ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Great Lakes Cheese Co ESOP
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $502M
- Total assets Above avg plan size
- 4,264
- Participants Above avg headcount
- 97th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $117,651
- Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · Sponsored by Great Lakes Cheese Co · Ohio · Manufacturing
$502M in assets, 4,264 participants
Great Lakes Cheese Co's Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported $502M in total assets and 4,264 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 97th 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.
- #16,987 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
Coverage in Ohio
Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan covers 4,264 participants in Ohio, 5.6x the typical Ohio plan (state average ~765 per filing). Assets: $502M.
- #16,987
- in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
- -0.5%
- assets change YoY
- 5.0×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $679K for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan's outsized position by total assets
Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$501,664,561 Top 3% higher than 97% 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
Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan's large-plan peer group by participant headcount
Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan lands in the large band (4,264 participants).
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported net income fell from $94M in the plan year 2023 filing to -$679K in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported participants rose from 4,110 in the plan year 2023 filing to 4,264 in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan end-of-year assets fell from $504M in the plan year 2023 filing to $502M in the plan year 2024 filing.
EBSA filing schedule strip
Filing strip 341015620 · Great Lakes Cheese Co PY 2024 · ESOP
Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · $502M · 4,264 · 97th
- BOY $502M
- SCH 4,264
- EBSA 97th
- PART ESOP
- TYPE near Ita Group Holdings, Inc. Employees' Stock Ownership Plan
- NET ind #16987
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 →
Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Ohio filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $504M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $502M |
| Net Income | -$679K |
| Employer EIN | 341015620 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1998-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Great Lakes Cheese Co)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Great Lakes Cheese Co plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $625M 25.35063399691793% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 7,686 | $499M |
| 2023 | 2 | 8,235 | $610M |
| 2024 | 2 | 8,539 | $625M |
Nearby ESOP Plans in Ohio
Peer ESOP plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Procter & Gamble Profit Sharing Trust & Employee Stock Ownership Plan $22.0B · 33,639
- The Garland Industries, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan & Trust $2.0B · 1,118
- Messer Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan $696M · 903
- Cleveland Steel Container Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan $485M · 415
- Allied Mineral Products Employee Stock Ownership Plan $404M · 606
Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan's out-of-state ESOP peers by assets and headcount
Outside Ohio, the nearest ESOP by assets is Ita Group Holdings, Inc. Employees' Stock Ownership Plan in IA ($498M); by covered participants it is Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in WA (4,281 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($502M here).
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (4,264 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan (WA) 4,281 · 17 off
- Jasper Holdings, Inc Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust (IN) 4,295 · 31 off
- The Bank of America Transferred Savings Account Plan (RI) 4,298 · 34 off
- Lockheed Martin Corporation Capital Accumulation Plan for Hourly Ees (MD) 4,157 · 107 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.