ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Valley City Sign Company ESOP
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $1M
- Total assets Small plan by assets
- 30
- Participants Small participant base
- 25th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $43,860
- Avg per participant Low balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Valley City Sign Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan · Sponsored by Valley City Sign Company · Michigan · Manufacturing
$1M in assets, 30 participants
Valley City Sign Company's Valley City Sign Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported $1M in total assets and 30 participants in its 2024 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.
- #1,985 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
Valley City Sign Company multi-year trail
Valley City Sign Company's plans moved -74.3% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows Valley City Sign Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan at $1M / 30 participants.
- #1,985
- in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
- -80.7%
- assets change YoY
The plan reported a net loss of $6M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Valley City Sign Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan among the smaller filed plans by assets
Valley City Sign Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$1,315,800 25th percentile higher than 25% of 123,620 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2024
Valley City Sign Company 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. Valley City Sign Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan is a small filing (30 participants) on this national headcount ladder.
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- Valley City Sign Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported net income fell from $2M in the plan year 2023 filing to -$6M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Valley City Sign Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan end-of-year assets fell from $7M in the plan year 2023 filing to $1M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Valley City Sign Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported participants fell from 38 in the plan year 2023 filing to 30 in the plan year 2024 filing.
EBSA filing schedule strip
Filing strip 382137837 · Valley City Sign Company PY 2024 · ESOP
Valley City Sign Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan · $1M · 30 · 25th
- RANK $1M
- RANK 30
- RANK 25th
- RANK ESOP
- RANK near Mcinnis Brothers Construction, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan
- RANK ind #1985
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 Michigan →
Valley City Sign Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Valley City Sign Company multi-year asset trail
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Valley City Sign Company plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $1M 74.26056338028168% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 35 | $5M |
| 2023 | 1 | 38 | $7M |
| 2024 | 1 | 30 | $1M |
Valley City Sign Company filing trail (2024)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $7M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $1M |
| Net Income | -$6M |
| Employer EIN | 382137837 |
| Plan Effective Date | 2006-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Nearby ESOP Plans in Michigan
Peer ESOP plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Mcnaughton-Mckay Electric Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan $1.6B · 1,780
- The Kendall Group Employee Stock Ownership Plan $900M · 1,936
- Project Worldwide, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan $453M · 1,284
- Motor City Electric Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan $410M · 218
- Lee Contracting, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan $250M · 565
Valley City Sign Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan's out-of-state ESOP peers by assets and headcount
Outside Michigan, the nearest ESOP by assets is Mcinnis Brothers Construction, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in LA ($1M); by covered participants it is ESOP Partners Employee Stock Ownership Plan in WI (30 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($1M here).
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (30 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.