Distributors, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanAmsted Industries Incorporated Employees' Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.440263476 · Participants: 4738Amsted Industries Incorporated Employees' Stock Ownership PlanScot Forge Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($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 PlanRli Corp. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.336812925 · Participants: 900Rli Corp. Employee Stock Ownership Plan
Kehe Distributors, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants
Compare Kehe Distributors, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

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

Outside Illinois, the nearest ESOP by assets is Bradford White Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust Agreement in PA ($1.6B); by covered participants it is Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in OH (4,110 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (4,251 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 Kehe Distributors, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Kehe Distributors, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan surged - up 38.9% during 2023, from $1.2B to $1.6B. Reported net income was $453M.
How have Kehe Distributors, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Kehe Distributors, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 79.1%, from $1.4B to $2.5B.
Where does Kehe Distributors, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Kehe Distributors, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan ranks in the 99th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (among the largest 1% of all filed plans).
Which ESOP plans are similar in size to Kehe Distributors, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by assets is Bradford White Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust Agreement in PA ($1.6B, 342 participants).
Which ESOP plans cover a similar participant headcount to Kehe Distributors, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in OH (4,110 participants, $504M 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 271729384.

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.