ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

B-K Lighting, Inc. ESOP

Data updated 2026-08-25

$5M
Total assets Small plan by assets
96
Participants Small participant base
46th
Percentile by assets National rank
$55,787
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Lite Star ESOP · Sponsored by B-K Lighting, Inc. · California · Manufacturing

$5M in assets, 96 participants

B-K Lighting, Inc.'s Lite Star ESOP reported $5M in total assets and 96 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 46th 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.

  • #5,437 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)

B-K Lighting, Inc. multi-year trail

B-K Lighting, Inc.'s plans moved -49.6% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows Lite Star ESOP at $5M / 96 participants.

#5,437
in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
-32.9%
assets change YoY

The plan reported a net loss of $2M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Lite Star ESOP's mid-pack asset rank among Manufacturing and all filers

Lite Star ESOP vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500

$5,355,524 46th percentile higher than 46% of 127,068 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 2023

Lite Star ESOP among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Lite Star ESOP is a small filing (96 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Lite Star ESOP reported net income fell from -$779K in the plan year 2022 filing to -$2M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Lite Star ESOP end-of-year assets fell from $8M in the plan year 2022 filing to $5M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Lite Star ESOP reported participants rose from 84 in the plan year 2022 filing to 96 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 770161598 · B-K Lighting, Inc. PY 2023 · ESOP

Lite Star ESOP · $5M · 96 · 46th

  • IND $5M
  • EOY 96
  • 5500 46th
  • ASSETS ESOP
  • PCT near Ecm Holding Group, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan
  • EIN ind #5437

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 →

Lite Star ESOP in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Lite Star ESOP and nearest nationwide ESOP peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

B-K Lighting, Inc. multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All B-K Lighting, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$6M 49.61976518063953% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$4M$6M$8M$10M$12M$14M 202220232024 $11.9M $6.01M ▼ -49.6%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 171 $12M
2023 1 96 $5M
2024 1 91 $6M

B-K Lighting, Inc. filing trail (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$8M
Net Assets (End of Year)-$14M
Net Income-$2M
Employer EIN770161598
Plan Effective Date2016-09-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby ESOP Plans in California

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

Lite Star ESOP vs. nearby ESOP plans in California, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -20000200040006000800010000 -101234 Total assets ($B) Participants Lite Star ESOP, Total assets ($B): 0.005355524 · Participants: 96Lite Star ESOPParsons Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.757068542 · Participants: 7871Parsons Employee Stock Ownership PlanAcco Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.444524335 · Participants: 1397Acco Employee Stock Ownership PlanRosendin Electric, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.125537204 · Participants: 1700Rosendin Electric, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanAgron, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.533004512 · Participants: 72Agron, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanRecology Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.497089527 · Participants: 3656Recology Employee Stock Ownership Plan
Lite Star ESOP vs. nearby ESOP plans in California, assets vs. participants
Compare Lite Star ESOP side-by-side with 3 peers →

Lite Star ESOP's out-of-state ESOP peers by assets and headcount

Outside California, the nearest ESOP by assets is Ecm Holding Group, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in WI ($5M); by covered participants it is Erdman Anthony Profit Sharing and Employee Stock Ownership Plan in NY (96 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (96 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Lite Star ESOP assets move in 2023? ▼
Lite Star ESOP contracted severely - down 32.9% during 2023, from $8M to $5M. Reported net income was -$2M.
How have B-K Lighting, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), B-K Lighting, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets declined 49.6%, from $12M to $6M.
Which ESOP plans are similar in size to Lite Star ESOP? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by assets is Ecm Holding Group, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in WI ($5M, 120 participants).
Which ESOP plans cover a similar participant headcount to Lite Star ESOP? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Erdman Anthony Profit Sharing and Employee Stock Ownership Plan in NY (96 participants, $3M in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2023.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 770161598.

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.