ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Lester Sales Company ESOP

Data updated 2026-08-25

$3M
Total assets Small plan by assets
62
Participants Small participant base
32nd
Percentile by assets National rank
$41,129
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Lester Sales Company, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · Sponsored by Lester Sales Company · Indiana · Wholesale Trade

$3M in assets, 62 participants

Lester Sales Company's Lester Sales Company, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported $3M in total assets and 62 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 32nd 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.

  • #1,303 in Wholesale Trade (6,080 peers)

Lester Sales Company multi-year trail

Lester Sales Company's plans moved +571.1% in assets from 2023 to 2024; this filing shows Lester Sales Company, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan at $3M / 62 participants.

#1,303
in Wholesale Trade (6,080 peers)
+571.1%
assets growth YoY

Lester Sales Company, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan among the smaller filed plans by assets

Lester Sales Company, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$2,550,000 32nd percentile higher than 32% 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

Lester Sales Company, Inc. 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. Lester Sales Company, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan is a small filing (62 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Lester Sales Company, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan end-of-year assets rose from $380K in the plan year 2023 filing to $3M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Lester Sales Company, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported net income rose from -$22M in the plan year 2023 filing to $3M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Lester Sales Company, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported participants fell from 63 in the plan year 2023 filing to 62 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 454003387 · Lester Sales Company PY 2024 · ESOP

Lester Sales Company, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · $3M · 62 · 32nd

  • IND $3M
  • IND 62
  • IND 32nd
  • IND ESOP
  • IND near 24 Carrots Employee Stock Ownership Plan
  • IND ind #1303

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 Indiana →

Lester Sales Company, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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

Lester Sales Company multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Lester Sales Company plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$3M 571.0526315789474% vs 2023
2024 filing year
$0M$1M$2M$3M 20232024 $0.38M $2.55M ▲ +571.1%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2023 1 63 $380K
2024 1 62 $3M

Lester Sales Company filing trail (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$380K
Net Assets (End of Year)-$18M
Net Income$3M
Employer EIN454003387
Plan Effective Date2022-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby ESOP Plans in Indiana

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

Lester Sales Company, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Indiana, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -1000010002000300040005000 -0.500.511.522.5 Total assets ($B) Participants Lester Sales Company, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.00255 · Participants: 62Lester Sales Company, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanJasper Holdings, Inc Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust, Total assets ($B): 2.185109137 · Participants: 4295Jasper Holdings, Inc Employee Stock Ownership Plan and TrustUrschel Laboratories Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.432438721 · Participants: 509Urschel Laboratories Employee Stock Ownership PlanNibco Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.376983564 · Participants: 1370Nibco Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanDucharme, Mcmillen & Associates, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.170278352 · Participants: 622Ducharme, Mcmillen & Associates, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanErmco, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.151428287 · Participants: 123Ermco, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan
Lester Sales Company, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Indiana, assets vs. participants
Compare Lester Sales Company, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Lester Sales Company, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan's out-of-state ESOP peers by assets and headcount

Outside Indiana, the nearest ESOP by assets is 24 Carrots Employee Stock Ownership Plan in CA ($3M); by covered participants it is Comgraphics, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in IL (62 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (62 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 Lester Sales Company, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Lester Sales Company, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan surged - up 571.1% during 2024, from $380K to $3M. Reported net income was $3M.
How have Lester Sales Company plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 2 plan years on file (2023-2024), Lester Sales Company's sponsor-wide assets grew 571.1%, from $380K to $3M.
Which ESOP plans are similar in size to Lester Sales Company, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by assets is 24 Carrots Employee Stock Ownership Plan in CA ($3M, 375 participants).
Which ESOP plans cover a similar participant headcount to Lester Sales Company, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Comgraphics, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in IL (62 participants, $12M 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 454003387.

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.