ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc. ESOP

Data updated 2026-08-11

$143M
Total assets: 965
Participants: 93rd
Percentile by assets: $148,087
Avg per participant

Official DOL plan name: Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · Sponsored by Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc. · California · Retail Trade

$143M in assets, 965 participants

Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc.'s Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported $143M in total assets and 965 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 93rd 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.

93rd percentile by assets (of 127,072 plans)
#8,098 in Retail Trade (8,414 peers)

Where Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan sits by assets

Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan sits in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets, $143M for 965 participants (~$148,087/participant), up 4.9% in 2023.

$143M
total plan assets (2023 EOY): 965
covered participants: 93rd
percentile by assets (of 127,072 plans): $148,087
avg assets per participant

Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported net income fell from $25M in the plan year 2022 filing to $7M in the plan year 2023 filing.
Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan end-of-year assets rose from $136M in the plan year 2022 filing to $143M in the plan year 2023 filing.
Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported participants fell from 1,014 in the plan year 2022 filing to 965 in the plan year 2023 filing.

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State

California

Industry

Retail Trade

Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs the 2023 asset distribution

By assets, Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan outranks 93% of the 127,072 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2023 plan year, and holds roughly 1.4x the national average plan size of $100M (721 average participants).

Scale-class filing particulars (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)	$136M
Net Assets (End of Year)	$143M
Net Income	$7M
Employer EIN	953207663
Plan Effective Date	1980-08-01
Filing Status	FILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc.)

Total plan assets by year, all Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc. plans on file

Year	Plans	Participants	Total Assets
2022	2	2,239	$159M
2023	2	2,175	$170M
2024	2	2,329	$176M

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

Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in California, assets vs. participants

Parsons Employee Stock Ownership Plan $3.8B · 7,871
Acco Employee Stock Ownership Plan $1.4B · 1,397
Rosendin Electric, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan $1.1B · 1,700
Agron, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan $533M · 72
Recology Employee Stock Ownership Plan $497M · 3,656

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Similar-Sized ESOP Plans Nationally

ESOP plans in other states closest to Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan by total assets, not by location.

Mcelroy Metal Mill, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan (LA) $143M · 570
Cmg, Inc. (WI) $143M · 72
Brinkmann Constructors Employee Stock Ownership Plan (MO) $142M · 251
Martin & Bayley, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust (IL) $144M · 698

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan assets move in 2023? ▼

Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan edged up modestly - up 4.9% during 2023, from $136M to $143M. Reported net income was $7M.

How have Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼

Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 10.7%, from $159M to $176M.

Where does Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼

Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan ranks in the 93rd percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets).

Which ESOP plans are similar in size to Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼

Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by assets is Mcelroy Metal Mill, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in LA ($143M, 570 participants).

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Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets have grown 10.7% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Retail Trade plans

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 953207663.