ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
Harps Food Stores ESOP
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $306M
- Total assets Above avg plan size
- 2,833
- Participants Above avg headcount
- 96th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $107,838
- Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Harps Food Stores, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · Sponsored by Harps Food Stores · Arkansas · Retail Trade
$306M in assets, 2,833 participants
Harps Food Stores's Harps Food Stores, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported $306M in total assets and 2,833 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 96th 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.
- #8,221 in Retail Trade (8,414 peers)
Where Harps Food Stores, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan sits by assets
Harps Food Stores, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan sits in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, $306M for 2,833 participants (~$107,838/participant), up 0.6% in 2023.
- #8,221
- in Retail Trade (8,414 peers)
- +0.6%
- assets growth YoY
- 3.1×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
Harps Food Stores, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan's outsized position by total assets
Harps Food Stores, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500
$305,504,524 Top 4% higher than 96% of 127,068 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2023
Harps Food Stores, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan's large-plan peer group by participant headcount
Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Harps Food Stores, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan lands in the large band (2,833 participants).
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- Harps Food Stores, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported net income fell from $17M in the plan year 2022 filing to $5M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Harps Food Stores, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported participants rose from 2,351 in the plan year 2022 filing to 2,833 in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Harps Food Stores, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan end-of-year assets rose from $304M in the plan year 2022 filing to $306M in the plan year 2023 filing.
DOL schedule card
Filing strip 710304953 · Harps Food Stores PY 2023 · ESOP
Harps Food Stores, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · $306M · 2,833 · 96th
- EOY $306M
- 5500 2,833
- ASSETS 96th
- PCT ESOP
- EIN near Morton Buildings, Inc. Leveraged Employee Stock Ownership Plan
- RANK ind #8221
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 Arkansas →
Harps Food Stores, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Scale-class filing particulars (2023)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $304M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $306M |
| Net Income | $5M |
| Employer EIN | 710304953 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1988-09-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Harps Food Stores)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Harps Food Stores plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $361M 7.043745819521682% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 6,573 | $337M |
| 2023 | 2 | 7,415 | $345M |
| 2024 | 2 | 7,908 | $361M |
Nearby ESOP Plans in Arkansas
Peer ESOP plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Central States, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan $496M · 1,113
- Central Moloney, Inc. Salaried Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust $352M · 119
- E.C. Barton & Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan & Trust $167M · 674
- Rubber & Gasket Company of America Employee Stock Ownership Plan $64M · 147
- Hytrol Conveyor Co., Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan $31M · 1,570
Harps Food Stores, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan's out-of-state ESOP peers by assets and headcount
Outside Arkansas, the nearest ESOP by assets is Morton Buildings, Inc. Leveraged Employee Stock Ownership Plan in IL ($308M); by covered participants it is Woodman's Employees' Profit Sharing and Stock Ownership Plan in WI (2,837 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($306M here).
- Morton Buildings, Inc. Leveraged Employee Stock Ownership Plan (IL) $308M · 1,774
- Mathematica Group Holding Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan (NJ) $309M · 1,571
- Conair LLC Savings and Investment Plan (NJ) $301M · 1,050
- Locke Supply Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan (OK) $311M · 1,300
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (2,833 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Woodman's Employees' Profit Sharing and Stock Ownership Plan (WI) 2,837 · 4 off
- The Cato Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan (NC) 2,802 · 31 off
- Wright Service Corp. Employee Stock Ownership Plan (IA) 2,792 · 41 off
- Csc Employee Stock Ownership Plan (CA) 2,908 · 75 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.