Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Schwartz & Co. Enterprises, Ltd. Employee Stock Ownership Plan

Data updated 2026-05-15

$20M
Total assets
52
Participants
70th
Percentile by assets
$387,618
Avg per participant

Sponsored by J.E. Adams Industries, Ltd. · Iowa · Manufacturing

What the 2024 filing shows

Schwartz & Co. Enterprises, Ltd. Employee Stock Ownership Plan holds $20M for 52 participants - about $387,618 per participant, above the median plan by assets, up 8.4% over the 2024 plan year.

$20M
total plan assets (2024 EOY)
52
covered participants
70th
percentile by assets (of 116,472 plans)
$387,618
avg assets per participant
State
Industry
Manufacturing

Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

What the Filing Says About Schwartz & Co. Enterprises, Ltd. Employee Stock Ownership Plan

Schwartz & Co. Enterprises, Ltd. Employee Stock Ownership Plan is an Other retirement plan sponsored by J.E. Adams Industries, Ltd., headquartered in Iowa. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2024 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $20M in total end-of-year assets and covers 52 participants across the Manufacturing industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 208202904, and the plan has been effective since 2014-01-01. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets grew at a solid clip from $19M at the beginning of 2024 to $20M at year-end - up 8.4%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $18M, with reported net income of $2M driven by investment returns, contributions received, and benefit payments during the period. These figures reflect what the plan administrator certified on Schedule H or Schedule I of the Form 5500 annual return and can be compared against 2 prior plan-year filings from the same sponsor shown below.

Across the 3 plan years J.E. Adams Industries, Ltd. has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $17M to $20M, a gain of 21.8%, while reported participants moved from 51 to 52 (+2.0%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2024 at $20M; the softest was 2022 at $17M. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $17M in assets across 1 plan covering 51 participants; 2023 - $19M in assets across 1 plan covering 53 participants; 2024 - $20M in assets across 1 plan covering 52 participants.

Asset totals and participant counts reflect a single plan year snapshot and can change materially with market conditions, plan mergers, or workforce changes. Fields such as "net income" include both realized investment performance and contribution/distribution flows, a single-year figure does not by itself indicate plan health or participant outcomes. This page summarizes public DOL disclosures for research and educational purposes only and is not retirement, tax, legal, or financial advice. Before making decisions about your own retirement benefits or evaluating an employer's plan, verify the underlying filing directly via the DOL EFAST2 system and consult a qualified professional.

How the percentile is calculated: we count every plan that filed a 2024 Form 5500 with a reported end-of-year asset figure (116,472 plans), rank Schwartz & Co. Enterprises, Ltd. Employee Stock Ownership Plan against all of them by total assets, and report the share of those plans it outranks. A plan reporting no asset figure for the year is excluded from the ranking rather than assumed to be zero.

Financial Summary (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$19M
Total Assets (End of Year)$20M
Net Assets (End of Year)$18M
Net Income$2M
Plan TypeOther
Employer EIN208202904
Plan Effective Date2014-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (J.E. Adams Industries, Ltd.)

Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 51 $17M
2023 1 53 $19M
2024 1 52 $20M

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the Schwartz & Co. Enterprises, Ltd. Employee Stock Ownership Plan?
As of the 2024 Form 5500 filing, Schwartz & Co. Enterprises, Ltd. Employee Stock Ownership Plan holds $20M in total assets with 52 participants. It is sponsored by J.E. Adams Industries, Ltd..
What type of plan is Schwartz & Co. Enterprises, Ltd. Employee Stock Ownership Plan?
Schwartz & Co. Enterprises, Ltd. Employee Stock Ownership Plan is an Other plan. It has been effective since 2014-01-01. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 208202904.
Who sponsors the Schwartz & Co. Enterprises, Ltd. Employee Stock Ownership Plan?
Schwartz & Co. Enterprises, Ltd. Employee Stock Ownership Plan is sponsored by J.E. Adams Industries, Ltd., located in Iowa. The sponsor's EIN is 208202904 and the plan operates in the Manufacturing industry.
How did Schwartz & Co. Enterprises, Ltd. Employee Stock Ownership Plan perform in 2024?
Schwartz & Co. Enterprises, Ltd. Employee Stock Ownership Plan grew at a solid clip - up 8.4% during 2024, moving from $19M to $20M in total assets. Net income was $2M.

What this filing means

Ways to act on Schwartz & Co. Enterprises, Ltd. Employee Stock Ownership Plan's numbers.

  • By total assets, Schwartz & Co. Enterprises, Ltd. Employee Stock Ownership Plan ranks above the median plan by assets. See the largest plans
  • Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar Other plans in Iowa. Compare plans
  • J.E. Adams Industries, Ltd.'s sponsor-wide assets have grown 21.8% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Manufacturing plans
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2024.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 208202904.

Reference: IRS Publication 560, Retirement Plans for Small Business, contribution-limit rules.

Reference: IRS Publication 590-B, Distributions from IRAs, RMD rules under SECURE Act 2.0.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.

Every figure on PlainRetire is rendered directly from the Department of Labor's Form 5500 annual return filings, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-05-15.