ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Germain & Co Inc. ESOP

Data updated 2026-08-25

$12M
Total assets Small plan by assets
34
Participants Small participant base
60th
Percentile by assets National rank
$361,925
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Germane Solutions Employee Stock Ownership Plan · Sponsored by Germain & Co Inc. · Ohio · Professional & Technical Services

$12M in assets, 34 participants

Germain & Co Inc.'s Germane Solutions Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported $12M in total assets and 34 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 60th 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.

  • #11,871 in Professional & Technical Services (20,173 peers)

Germain & Co Inc. multi-year trail

Germain & Co Inc.'s plans moved +71.5% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows Germane Solutions Employee Stock Ownership Plan at $12M / 34 participants.

#11,871
in Professional & Technical Services (20,173 peers)
+90.5%
assets growth YoY

Germane Solutions Employee Stock Ownership Plan's mid-pack asset rank among Professional & Technical Services and all filers

Germane Solutions Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$12,305,436 Top 40% higher than 60% 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

Germane Solutions 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. Germane Solutions Employee Stock Ownership Plan is a small filing (34 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Germane Solutions Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported net income rose from -$498K in the plan year 2023 filing to $6M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Germane Solutions Employee Stock Ownership Plan end-of-year assets rose from $6M in the plan year 2023 filing to $12M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Germane Solutions Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported participants fell from 43 in the plan year 2023 filing to 34 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 200242557 · Germain & Co Inc. PY 2024 · ESOP

Germane Solutions Employee Stock Ownership Plan · $12M · 34 · 60th

  • BOOK $12M
  • VS-ST 34
  • BOY 60th
  • SCH ESOP
  • EBSA near Happy Harry's Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan
  • PART ind #11871

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 Ohio →

Germane Solutions Employee Stock Ownership Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Germane Solutions Employee Stock Ownership Plan and nearest nationwide ESOP peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Germain & Co Inc. multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Germain & Co Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$12M 71.45993413830955% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$4M$6M$8M$10M$12M$14M 202220232024 $7.18M $12.3M ▲ +71.4%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 41 $7M
2023 1 43 $6M
2024 1 34 $12M

Germain & Co Inc. filing trail (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$6M
Net Assets (End of Year)$6M
Net Income$6M
Employer EIN200242557
Plan Effective Date2019-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby ESOP Plans in Ohio

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

Germane Solutions Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Ohio, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -10000010000200003000040000 -50510152025 Total assets ($B) Participants Germane Solutions Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.012305436 · Participants: 34Germane Solutions Employee Stock Ownership PlanProcter & Gamble Profit Sharing Trust & Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 21.965382968 · Participants: 33639Procter & Gamble Profit Sharing Trust & Employee Stock Ownership PlanThe Garland Industries, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan & Trust, Total assets ($B): 2.007916491 · Participants: 1118The Garland Industries, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan & TrustMesser Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.695889558 · Participants: 903Messer Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanGreat Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.501664561 · Participants: 4264Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanCleveland Steel Container Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.485460635 · Participants: 415Cleveland Steel Container Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan
Germane Solutions Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Ohio, assets vs. participants
Compare Germane Solutions Employee Stock Ownership Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Germane Solutions Employee Stock Ownership Plan's out-of-state ESOP peers by assets and headcount

Outside Ohio, the nearest ESOP by assets is Happy Harry's Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in ND ($12M); by covered participants it is Custom Interface, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust in WA (34 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (34 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 Germane Solutions Employee Stock Ownership Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Germane Solutions Employee Stock Ownership Plan surged - up 90.5% during 2024, from $6M to $12M. Reported net income was $6M.
How have Germain & Co Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Germain & Co Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 71.5%, from $7M to $12M.
Which ESOP plans are similar in size to Germane Solutions Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by assets is Happy Harry's Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in ND ($12M, 66 participants).
Which ESOP plans cover a similar participant headcount to Germane Solutions Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Custom Interface, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust in WA (34 participants, N/A 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 200242557.

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.