ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Bluedog Design, Inc. ESOP

Data updated 2026-08-25

$3M
Total assets Small plan by assets
31
Participants Small participant base
35th
Percentile by assets National rank
$100,649
Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Bluedog Design, Inc. ESOP · Sponsored by Bluedog Design, Inc. · Illinois · Professional & Technical Services

$3M in assets, 31 participants

Bluedog Design, Inc.'s Bluedog Design, Inc. ESOP reported $3M in total assets and 31 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 35th 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.

  • #6,280 in Professional & Technical Services (20,173 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 $3M / 31 participants.

#6,280
in Professional & Technical Services (20,173 peers)
+160.0%
assets growth YoY

Bluedog Design, Inc. ESOP's mid-pack asset rank among Professional & Technical Services and all filers

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

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

$3,120,125 35th percentile higher than 35% 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

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

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Bluedog Design, Inc. ESOP is a small filing (31 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Bluedog Design, Inc. ESOP end-of-year assets rose from $1M in the plan year 2023 filing to $3M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Bluedog Design, Inc. ESOP reported net income rose from $1M in the plan year 2023 filing to $2M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Bluedog Design, Inc. ESOP reported participants fell from 40 in the plan year 2023 filing to 31 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 365044503 · Bluedog Design, Inc. PY 2024 · ESOP

Bluedog Design, Inc. ESOP · $3M · 31 · 35th

  • EBSA $3M
  • PART 31
  • TYPE 35th
  • NET ESOP
  • BOOK near Sterling Plumbing, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan
  • VS-ST ind #6280

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 2024.

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 (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$1M
Net Assets (End of Year)-$18M
Net Income$2M
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. -50000500010000 -101234 Total assets ($B) Participants Bluedog Design, Inc. ESOP, Total assets ($B): 0.003120125 · Participants: 31Bluedog Design, Inc. ESOPAmsted Industries Incorporated Employees' Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.699095694 · Participants: 4909Amsted Industries Incorporated Employees' Stock Ownership PlanKehe Distributors, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.165348047 · Participants: 4815Kehe Distributors, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanScot Forge Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.429776889 · Participants: 491Scot Forge Company Employee Stock Ownership PlanBdo USA Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.0622005 · Participants: 9258Bdo USA Employee Stock Ownership PlanShorr Paper Products, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.430213996 · Participants: 543Shorr Paper Products, Inc. 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 Sterling Plumbing, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in CA ($3M); by covered participants it is The American National Bank of Beaver Dam Employee Stock Ownership Plan in WI (31 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (31 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 Bluedog Design, Inc. ESOP assets move in 2024? ▼
Bluedog Design, Inc. ESOP surged - up 160.0% during 2024, from $1M to $3M. Reported net income was $2M.
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.
Which ESOP plans are similar in size to Bluedog Design, Inc. ESOP? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by assets is Sterling Plumbing, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in CA ($3M, N/A 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 The American National Bank of Beaver Dam Employee Stock Ownership Plan in WI (31 participants, $6M 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 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.