ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Woodman's Food Market, Inc. ESOP

Data updated 2026-08-25

$700M
Total assets Above avg plan size
2,837
Participants Above avg headcount
98th
Percentile by assets National rank
$246,826
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Woodman's Employees' Profit Sharing and Stock Ownership Plan · Sponsored by Woodman's Food Market, Inc. · Wisconsin · Retail Trade

$700M in assets, 2,837 participants

Woodman's Food Market, Inc.'s Woodman's Employees' Profit Sharing and Stock Ownership Plan reported $700M in total assets and 2,837 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 98th 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.

  • #8,306 in Retail Trade (8,414 peers)

Coverage in Wisconsin

Woodman's Employees' Profit Sharing and Stock Ownership Plan covers 2,837 participants in Wisconsin, 5.0x the typical Wisconsin plan (state average ~563 per filing). Assets: $700M.

#8,306
in Retail Trade (8,414 peers)
+9.4%
assets growth YoY
7.0×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Woodman's Employees' Profit Sharing and Stock Ownership Plan's outsized position by total assets

Woodman's Employees' Profit Sharing and Stock Ownership Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$700,244,908 Top 2% higher than 98% 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

Woodman's Employees' Profit Sharing and 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. Woodman's Employees' Profit Sharing and Stock Ownership Plan lands in the large band (2,837 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Woodman's Employees' Profit Sharing and Stock Ownership Plan reported net income rose from $9M in the plan year 2022 filing to $60M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Woodman's Employees' Profit Sharing and Stock Ownership Plan end-of-year assets rose from $640M in the plan year 2022 filing to $700M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Woodman's Employees' Profit Sharing and Stock Ownership Plan reported participants rose from 2,608 in the plan year 2022 filing to 2,837 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 390887447 · Woodman's Food Market, Inc. PY 2023 · ESOP

Woodman's Employees' Profit Sharing and Stock Ownership Plan · $700M · 2,837 · 98th

  • EBSA $700M
  • EBSA 2,837
  • EBSA 98th
  • EBSA ESOP
  • EBSA near Centimark Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust
  • EBSA ind #8306

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 Wisconsin →

Woodman's Employees' Profit Sharing and Stock Ownership Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Woodman's Employees' Profit Sharing and Stock Ownership Plan and nearest nationwide ESOP peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Wisconsin filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$640M
Net Assets (End of Year)$629M
Net Income$60M
Employer EIN390887447
Plan Effective Date1976-09-26
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Woodman's Food Market, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Woodman's Food Market, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$796M 24.24699257772253% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$600M$650M$700M$750M$800M$850M 202220232024 $640M $796M ▲ +24.2%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 2,608 $640M
2023 1 2,837 $700M
2024 1 2,967 $796M

Nearby ESOP Plans in Wisconsin

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

Woodman's Employees' Profit Sharing and Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Wisconsin, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -200002000400060008000 01234 Total assets ($B) Participants Woodman's Employees' Profit Sharing and Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.700244908 · Participants: 2837Woodman's Employees' Profit Sharing and Stock Ownership PlanSchreiber Foods, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.551413763 · Participants: 6108Schreiber Foods, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanKi Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.511365241 · Participants: 1624Ki Employee Stock Ownership PlanTrachte Building Systems Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.331023295 · Participants: 228Trachte Building Systems Employee Stock Ownership PlanWausau Supply Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.31506565 · Participants: 808Wausau Supply Company Employee Stock Ownership PlanHatco Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.26201653 · Participants: 755Hatco Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan
Woodman's Employees' Profit Sharing and Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Wisconsin, assets vs. participants
Compare Woodman's Employees' Profit Sharing and Stock Ownership Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Woodman's Employees' Profit Sharing and Stock Ownership Plan's out-of-state ESOP peers by assets and headcount

Outside Wisconsin, the nearest ESOP by assets is Centimark Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust in PA ($687M); by covered participants it is Harps Food Stores, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in AR (2,833 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (2,837 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 Woodman's Employees' Profit Sharing and Stock Ownership Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Woodman's Employees' Profit Sharing and Stock Ownership Plan grew at a solid clip - up 9.4% during 2023, from $640M to $700M. Reported net income was $60M.
How have Woodman's Food Market, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Woodman's Food Market, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 24.2%, from $640M to $796M.
Where does Woodman's Employees' Profit Sharing and Stock Ownership Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Woodman's Employees' Profit Sharing and Stock Ownership Plan ranks in the 98th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets).
Which ESOP plans are similar in size to Woodman's Employees' Profit Sharing and Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by assets is Centimark Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust in PA ($687M, 2,353 participants).
Which ESOP plans cover a similar participant headcount to Woodman's Employees' Profit Sharing and Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Harps Food Stores, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in AR (2,833 participants, $306M 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 390887447.

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.