ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

B-K Lighting, Inc. ESOP

Data updated 2026-08-25

$6M
Total assets Small plan by assets
91
Participants Small participant base
45th
Percentile by assets National rank
$65,995
Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Lite Star ESOP · Sponsored by B-K Lighting, Inc. · California · Manufacturing

$6M in assets, 91 participants

B-K Lighting, Inc.'s Lite Star ESOP reported $6M in total assets and 91 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 45th 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.

  • #5,113 in Manufacturing (17,777 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 $6M / 91 participants.

#5,113
in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
+12.1%
assets growth YoY

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 2024 · DOL Form 5500

$6,005,524 45th percentile higher than 45% 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

Lite Star ESOP among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Lite Star ESOP is a small filing (91 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Lite Star ESOP reported net income rose from -$2M in the plan year 2023 filing to $1M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Lite Star ESOP end-of-year assets rose from $5M in the plan year 2023 filing to $6M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Lite Star ESOP reported participants fell from 96 in the plan year 2023 filing to 91 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 770161598 · B-K Lighting, Inc. PY 2024 · ESOP

Lite Star ESOP · $6M · 91 · 45th

  • 5500 $6M
  • ASSETS 91
  • PCT 45th
  • EIN ESOP
  • RANK near Peoples Security Bank & Trust Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan
  • PHOTO ind #5113

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

Lite Star ESOP$6MPeoples Security Bank & Trust Co. Employee Stock Ownership PlanPeoples Security Bank & Trus…$6MBank of Cashton Money Purchase and Employee Stock Ownership PlanBank of Cashton Money Purcha…$6MAdvanced Engineering Consultants Employee Stock Ownership PlanAdvanced Engineering Consult…$6MRenova Environmental Employee Stock Ownership PlanRenova Environmental Employe…$6M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Lite Star ESOP and nearest nationwide ESOP peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

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 (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$5M
Net Assets (End of Year)-$13M
Net Income$1M
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 -20246 Total assets ($B) Participants Lite Star ESOP, Total assets ($B): 0.006005524 · Participants: 91Lite Star ESOPParsons 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
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 Peoples Security Bank & Trust Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in PA ($6M); by covered participants it is Employee Stock Ownership Plan of Palmer & Sicard, Inc. in NH (91 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (91 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 Lite Star ESOP assets move in 2024? ▼
Lite Star ESOP grew at a solid clip - up 12.1% during 2024, from $5M to $6M. Reported net income was $1M.
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 Peoples Security Bank & Trust Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in PA ($6M, 358 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 Employee Stock Ownership Plan of Palmer & Sicard, Inc. in NH (91 participants, $4M 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 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.