ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

America's Gardening Resource, Inc. ESOP

Data updated 2026-08-25

$2M
Total assets Small plan by assets
191
Participants Below avg headcount
30th
Percentile by assets National rank
$11,140
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: America's Gardening Resource, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · Sponsored by America's Gardening Resource, Inc. · Vermont · Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing

$2M in assets, 191 participants

America's Gardening Resource, Inc.'s America's Gardening Resource, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported $2M in total assets and 191 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 30th 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.

  • #376 in Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing (1,217 peers)

America's Gardening Resource, Inc. multi-year trail

America's Gardening Resource, Inc.'s plans moved -59.9% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows America's Gardening Resource, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan at $2M / 191 participants.

#376
in Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing (1,217 peers)
-85.8%
assets change YoY

The plan reported a net loss of $12M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

America's Gardening Resource, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan among the smaller filed plans by assets

America's Gardening Resource, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$2,127,689 30th percentile higher than 30% 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

America's Gardening Resource, 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. America's Gardening Resource, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (191 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • America's Gardening Resource, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan end-of-year assets fell from $15M in the plan year 2023 filing to $2M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • America's Gardening Resource, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported participants fell from 218 in the plan year 2023 filing to 191 in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • America's Gardening Resource, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported net income fell from -$12M in the plan year 2023 filing to -$12M in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 030289604 · America's Gardening Resource, Inc. PY 2024 · ESOP

America's Gardening Resource, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · $2M · 191 · 30th

  • NET $2M
  • NET 191
  • NET 30th
  • NET ESOP
  • NET near Maddox Electric Company Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan
  • NET ind #376

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 Vermont →

America's Gardening Resource, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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

America's Gardening Resource, Inc. multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All America's Gardening Resource, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$17M 59.874182074149765% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$10M$20M$30M$40M$50M 202220232024 $41.6M $16.7M ▼ -59.9%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 468 $42M
2023 2 461 $30M
2024 2 386 $17M

America's Gardening Resource, Inc. filing trail (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$15M
Net Assets (End of Year)$2M
Net Income-$12M
Employer EIN030289604
Plan Effective Date1986-10-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby ESOP Plans in Vermont

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

America's Gardening Resource, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Vermont, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 0200400600 -2000200400600800 Total assets ($M) Participants America's Gardening Resource, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 2.127689 · Participants: 191America's Gardening Resource, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanVermont Information Processing, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 676.102355 · Participants: 566Vermont Information Processing, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanKing Arthur Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 328.17116 · Participants: 320King Arthur Employee Stock Ownership PlanCfc ESOP, Total assets ($M): 97.513 · Participants: 431Cfc ESOPHallam Associates Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 24.451398 · Participants: 146Hallam Associates Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanTrust Company of Vermont Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 21.665109 · Participants: 42Trust Company of Vermont Employee Stock Ownership Plan
America's Gardening Resource, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Vermont, assets vs. participants

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

Outside Vermont, the nearest ESOP by assets is Maddox Electric Company Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in FL ($2M); by covered participants it is Sps New England, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in MA (191 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

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 America's Gardening Resource, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan assets move in 2024?
America's Gardening Resource, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan contracted severely - down 85.8% during 2024, from $15M to $2M. Reported net income was -$12M.
How have America's Gardening Resource, Inc. plan assets changed over time?
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), America's Gardening Resource, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets declined 59.9%, from $42M to $17M.
Which ESOP plans are similar in size to America's Gardening Resource, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan?
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by assets is Maddox Electric Company Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in FL ($2M, N/A participants).
Which ESOP plans cover a similar participant headcount to America's Gardening Resource, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan?
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Sps New England, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in MA (191 participants, $52M in assets).