ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Gopher Stage Lighting, 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
$98,208
Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Gopher Stage Lighting, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · Sponsored by Gopher Stage Lighting, Inc. · Minnesota · Wholesale Trade

$2M in assets, 17 participants

Gopher Stage Lighting, Inc.'s Gopher Stage Lighting, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported $2M in total assets and 17 participants in its 2024 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.

  • #1,011 in Wholesale Trade (6,080 peers)

Gopher Stage Lighting, Inc. multi-year trail

Gopher Stage Lighting, Inc.'s plans moved +124.6% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows Gopher Stage Lighting, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan at $2M / 17 participants.

#1,011
in Wholesale Trade (6,080 peers)
+63.1%
assets growth YoY

Gopher Stage Lighting, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan among the smaller filed plans by assets

Gopher Stage Lighting, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500

$1,669,538 28th percentile higher than 28% of 123,620 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 2024

Gopher Stage Lighting, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Gopher Stage Lighting, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan is a small filing (17 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Gopher Stage Lighting, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported net income rose from $412K in the plan year 2023 filing to $777K in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Gopher Stage Lighting, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan end-of-year assets rose from $1M in the plan year 2023 filing to $2M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Gopher Stage Lighting, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported participants rose from 15 in the plan year 2023 filing to 17 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 411922359 · Gopher Stage Lighting, Inc. PY 2024 · ESOP

Gopher Stage Lighting, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · $2M · 17 · 28th

  • BOY $2M
  • SCH 17
  • EBSA 28th
  • PART ESOP
  • TYPE near Record Printing Co. , Inc. of Story City Employee Stock Ownership Plan
  • NET ind #1011

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 Minnesota →

Gopher Stage Lighting, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Gopher Stage Lighting, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanGopher Stage Lighting, Inc. …$2MRecord Printing Co. , Inc. of Story City Employee Stock Ownership PlanRecord Printing Co. , Inc. o…$2MGraham Chemical Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan and TrustGraham Chemical Corporation …$2MPark Manor, Ltd. Employee Stock Ownership PlanPark Manor, Ltd. Employee St…$2MRhinegeist Holding Company, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanRhinegeist Holding Company, …$2M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Gopher Stage Lighting, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and nearest nationwide ESOP peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Gopher Stage Lighting, Inc. multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Gopher Stage Lighting, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$2M 124.60585562860629% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$0.5M$1M$1.5M$2M 202220232024 $0.74M $1.67M ▲ +125.7%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 14 $743K
2023 1 15 $1M
2024 1 17 $2M

Gopher Stage Lighting, Inc. filing trail (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$1M
Net Assets (End of Year)$1M
Net Income$777K
Employer EIN411922359
Plan Effective Date2020-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby ESOP Plans in Minnesota

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

Gopher Stage Lighting, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Minnesota, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -5000050001000015000 -500050010001500 Total assets ($M) Participants Gopher Stage Lighting, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 1.669538 · Participants: 17Gopher Stage Lighting, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanAndersen Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 962.686911 · Participants: 12104Andersen Corporation Employee Stock Ownership PlanLandscape Structures, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust, Total assets ($M): 593.784492 · Participants: 490Landscape Structures, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and TrustKingdom Enterprises, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 593.525018 · Participants: 782Kingdom Enterprises, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanForce America Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 472.716981 · Participants: 615Force America Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanAblenet, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 459.837439 · Participants: 134Ablenet, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan
Gopher Stage Lighting, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Minnesota, assets vs. participants
Compare Gopher Stage Lighting, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Gopher Stage Lighting, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan's out-of-state ESOP peers by assets and headcount

Outside Minnesota, the nearest ESOP by assets is Record Printing Co. , Inc. of Story City Employee Stock Ownership Plan in IA ($2M); by covered participants it is Gaskets, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in WI (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 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Gopher Stage Lighting, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Gopher Stage Lighting, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan surged - up 63.1% during 2024, from $1M to $2M. Reported net income was $777K.
How have Gopher Stage Lighting, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Gopher Stage Lighting, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 124.6%, from $743K to $2M.
Which ESOP plans are similar in size to Gopher Stage Lighting, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by assets is Record Printing Co. , Inc. of Story City Employee Stock Ownership Plan in IA ($2M, 22 participants).
Which ESOP plans cover a similar participant headcount to Gopher Stage Lighting, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Gaskets, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in WI (17 participants, $2M in assets).

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 411922359.

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.