ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Columbia Forest Products ESOP

Data updated 2026-08-11

$184M
Total assets: 1,396
Participants: 94th
Percentile by assets: $131,825
Avg per participant

Official DOL plan name: Columbia Forest Products, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust · Sponsored by Columbia Forest Products · North Carolina · Manufacturing

$184M in assets, 1,396 participants

Columbia Forest Products's Columbia Forest Products, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust reported $184M in total assets and 1,396 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 94th 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.

94th percentile by assets (of 123,622 plans)
#16,142 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)

Where Columbia Forest Products, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust sits by assets

Columbia Forest Products, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust sits in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets, $184M for 1,396 participants (~$131,825/participant), up 1.3% in 2024.

$184M
total plan assets (2024 EOY): 1,396
covered participants: 94th
percentile by assets (of 123,622 plans): $131,825
avg assets per participant

Where Columbia Forest Products, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust sits by total assets

Columbia Forest Products, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust vs every filed plan by assets

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

$184,027,360 Top 6% higher than 94% of 123,620 filed plans

Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.

Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2024

Columbia Forest Products, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust reported net income rose from $910K in the plan year 2023 filing to $5M in the plan year 2024 filing.
Columbia Forest Products, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust reported participants rose from 1,330 in the plan year 2023 filing to 1,396 in the plan year 2024 filing.
Columbia Forest Products, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust end-of-year assets rose from $182M in the plan year 2023 filing to $184M in the plan year 2024 filing.

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State

North Carolina

Industry

Manufacturing

Columbia Forest Products, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust vs the 2024 asset distribution

By assets, Columbia Forest Products, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust outranks 94% of the 123,622 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2024 plan year, and holds roughly 1.8x the national average plan size of $100M (721 average participants).

Scale-class filing particulars (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)	$182M
Net Assets (End of Year)	$184M
Net Income	$5M
Employer EIN	930672034
Plan Effective Date	1977-01-01
Filing Status	FILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Columbia Forest Products)

Total plan assets by year, all Columbia Forest Products plans on file

Year	Plans	Participants	Total Assets
2022	2	2,864	$252M
2023	2	2,982	$262M
2024	2	3,109	$274M

Nearby ESOP Plans in North Carolina

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

Columbia Forest Products, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust vs. nearby ESOP plans in North Carolina, assets vs. participants

Ecmd, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan $154M · 969
Precision Walls, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan $143M · 1,228
Robert E. Mason & Associates, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan $133M · 279
State Utility Contractors, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan $123M · 158
Recore Employee Stock Ownership Plan $109M · 140

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Similar-Sized ESOP Plans Nationally

ESOP plans in other states closest to Columbia Forest Products, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust by total assets, not by location.

Team Horner Employee Stock Ownership Plan (FL) $184M · 447
Dcs Corporation Restated Employee Stock Ownership Plan (VA) $185M · 2,038
Harrell's Employee Stock Ownership Plan (FL) $185M · 462
Polaris Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan (MN) $183M · 9,360

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Columbia Forest Products, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust assets move in 2024? ▼

Columbia Forest Products, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust edged up modestly - up 1.3% during 2024, from $182M to $184M. Reported net income was $5M.

How have Columbia Forest Products plan assets changed over time? ▼

Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Columbia Forest Products's sponsor-wide assets grew 8.4%, from $252M to $274M.

Where does Columbia Forest Products, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼

Columbia Forest Products, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust ranks in the 94th percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets).

Which ESOP plans are similar in size to Columbia Forest Products, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust? ▼

Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by assets is Team Horner Employee Stock Ownership Plan in FL ($184M, 447 participants).

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Columbia Forest Products's sponsor-wide assets have grown 8.4% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Manufacturing 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 930672034.