ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

High Country Bancorp, Inc. ESOP

Data updated 2026-08-25

$4M
Total assets Small plan by assets
71
Participants Small participant base
38th
Percentile by assets National rank
$49,335
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: High Country Bancorp, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · Sponsored by High Country Bancorp, Inc. · Colorado · Finance & Insurance

$4M in assets, 71 participants

High Country Bancorp, Inc.'s High Country Bancorp, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported $4M in total assets and 71 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.

  • #2,350 in Finance & Insurance (8,869 peers)

High Country Bancorp, Inc. multi-year trail

High Country Bancorp, Inc.'s plans moved +18.4% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows High Country Bancorp, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan at $4M / 71 participants.

#2,350
in Finance & Insurance (8,869 peers)
+8.1%
assets growth YoY

High Country Bancorp, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan's mid-pack asset rank among Finance & Insurance and all filers

High Country Bancorp, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$3,502,761 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

High Country Bancorp, 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. High Country Bancorp, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan is a small filing (71 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • High Country Bancorp, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported net income rose from -$1M in the plan year 2022 filing to $262K in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • High Country Bancorp, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported participants fell from 79 in the plan year 2022 filing to 71 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • High Country Bancorp, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan end-of-year assets rose from $3M in the plan year 2022 filing to $4M in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 841438612 · High Country Bancorp, Inc. PY 2023 · ESOP

High Country Bancorp, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · $4M · 71 · 38th

  • EBSA $4M
  • EBSA 71
  • EBSA 38th
  • EBSA ESOP
  • EBSA near Spec Employee Stock Ownership Plan
  • EBSA ind #2350

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 Colorado →

High Country Bancorp, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in the asset neighbourhood

High Country Bancorp, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanHigh Country Bancorp, Inc. E…$4MSpec Employee Stock Ownership PlanSpec Employee Stock Ownershi…$4MAmerican Reading Company, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanAmerican Reading Company, In…$4MBush & Burchett, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanBush & Burchett, Inc. Employ…$3MRbs Employee Stock Ownership PlanRbs Employee Stock Ownership…$3M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among High Country Bancorp, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and nearest nationwide ESOP peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

High Country Bancorp, Inc. multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All High Country Bancorp, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$4M 18.448202539646093% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$3M$3.2M$3.4M$3.6M$3.8M$4M 202220232024 $3.24M $3.84M ▲ +18.5%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 79 $3M
2023 1 71 $4M
2024 1 62 $4M

High Country Bancorp, Inc. filing trail (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$3M
Net Assets (End of Year)$4M
Net Income$262K
Employer EIN841438612
Plan Effective Date1997-07-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby ESOP Plans in Colorado

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

High Country Bancorp, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Colorado, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 050010001500 -1000100200300400500 Total assets ($M) Participants High Country Bancorp, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 3.502761 · Participants: 71High Country Bancorp, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanAlpine Lumber Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 385.149702 · Participants: 581Alpine Lumber Company Employee Stock Ownership PlanTrinidad Benham Corp. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 266.310908 · Participants: 776Trinidad Benham Corp. Employee Stock Ownership PlanEnvision Management Holding, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 211.311494 · Participants: 1075Envision Management Holding, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanBrown Strauss, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 209.447754 · Participants: 206Brown Strauss, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanHercules Industries, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 106.310439 · Participants: 444Hercules Industries, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan
High Country Bancorp, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Colorado, assets vs. participants
Compare High Country Bancorp, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

High Country Bancorp, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan's out-of-state ESOP peers by assets and headcount

Outside Colorado, the nearest ESOP by assets is Spec Employee Stock Ownership Plan in MA ($4M); by covered participants it is E80 Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in WI (71 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (71 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 High Country Bancorp, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
High Country Bancorp, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan grew at a solid clip - up 8.1% during 2023, from $3M to $4M. Reported net income was $262K.
How have High Country Bancorp, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), High Country Bancorp, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 18.4%, from $3M to $4M.
Which ESOP plans are similar in size to High Country Bancorp, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by assets is Spec Employee Stock Ownership Plan in MA ($4M, 28 participants).
Which ESOP plans cover a similar participant headcount to High Country Bancorp, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is E80 Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in WI (71 participants, $7M 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 841438612.

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.