ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Optical Associates, Inc. ESOP

Data updated 2026-08-25

$2M
Total assets Small plan by assets
27
Participants Small participant base
31st
Percentile by assets National rank
$78,339
Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Optical Associates, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · Sponsored by Optical Associates, Inc. · California · Manufacturing

$2M in assets, 27 participants

Optical Associates, Inc.'s Optical Associates, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported $2M in total assets and 27 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 31st 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.

  • #2,892 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)

Optical Associates, Inc. multi-year trail

Optical Associates, Inc.'s plans moved -13.9% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows Optical Associates, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan at $2M / 27 participants.

#2,892
in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
-2.2%
assets change YoY

The plan reported a net loss of $48K for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Optical Associates, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan among the smaller filed plans by assets

Optical Associates, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$2,115,157 31st percentile higher than 31% 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

Optical Associates, 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. Optical Associates, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan is a small filing (27 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Optical Associates, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported net income rose from -$331K in the plan year 2022 filing to -$48K in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Optical Associates, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported participants fell from 28 in the plan year 2022 filing to 27 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Optical Associates, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan end-of-year assets fell from $2M in the plan year 2022 filing to $2M in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 942201014 · Optical Associates, Inc. PY 2023 · ESOP

Optical Associates, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · $2M · 27 · 31st

  • PART $2M
  • PART 27
  • PART 31st
  • PART ESOP
  • PART near Eureka Homestead ESOP
  • PART ind #2892

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 California →

Optical Associates, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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

Optical Associates, Inc. multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Optical Associates, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$2M 13.905142696512849% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$1.8M$1.9M$2M$2.1M$2.2M 202220232024 $2.16M $1.86M ▼ -13.9%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 28 $2M
2023 1 27 $2M
2024 1 29 $2M

Optical Associates, Inc. filing trail (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$2M
Net Assets (End of Year)$2M
Net Income-$48K
Employer EIN942201014
Plan Effective Date1990-04-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby ESOP Plans in California

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

Optical Associates, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in California, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -20000200040006000800010000 -101234 Total assets ($B) Participants Optical Associates, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.002115157 · Participants: 27Optical Associates, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanParsons Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.757068542 · Participants: 7871Parsons Employee Stock Ownership PlanAcco Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.444524335 · Participants: 1397Acco Employee Stock Ownership PlanRosendin Electric, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.125537204 · Participants: 1700Rosendin Electric, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanAgron, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.533004512 · Participants: 72Agron, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanRecology Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.497089527 · Participants: 3656Recology Employee Stock Ownership Plan
Optical Associates, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in California, assets vs. participants
Compare Optical Associates, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

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

Outside California, the nearest ESOP by assets is Eureka Homestead ESOP in LA ($2M); by covered participants it is Blankenberger Brothers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust Agreement in IN (27 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (27 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 Optical Associates, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Optical Associates, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan edged down modestly - down 2.2% during 2023, from $2M to $2M. Reported net income was -$48K.
How have Optical Associates, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Optical Associates, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets declined 13.9%, from $2M to $2M.
Which ESOP plans are similar in size to Optical Associates, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by assets is Eureka Homestead ESOP in LA ($2M, 14 participants).
Which ESOP plans cover a similar participant headcount to Optical Associates, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Blankenberger Brothers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust Agreement in IN (27 participants, $13M 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 942201014.

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.