ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Bluedog Design, Inc. ESOP

Data updated 2026-08-25

$1M
Total assets Small plan by assets
40
Participants Small participant base
25th
Percentile by assets National rank
$30,004
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Bluedog Design, Inc. ESOP · Sponsored by Bluedog Design, Inc. · Illinois · Professional & Technical Services

$1M in assets, 40 participants

Bluedog Design, Inc.'s Bluedog Design, Inc. ESOP reported $1M in total assets and 40 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 25th 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.

  • #4,194 in Professional & Technical Services (20,321 peers)

Bluedog Design, Inc. multi-year trail

Bluedog Design, Inc.'s plans moved +91.5% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows Bluedog Design, Inc. ESOP at $1M / 40 participants.

#4,194
in Professional & Technical Services (20,321 peers)
+531.0%
assets growth YoY

Bluedog Design, Inc. ESOP among the smaller filed plans by assets

Bluedog Design, Inc. ESOP vs every filed plan by assets

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

$1,200,155 25th percentile higher than 25% 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

Bluedog Design, Inc. ESOP among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Bluedog Design, Inc. ESOP is a small filing (40 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Bluedog Design, Inc. ESOP end-of-year assets rose from $190K in the plan year 2022 filing to $1M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Bluedog Design, Inc. ESOP reported net income rose from -$22M in the plan year 2022 filing to $1M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Bluedog Design, Inc. ESOP reported participants rose from 36 in the plan year 2022 filing to 40 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 365044503 · Bluedog Design, Inc. PY 2023 · ESOP

Bluedog Design, Inc. ESOP · $1M · 40 · 25th

  • EOY $1M
  • EOY 40
  • EOY 25th
  • EOY ESOP
  • EOY near Breakside Brewery, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan
  • EOY ind #4194

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 Illinois →

Bluedog Design, Inc. ESOP in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Bluedog Design, Inc. ESOP and nearest nationwide ESOP peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Bluedog Design, Inc. multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Bluedog Design, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$21M 91.49235455748386% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$5M$10M$15M$20M$25M 202220232024 $10.8M $20.6M ▲ +91.5%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 74 $11M
2023 2 75 $15M
2024 2 72 $21M

Bluedog Design, Inc. filing trail (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$190K
Net Assets (End of Year)-$20M
Net Income$1M
Employer EIN365044503
Plan Effective Date2022-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby ESOP Plans in Illinois

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

Bluedog Design, Inc. ESOP vs. nearby ESOP plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -5000050001000015000 -1012345 Total assets ($B) Participants Bluedog Design, Inc. ESOP, Total assets ($B): 0.001200155 · Participants: 40Bluedog Design, Inc. ESOPAmsted Industries Incorporated Employees' Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.440263476 · Participants: 4738Amsted Industries Incorporated Employees' Stock Ownership PlanKehe Distributors, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.616096816 · Participants: 4251Kehe Distributors, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanScot Forge Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.195072662 · Participants: 486Scot Forge Company Employee Stock Ownership PlanBdo USA Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.91547863 · Participants: 10168Bdo USA Employee Stock Ownership PlanBdo USA Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.91547863 · Participants: 10168Bdo USA Employee Stock Ownership Plan
Bluedog Design, Inc. ESOP vs. nearby ESOP plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants
Compare Bluedog Design, Inc. ESOP side-by-side with 3 peers →

Bluedog Design, Inc. ESOP's out-of-state ESOP peers by assets and headcount

Outside Illinois, the nearest ESOP by assets is Breakside Brewery, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in OR ($1M); by covered participants it is Churchville Fire Equipment Corp. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in NY (40 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (40 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 Bluedog Design, Inc. ESOP assets move in 2023? ▼
Bluedog Design, Inc. ESOP surged - up 531.0% during 2023, from $190K to $1M. Reported net income was $1M.
How have Bluedog Design, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Bluedog Design, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 91.5%, from $11M to $21M.
Where does Bluedog Design, Inc. ESOP rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Bluedog Design, Inc. ESOP ranks in the 25th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (in the lower half of filed plans by assets).
Which ESOP plans are similar in size to Bluedog Design, Inc. ESOP? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by assets is Breakside Brewery, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in OR ($1M, 107 participants).
Which ESOP plans cover a similar participant headcount to Bluedog Design, Inc. ESOP? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Churchville Fire Equipment Corp. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in NY (40 participants, $2M 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 365044503.

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.