ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Design Business Communications, Inc. ESOP

Data updated 2026-08-25

$2M
Total assets Small plan by assets
17
Participants Small participant base
28th
Percentile by assets National rank
$98,044
Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: American Telephone Employee Stock Ownership Plan · Sponsored by Design Business Communications, Inc. · Arizona · Information & Media

$2M in assets, 17 participants

Design Business Communications, Inc.'s American Telephone Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported $2M in total assets and 17 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 28th 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.

  • #419 in Information & Media (2,818 peers)

2023 asset change

American Telephone Employee Stock Ownership Plan pulled back noticeably 14.4% in 2023 ($2M → $2M) for 17 participants.

#419
in Information & Media (2,818 peers)
-14.4%
assets change YoY

The plan reported a net loss of $281K for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

American Telephone Employee Stock Ownership Plan among the smaller filed plans by assets

American Telephone Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$1,666,755 28th percentile higher than 28% 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

American Telephone 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. American Telephone Employee Stock Ownership Plan is a small filing (17 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • American Telephone Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported net income fell from $42K in the plan year 2022 filing to -$281K in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • American Telephone 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.
  • American Telephone Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported participants fell from 19 in the plan year 2022 filing to 17 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 860736656 · Design Business Communications, Inc. PY 2023 · ESOP

American Telephone Employee Stock Ownership Plan · $2M · 17 · 28th

  • ASSETS $2M
  • PCT 17
  • EIN 28th
  • RANK ESOP
  • PHOTO near Central Indiana Rubber Products, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan
  • IND ind #419

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 Arizona →

American Telephone Employee Stock Ownership Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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

Design Business Communications, Inc. years around the 2023 move

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Design Business Communications, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$2M 6.339450455010766% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$1.6M$1.7M$1.8M$1.9M$2M 202220232024 $1.95M $1.82M ▼ -6.7%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 19 $2M
2023 1 17 $2M
2024 1 18 $2M

2023 asset-move particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$2M
Net Assets (End of Year)$2M
Net Income-$281K
Employer EIN860736656
Plan Effective Date2005-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby ESOP Plans in Arizona

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

American Telephone Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Arizona, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000500010000150002000025000 -0.500.511.5 Total assets ($B) Participants American Telephone Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.001666755 · Participants: 17American Telephone Employee Stock Ownership PlanThe Sundt Companies Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.064355538 · Participants: 2392The Sundt Companies Employee Stock Ownership PlanU-Haul Holding Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.61854692 · Participants: 19740U-Haul Holding Company Employee Stock Ownership PlanSpencer's Air Conditioning & Appliance, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.313228026 · Participants: 253Spencer's Air Conditioning & Appliance, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanPima Medical Institute Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.216174467 · Participants: 1057Pima Medical Institute Employee Stock Ownership PlanWilson Electric Services Corp. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.167298665 · Participants: 726Wilson Electric Services Corp. Employee Stock Ownership Plan
American Telephone Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Arizona, assets vs. participants
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American Telephone Employee Stock Ownership Plan's out-of-state ESOP peers by assets and headcount

Outside Arizona, the nearest ESOP by assets is Central Indiana Rubber Products, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in IN ($2M); by covered participants it is New England Natural Bakers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in MA (17 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (17 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 American Telephone Employee Stock Ownership Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
American Telephone Employee Stock Ownership Plan pulled back noticeably - down 14.4% during 2023, from $2M to $2M. Reported net income was -$281K.
How have Design Business Communications, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Design Business Communications, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets declined 6.3%, from $2M to $2M.
Which ESOP plans are similar in size to American Telephone Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by assets is Central Indiana Rubber Products, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in IN ($2M, 9 participants).
Which ESOP plans cover a similar participant headcount to American Telephone Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is New England Natural Bakers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in MA (17 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 860736656.

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.