ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Sylvia's Microwave, Inc., Dba Friedmans Appliance ESOP

Data updated 2026-08-25

$15M
Total assets Small plan by assets
71
Participants Small participant base
64th
Percentile by assets National rank
$209,755
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Friedmans Appliance Employee Stock Ownership Plan · Sponsored by Sylvia's Microwave, Inc., Dba Friedmans Appliance · California · Retail Trade

$15M in assets, 71 participants

Sylvia's Microwave, Inc., Dba Friedmans Appliance's Friedmans Appliance Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported $15M in total assets and 71 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 64th 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.

  • #6,052 in Retail Trade (8,048 peers)

Sylvia's Microwave, Inc., Dba Friedmans Appliance multi-year trail

Sylvia's Microwave, Inc., Dba Friedmans Appliance's plans moved +33.9% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows Friedmans Appliance Employee Stock Ownership Plan at $15M / 71 participants.

#6,052
in Retail Trade (8,048 peers)
+5.3%
assets growth YoY

Friedmans Appliance Employee Stock Ownership Plan's mid-pack asset rank among Retail Trade and all filers

Friedmans Appliance Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$14,892,640 Top 36% higher than 64% 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

Friedmans Appliance 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. Friedmans Appliance Employee Stock Ownership Plan is a small filing (71 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Friedmans Appliance Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported net income fell from $3M in the plan year 2023 filing to $1M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Friedmans Appliance Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported participants rose from 61 in the plan year 2023 filing to 71 in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Friedmans Appliance Employee Stock Ownership Plan end-of-year assets rose from $14M in the plan year 2023 filing to $15M in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 942679112 · Sylvia's Microwave, Inc., Dba Friedmans Appliance PY 2024 · ESOP

Friedmans Appliance Employee Stock Ownership Plan · $15M · 71 · 64th

  • SCH $15M
  • SCH 71
  • SCH 64th
  • SCH ESOP
  • SCH near Northern Construction Holding, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan
  • SCH ind #6052

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 California →

Friedmans Appliance Employee Stock Ownership Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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

Sylvia's Microwave, Inc., Dba Friedmans Appliance multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Sylvia's Microwave, Inc., Dba Friedmans Appliance plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$15M 33.88701848886602% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$10M$12M$14M$16M 202220232024 $11.1M $14.9M ▲ +33.9%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 51 $11M
2023 1 61 $14M
2024 1 71 $15M

Sylvia's Microwave, Inc., Dba Friedmans Appliance filing trail (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$14M
Net Assets (End of Year)$13M
Net Income$1M
Employer EIN942679112
Plan Effective Date2016-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby ESOP Plans in California

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

Friedmans Appliance Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in California, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -20000200040006000800010000 -20246 Total assets ($B) Participants Friedmans Appliance Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.01489264 · Participants: 71Friedmans Appliance Employee Stock Ownership PlanParsons Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.994512995 · Participants: 8040Parsons Employee Stock Ownership PlanAcco Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.694943363 · Participants: 1499Acco Employee Stock Ownership PlanRosendin Electric, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.538046697 · Participants: 1998Rosendin Electric, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanEcc Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.632082376 · Participants: 317Ecc Employee Stock Ownership PlanAgron, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.596115632 · Participants: 68Agron, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan
Friedmans Appliance Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in California, assets vs. participants
Compare Friedmans Appliance Employee Stock Ownership Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

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

Outside California, the nearest ESOP by assets is Northern Construction Holding, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in MA ($15M); by covered participants it is Easling Construction Company, Inc Employee Stock Ownership Plan in MI (71 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 Friedmans Appliance Employee Stock Ownership Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Friedmans Appliance Employee Stock Ownership Plan grew at a solid clip - up 5.3% during 2024, from $14M to $15M. Reported net income was $1M.
How have Sylvia's Microwave, Inc., Dba Friedmans Appliance plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Sylvia's Microwave, Inc., Dba Friedmans Appliance's sponsor-wide assets grew 33.9%, from $11M to $15M.
Which ESOP plans are similar in size to Friedmans Appliance Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by assets is Northern Construction Holding, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in MA ($15M, 45 participants).
Which ESOP plans cover a similar participant headcount to Friedmans Appliance Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Easling Construction Company, Inc Employee Stock Ownership Plan in MI (71 participants, $7M 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 942679112.

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.