ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Life Cycle Engineering, Inc. ESOP

Data updated 2026-08-25

$25M
Total assets Below avg plan size
373
Participants Below avg headcount
74th
Percentile by assets National rank
$67,325
Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Life Cycle Engineering, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · Sponsored by Life Cycle Engineering, Inc. · South Carolina · Professional & Technical Services

$25M in assets, 373 participants

Life Cycle Engineering, Inc.'s Life Cycle Engineering, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported $25M in total assets and 373 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 74th 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.

  • #14,971 in Professional & Technical Services (20,173 peers)

Life Cycle Engineering, Inc. multi-year trail

Life Cycle Engineering, Inc.'s plans moved +42.8% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows Life Cycle Engineering, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan at $25M / 373 participants.

#14,971
in Professional & Technical Services (20,173 peers)
+81.3%
assets growth YoY

The plan reported a net loss of $8M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Life Cycle Engineering, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan's outsized position by total assets

Life Cycle Engineering, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$25,112,249 Top 26% higher than 74% 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

Life Cycle Engineering, 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. Life Cycle Engineering, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (373 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Life Cycle Engineering, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported net income fell from $1M in the plan year 2023 filing to -$8M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Life Cycle Engineering, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan end-of-year assets rose from $14M in the plan year 2023 filing to $25M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Life Cycle Engineering, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported participants rose from 367 in the plan year 2023 filing to 373 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 570649372 · Life Cycle Engineering, Inc. PY 2024 · ESOP

Life Cycle Engineering, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · $25M · 373 · 74th

  • EBSA $25M
  • PART 373
  • TYPE 74th
  • NET ESOP
  • BOOK near Metroconnections, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust
  • VS-ST ind #14971

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 South Carolina →

Life Cycle Engineering, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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

Life Cycle Engineering, Inc. multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Life Cycle Engineering, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$94M 42.7750295278125% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$60M$70M$80M$90M$100M 202220232024 $65.9M $94M ▲ +42.8%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 929 $66M
2023 2 835 $76M
2024 2 871 $94M

Life Cycle Engineering, Inc. filing trail (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$14M
Net Assets (End of Year)$5M
Net Income-$8M
Employer EIN570649372
Plan Effective Date1987-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby ESOP Plans in South Carolina

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

Life Cycle Engineering, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in South Carolina, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -5000500100015002000 15202530 Total assets ($M) Participants Life Cycle Engineering, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 25.112249 · Participants: 373Life Cycle Engineering, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanAl's Liquor Store Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 25.654978 · Participants: 56Al's Liquor Store Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanNgroup Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 24.95 · Participants: 1859Ngroup Employee Stock Ownership PlanDwg, Inc. Consulting Engineers Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 20.702964 · Participants: 31Dwg, Inc. Consulting Engineers Employee Stock Ownership PlanSynergi Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 16.915451 · Participants: 286Synergi Employee Stock Ownership PlanEmployee Stock Ownership Plan of Emory Wilson Process, Inc., Total assets ($M): 16.250695 · Participants: 78Employee Stock Ownership Plan of Emory Wilson Process, Inc.
Life Cycle Engineering, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in South Carolina, assets vs. participants
Compare Life Cycle Engineering, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Life Cycle Engineering, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan's out-of-state ESOP peers by assets and headcount

Outside South Carolina, the nearest ESOP by assets is Metroconnections, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust in MN ($25M); by covered participants it is Donley Companies, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in OH (373 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (373 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 Life Cycle Engineering, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Life Cycle Engineering, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan surged - up 81.3% during 2024, from $14M to $25M. Reported net income was -$8M.
How have Life Cycle Engineering, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Life Cycle Engineering, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 42.8%, from $66M to $94M.
Which ESOP plans are similar in size to Life Cycle Engineering, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by assets is Metroconnections, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust in MN ($25M, 78 participants).
Which ESOP plans cover a similar participant headcount to Life Cycle Engineering, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Donley Companies, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in OH (373 participants, $23M 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 570649372.

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.