ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Best Friends Pet Care Holdings, Inc. ESOP
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $4M
- Total assets Small plan by assets
- 174
- Participants Small participant base
- 37th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $20,853
- Avg per participant Low balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Best Friends Pet Care Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · Sponsored by Best Friends Pet Care Holdings, Inc. · Connecticut · Retail Trade
$4M in assets, 174 participants
Best Friends Pet Care Holdings, Inc.'s Best Friends Pet Care Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported $4M in total assets and 174 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 37th 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.
- #3,872 in Retail Trade (8,048 peers)
Coverage in Connecticut
Best Friends Pet Care Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan covers 174 participants in Connecticut, about 24% of the average Connecticut filer (state average ~718 per filing). Assets: $4M.
- #3,872
- in Retail Trade (8,048 peers)
- +124.0%
- assets growth YoY
Best Friends Pet Care Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan's mid-pack asset rank among Retail Trade and all filers
Best Friends Pet Care Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$3,628,370 37th percentile higher than 37% 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
Best Friends Pet Care Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan among mid-size filed plans by headcount
Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Best Friends Pet Care Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (174 participants).
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- Best Friends Pet Care Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan end-of-year assets rose from $2M in the plan year 2023 filing to $4M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Best Friends Pet Care Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported net income fell from $4M in the plan year 2023 filing to $3M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Best Friends Pet Care Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported participants rose from 156 in the plan year 2023 filing to 174 in the plan year 2024 filing.
DOL schedule card
Filing strip 832710652 · Best Friends Pet Care Holdings, Inc. PY 2024 · ESOP
Best Friends Pet Care Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · $4M · 174 · 37th
- BOOK $4M
- VS-ST 174
- BOY 37th
- SCH ESOP
- EBSA near Traypml, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan
- PART ind #3872
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 Connecticut →
Best Friends Pet Care Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Connecticut filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $2M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | -$5M |
| Net Income | $3M |
| Employer EIN | 832710652 |
| Plan Effective Date | 2018-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Best Friends Pet Care Holdings, Inc.)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Best Friends Pet Care Holdings, Inc. plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $4M 724.6295454545455% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 151 | $440K |
| 2023 | 1 | 156 | $2M |
| 2024 | 1 | 174 | $4M |
Nearby ESOP Plans in Connecticut
Peer ESOP plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Mott Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan $305M · 327
- Bl Companies, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan $128M · 309
- Sonalysts, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan $126M · 417
- Eurpac Service, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan $108M · 572
- Twin Mro Employee Stock Ownership Plan $106M · 110
Best Friends Pet Care Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan's out-of-state ESOP peers by assets and headcount
Outside Connecticut, the nearest ESOP by assets is Traypml, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in MD ($4M); by covered participants it is The Nevell Group, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in CA (174 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($4M here).
- Traypml, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan (MD) $4M · 32
- The Douglas Construction Group, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan (OH) $4M · 60
- Manufacturing Maintenance Solutions, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan (IL) $4M · 153
- The Gledhill Road Machinery Co Employee Stock Ownership Plan (OH) $4M · 22
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (174 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- The Nevell Group, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan (CA) 174 · 0 off
- Southeastern Surveying and Mapping Corporation Employee Stock Ownership (FL) 174 · 0 off
- Applied Behavior Consultants, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan (CA) 174 · 0 off
- Moscow Bancshares, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan (TN) 175 · 1 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.