ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Decibel Research, Inc. ESOP

Data updated 2026-08-25

$24M
Total assets Small plan by assets
130
Participants Small participant base
74th
Percentile by assets National rank
$188,000
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Decibel Research, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · Sponsored by Decibel Research, Inc. · Alabama · Professional & Technical Services

$24M in assets, 130 participants

Decibel Research, Inc.'s Decibel Research, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported $24M in total assets and 130 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 74th 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.

  • #14,853 in Professional & Technical Services (20,173 peers)

Coverage in Alabama

Decibel Research, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan covers 130 participants in Alabama, about 36% of the average Alabama filer (state average ~360 per filing). Assets: $24M.

#14,853
in Professional & Technical Services (20,173 peers)
+1.2%
assets growth YoY

Decibel Research, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan's outsized position by total assets

Decibel Research, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$24,440,000 Top 26% higher than 74% 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

Decibel Research, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan among mid-size filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Decibel Research, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (130 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Decibel Research, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported net income fell from $5M in the plan year 2023 filing to $896K in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Decibel Research, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported participants rose from 126 in the plan year 2023 filing to 130 in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Decibel Research, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan end-of-year assets rose from $24M in the plan year 2023 filing to $24M in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 421551697 · Decibel Research, Inc. PY 2024 · ESOP

Decibel Research, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · $24M · 130 · 74th

  • TYPE $24M
  • NET 130
  • BOOK 74th
  • VS-ST ESOP
  • BOY near Hallam Associates Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan
  • SCH ind #14853

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 Alabama →

Decibel Research, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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

Alabama filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$24M
Net Assets (End of Year)$2M
Net Income$896K
Employer EIN421551697
Plan Effective Date2020-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Decibel Research, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Decibel Research, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$66M 33.88683620143444% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$45M$50M$55M$60M$65M$70M 202220232024 $49.1M $65.7M ▲ +33.9%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 248 $49M
2023 2 279 $60M
2024 2 284 $66M

Nearby ESOP Plans in Alabama

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

Decibel Research, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Alabama, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 0500100015002000 -2000200400600 Total assets ($M) Participants Decibel Research, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 24.44 · Participants: 130Decibel Research, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanStarfish Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 515.369863 · Participants: 1644Starfish Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanInline Electric Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 242.741411 · Participants: 298Inline Electric Employee Stock Ownership PlanSignature Homes Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 224.790459 · Participants: 125Signature Homes Employee Stock Ownership PlanRadiance Technologies, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 194.917315 · Participants: 1041Radiance Technologies, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanEmployee Stock Ownership Plan for Employees of David Volkert and Associates, Inc. and Subsidiaries, Total assets ($M): 181.843353 · Participants: 958Employee Stock Ownership Plan for Employees of David Volkert and Associates, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Decibel Research, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Alabama, assets vs. participants
Compare Decibel Research, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Decibel Research, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan's out-of-state ESOP peers by assets and headcount

Outside Alabama, the nearest ESOP by assets is Hallam Associates Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in VT ($24M); by covered participants it is Millstone Weber Employee Stock Ownership Plan in MO (130 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (130 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 Decibel Research, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Decibel Research, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan edged up modestly - up 1.2% during 2024, from $24M to $24M. Reported net income was $896K.
How have Decibel Research, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Decibel Research, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 33.9%, from $49M to $66M.
Which ESOP plans are similar in size to Decibel Research, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by assets is Hallam Associates Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in VT ($24M, 146 participants).
Which ESOP plans cover a similar participant headcount to Decibel Research, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Millstone Weber Employee Stock Ownership Plan in MO (130 participants, $66M 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 421551697.

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.