ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Scheels All Sports, Inc. ESOP

Data updated 2026-08-25

$963M
Total assets Above avg plan size
5,157
Participants Above avg headcount
98th
Percentile by assets National rank
$186,730
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Scheels Employee Stock Ownership Plan · Sponsored by Scheels All Sports, Inc. · North Dakota · Retail Trade

$963M in assets, 5,157 participants

Scheels All Sports, Inc.'s Scheels Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported $963M in total assets and 5,157 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 98th 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.

  • #7,961 in Retail Trade (8,048 peers)

Coverage in North Dakota

Scheels Employee Stock Ownership Plan covers 5,157 participants in North Dakota, 10x the typical North Dakota plan (state average ~504 per filing). Assets: $963M.

#7,961
in Retail Trade (8,048 peers)
+15.0%
assets growth YoY
9.7×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Scheels Employee Stock Ownership Plan's outsized position by total assets

Scheels Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$962,968,241 Top 2% higher than 98% 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

Scheels 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. Scheels Employee Stock Ownership Plan lands in the large band (5,157 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Scheels Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported net income rose from $76M in the plan year 2023 filing to $125M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Scheels Employee Stock Ownership Plan end-of-year assets rose from $838M in the plan year 2023 filing to $963M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Scheels Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported participants rose from 4,597 in the plan year 2023 filing to 5,157 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 450306649 · Scheels All Sports, Inc. PY 2024 · ESOP

Scheels Employee Stock Ownership Plan · $963M · 5,157 · 98th

  • EIN $963M
  • RANK 5,157
  • PHOTO 98th
  • IND ESOP
  • EOY near Andersen Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan
  • 5500 ind #7961

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 North Dakota →

Scheels Employee Stock Ownership Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Highland Homes Employee Stock Ownership PlanHighland Homes Employee Stoc…$983MScheels Employee Stock Ownership PlanScheels Employee Stock Owner…$963MAndersen Corporation Employee Stock Ownership PlanAndersen Corporation Employe…$963MThe Kendall Group Employee Stock Ownership PlanThe Kendall Group Employee S…$900MStewart's Shops Corp Employee Stock Ownership PlanStewart's Shops Corp Employe…$897M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Scheels Employee Stock Ownership Plan and nearest nationwide ESOP peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

North Dakota filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$838M
Net Assets (End of Year)$963M
Net Income$125M
Employer EIN450306649
Plan Effective Date1982-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Scheels All Sports, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Scheels All Sports, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$996M 27.627724168282757% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$700M$800M$900M$1,000M$1,100M 202220232024 $781M $996M ▲ +27.6%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 9,713 $781M
2023 2 9,844 $864M
2024 2 13,343 $996M

Nearby ESOP Plans in North Dakota

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

Scheels Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in North Dakota, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -20000200040006000 00.511.5 Total assets ($B) Participants Scheels Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.962968241 · Participants: 5157Scheels Employee Stock Ownership PlanBorder States Industries, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.326258119 · Participants: 3256Border States Industries, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanUlteig, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.192805392 · Participants: 1117Ulteig, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanFrontier Precision, Inc Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.097711974 · Participants: 89Frontier Precision, Inc Employee Stock Ownership PlanKlj Solutions Co Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.09240993 · Participants: 525Klj Solutions Co Employee Stock Ownership PlanAdvanced Elements, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.091087811 · Participants: 287Advanced Elements, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan
Scheels Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in North Dakota, assets vs. participants
Compare Scheels Employee Stock Ownership Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Scheels Employee Stock Ownership Plan

Scheels Employee Stock Ownership Plan reports $963M in end-of-year assets across 5,157 participants (0.008% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.005% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $186,730 per participant (1.4x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was $125M.

This plan identity (EIN 450306649, plan #002) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $762M to $963M (+26.4%) while covered participants moved from 3,187 to 5,157 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 3,187 $762M Open filing
2023 4,597 $838M Open filing
2024 · index core 5,157 $963M This page

The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:

Scheels Employee Stock Ownership Plan's out-of-state ESOP peers by assets and headcount

Outside North Dakota, the nearest ESOP by assets is Andersen Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan in MN ($963M); by covered participants it is Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation Employee Stock Ownership in WI (5,029 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (5,157 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 Scheels Employee Stock Ownership Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Scheels Employee Stock Ownership Plan grew at a solid clip - up 15.0% during 2024, from $838M to $963M. Reported net income was $125M.
How have Scheels All Sports, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Scheels All Sports, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 27.6%, from $781M to $996M.
Where does Scheels Employee Stock Ownership Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Scheels Employee Stock Ownership Plan ranks in the 98th percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets).
Which ESOP plans are similar in size to Scheels Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by assets is Andersen Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan in MN ($963M, 12,104 participants).
Which ESOP plans cover a similar participant headcount to Scheels Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation Employee Stock Ownership in WI (5,029 participants, $123M 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 450306649.

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.