ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Fabricators, Inc. ESOP

Data updated 2026-08-25

$2M
Total assets Small plan by assets
18
Participants Small participant base
29th
Percentile by assets National rank
$107,719
Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Fabricators, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · Sponsored by Fabricators, Inc. · Iowa · Manufacturing

$2M in assets, 18 participants

Fabricators, Inc.'s Fabricators, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported $2M in total assets and 18 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 29th 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.

  • #2,416 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)

2024 asset change

Fabricators, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan pulled back noticeably 13.4% in 2024 ($2M → $2M) for 18 participants.

#2,416
in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
-13.4%
assets change YoY

The plan reported a net loss of $320K for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Fabricators, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan among the smaller filed plans by assets

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

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

$1,938,939 29th percentile higher than 29% 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

Fabricators, 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. Fabricators, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan is a small filing (18 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Fabricators, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported net income fell from -$115K in the plan year 2023 filing to -$320K in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Fabricators, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported participants fell from 21 in the plan year 2023 filing to 18 in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Fabricators, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan end-of-year assets fell from $2M in the plan year 2023 filing to $2M in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 420896527 · Fabricators, Inc. PY 2024 · ESOP

Fabricators, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · $2M · 18 · 29th

  • RANK $2M
  • RANK 18
  • RANK 29th
  • RANK ESOP
  • RANK near Pennian Bank Employee Stock Ownership Plan
  • RANK ind #2416

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 Iowa →

Fabricators, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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

Fabricators, Inc. years around the 2024 move

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Fabricators, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$2M 8.49995611257455% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$1.9M$2M$2.1M$2.2M$2.3M 202220232024 $2.12M $1.94M ▼ -8.5%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 17 $2M
2023 1 21 $2M
2024 1 18 $2M

2024 asset-move particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$2M
Net Assets (End of Year)$2M
Net Income-$320K
Employer EIN420896527
Plan Effective Date1975-11-21
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby ESOP Plans in Iowa

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

Fabricators, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Iowa, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -500050010001500 -20002004006008001000 Total assets ($M) Participants Fabricators, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 1.938939 · Participants: 18Fabricators, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanEmployee Owned Brands, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 877.41862 · Participants: 819Employee Owned Brands, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanVan Meter Industrial, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 658.666503 · Participants: 849Van Meter Industrial, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanIta Group Holdings, Inc. Employees' Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 498.079165 · Participants: 907Ita Group Holdings, Inc. Employees' Stock Ownership PlanPrecision, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust, Total assets ($M): 472.977214 · Participants: 658Precision, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and TrustVgm Group, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 426.304167 · Participants: 1169Vgm Group, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan
Fabricators, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Iowa, assets vs. participants
Compare Fabricators, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

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

Outside Iowa, the nearest ESOP by assets is Pennian Bank Employee Stock Ownership Plan in PA ($2M); by covered participants it is Aga Distribution Specialists, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in OR (18 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (18 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 Fabricators, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Fabricators, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan pulled back noticeably - down 13.4% during 2024, from $2M to $2M. Reported net income was -$320K.
How have Fabricators, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Fabricators, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets declined 8.5%, from $2M to $2M.
Which ESOP plans are similar in size to Fabricators, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by assets is Pennian Bank Employee Stock Ownership Plan in PA ($2M, 123 participants).
Which ESOP plans cover a similar participant headcount to Fabricators, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Aga Distribution Specialists, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in OR (18 participants, $2M 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 420896527.

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.