ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Golden Hippo Holdco, Inc. ESOP
Data updated 2026-07-24
- $415M
- Total assets
- 1,140
- Participants
- 97th
- Percentile by assets
- $363,659
- Avg per participant
Official DOL plan name: Golden Hippo Employee Stock Ownership Plan · Sponsored by Golden Hippo Holdco, Inc. · California · Retail Trade
$415M in assets, 1,140 participants
Golden Hippo Holdco, Inc.'s Golden Hippo Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported $415M in total assets and 1,140 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 97th 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.
- 97th percentile by assets (of 116,472 plans)
Where Golden Hippo Employee Stock Ownership Plan sits by assets
Golden Hippo Employee Stock Ownership Plan sits in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, $415M for 1,140 participants (~$363,659/participant), down 16.3% in 2024.
- $415M
- total plan assets (2024 EOY)
- 1,140
- covered participants
- 97th
- percentile by assets (of 116,472 plans)
- $363,659
- avg assets per participant
The plan reported a net loss of $30M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- Golden Hippo Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported net income fell from $200M in the plan year 2023 filing to -$30M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Golden Hippo Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported participants rose from 956 in the plan year 2023 filing to 1,140 in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Golden Hippo Employee Stock Ownership Plan end-of-year assets fell from $495M in the plan year 2023 filing to $415M in the plan year 2024 filing.
Golden Hippo Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs the 2024 asset distribution
By assets, Golden Hippo Employee Stock Ownership Plan outranks 97% of the 116,472 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2024 plan year, and holds roughly 4.1x the national average plan size of $100M (730 average participants).
Scale-class filing particulars (2024)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $495M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $149M |
| Net Income | -$30M |
| Employer EIN | 843579835 |
| Plan Effective Date | 2019-11-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Golden Hippo Holdco, Inc.)
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 1,706 | $609M |
| 2023 | 1 | 956 | $495M |
| 2024 | 1 | 1,140 | $415M |
Nearby ESOP Plans in California
Peer ESOP plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
Golden Hippo Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in California, assets vs. participants
- Parsons Employee Stock Ownership Plan $5.0B · 8,040
- Rosendin Electric, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan $1.5B · 1,998
- Ecc Employee Stock Ownership Plan $632M · 317
- Agron, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan $596M · 68
- Proponent Employee Stock Ownership Plan $543M · 439
Similar-Sized ESOP Plans Nationally
ESOP plans in other states closest to Golden Hippo Employee Stock Ownership Plan by total assets, not by location.
- Spencer's Air Conditioning & Appliance, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan (AZ) $415M · 263
- Annett Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan & Trust (IA) $419M · 2,972
- Westat, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan (MD) $419M · 3,167
- Modern Technology Solutions, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust (VA) $407M · 1,962
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- By total assets, Golden Hippo Employee Stock Ownership Plan ranks in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets. See the largest plans
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- Golden Hippo Holdco, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets have declined 31.9% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Retail Trade plans
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 843579835.
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