ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

The Howard Company, Inc. ESOP

Data updated 2026-08-25

$4M
Total assets Small plan by assets
72
Participants Small participant base
42nd
Percentile by assets National rank
$60,713
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: The Howard Company, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · Sponsored by The Howard Company, Inc. · Wisconsin · Professional & Technical Services

$4M in assets, 72 participants

The Howard Company, Inc.'s The Howard Company, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported $4M in total assets and 72 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 42nd 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.

  • #7,998 in Professional & Technical Services (20,321 peers)

The Howard Company, Inc. multi-year trail

The Howard Company, Inc.'s plans moved +15.9% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows The Howard Company, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan at $4M / 72 participants.

#7,998
in Professional & Technical Services (20,321 peers)
+4.5%
assets growth YoY

The Howard Company, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan's mid-pack asset rank among Professional & Technical Services and all filers

The Howard Company, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$4,371,314 42nd percentile higher than 42% 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

The Howard Company, 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. The Howard Company, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan is a small filing (72 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • The Howard Company, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported net income fell from $1M in the plan year 2022 filing to $190K in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • The Howard Company, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported participants rose from 58 in the plan year 2022 filing to 72 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • The Howard Company, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan end-of-year assets rose from $4M in the plan year 2022 filing to $4M in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 390929231 · The Howard Company, Inc. PY 2023 · ESOP

The Howard Company, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · $4M · 72 · 42nd

  • PART $4M
  • PART 72
  • PART 42nd
  • PART ESOP
  • PART near Wescom, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan
  • PART ind #7998

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 Wisconsin →

The Howard Company, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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

The Howard Company, Inc. multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All The Howard Company, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$5M 15.889312465919852% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$4M$4.5M$5M 202220232024 $4.18M $4.85M ▲ +16.0%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 58 $4M
2023 1 72 $4M
2024 1 65 $5M

The Howard Company, Inc. filing trail (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$4M
Net Assets (End of Year)$4M
Net Income$190K
Employer EIN390929231
Plan Effective Date1981-11-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby ESOP Plans in Wisconsin

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

The Howard Company, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Wisconsin, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -200002000400060008000 -101234 Total assets ($B) Participants The Howard Company, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.004371314 · Participants: 72The Howard Company, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanSchreiber Foods, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.551413763 · Participants: 6108Schreiber Foods, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanWoodman's Employees' Profit Sharing and Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.700244908 · Participants: 2837Woodman's Employees' Profit Sharing and Stock Ownership PlanKi Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.511365241 · Participants: 1624Ki Employee Stock Ownership PlanTrachte Building Systems Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.331023295 · Participants: 228Trachte Building Systems Employee Stock Ownership PlanWausau Supply Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.31506565 · Participants: 808Wausau Supply Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan
The Howard Company, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Wisconsin, assets vs. participants
Compare The Howard Company, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

The Howard Company, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan's out-of-state ESOP peers by assets and headcount

Outside Wisconsin, the nearest ESOP by assets is Wescom, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in MN ($4M); by covered participants it is Hopkins Printing Employee Stock Ownership Plan in OH (72 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (72 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 The Howard Company, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
The Howard Company, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan edged up modestly - up 4.5% during 2023, from $4M to $4M. Reported net income was $190K.
How have The Howard Company, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), The Howard Company, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 15.9%, from $4M to $5M.
Which ESOP plans are similar in size to The Howard Company, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by assets is Wescom, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in MN ($4M, 186 participants).
Which ESOP plans cover a similar participant headcount to The Howard Company, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Hopkins Printing Employee Stock Ownership Plan in OH (72 participants, N/A 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 390929231.

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.