ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

C.E. Niehoff & Co. ESOP

Data updated 2026-08-25

$83M
Total assets Below avg plan size
330
Participants Below avg headcount
89th
Percentile by assets National rank
$250,562
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: C.E. Niehoff & Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · Sponsored by C.E. Niehoff & Co. · Illinois · Manufacturing

$83M in assets, 330 participants

C.E. Niehoff & Co.'s C.E. Niehoff & Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported $83M in total assets and 330 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 89th 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.

  • #14,901 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)

Coverage in Illinois

C.E. Niehoff & Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan covers 330 participants in Illinois, about 42% of the average Illinois filer (state average ~779 per filing). Assets: $83M.

#14,901
in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
+12.3%
assets growth YoY
0.8×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

C.E. Niehoff & Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan's outsized position by total assets

C.E. Niehoff & Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$82,685,483 Top 11% higher than 89% 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

C.E. Niehoff & Co. 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. C.E. Niehoff & Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (330 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • C.E. Niehoff & Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan end-of-year assets rose from $74M in the plan year 2023 filing to $83M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • C.E. Niehoff & Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported net income fell from $10M in the plan year 2023 filing to $9M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • C.E. Niehoff & Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported participants rose from 324 in the plan year 2023 filing to 330 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 202346619 · C.E. Niehoff & Co. PY 2024 · ESOP

C.E. Niehoff & Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · $83M · 330 · 89th

  • BOOK $83M
  • VS-ST 330
  • BOY 89th
  • SCH ESOP
  • EBSA near Coast Citrus Distributors Employee Stock Ownership Plan
  • PART ind #14901

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 Illinois →

C.E. Niehoff & Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Paq Employee Stock Ownership PlanPaq Employee Stock Ownership…$83MCoast Citrus Distributors Employee Stock Ownership PlanCoast Citrus Distributors Em…$83MC.E. Niehoff & Co. Employee Stock Ownership PlanC.E. Niehoff & Co. Employee …$83MGlasfloss Industries, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanGlasfloss Industries, Inc. E…$83MCogent, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanCogent, Inc. Employee Stock …$82M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among C.E. Niehoff & Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and nearest nationwide ESOP peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Illinois filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$74M
Net Assets (End of Year)$83M
Net Income$9M
Employer EIN202346619
Plan Effective Date1989-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (C.E. Niehoff & Co.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All C.E. Niehoff & Co. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$154M 22.036967576876258% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$120M$130M$140M$150M$160M 202220232024 $126M $154M ▲ +22.0%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 812 $126M
2023 2 722 $146M
2024 2 767 $154M

Nearby ESOP Plans in Illinois

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

C.E. Niehoff & Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -20000200040006000800010000 -101234 Total assets ($B) Participants C.E. Niehoff & Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.082685483 · Participants: 330C.E. Niehoff & Co. Employee Stock Ownership PlanAmsted Industries Incorporated Employees' Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.699095694 · Participants: 4909Amsted Industries Incorporated Employees' Stock Ownership PlanKehe Distributors, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.165348047 · Participants: 4815Kehe Distributors, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanScot Forge Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.429776889 · Participants: 491Scot Forge Company Employee Stock Ownership PlanBdo USA Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.0622005 · Participants: 9258Bdo USA Employee Stock Ownership PlanShorr Paper Products, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.430213996 · Participants: 543Shorr Paper Products, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan
C.E. Niehoff & Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants
Compare C.E. Niehoff & Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

C.E. Niehoff & Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan's out-of-state ESOP peers by assets and headcount

Outside Illinois, the nearest ESOP by assets is Coast Citrus Distributors Employee Stock Ownership Plan in CA ($83M); by covered participants it is Burns Engineering, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in PA (330 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (330 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 C.E. Niehoff & Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
C.E. Niehoff & Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan grew at a solid clip - up 12.3% during 2024, from $74M to $83M. Reported net income was $9M.
How have C.E. Niehoff & Co. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), C.E. Niehoff & Co.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 22.0%, from $126M to $154M.
Where does C.E. Niehoff & Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
C.E. Niehoff & Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan ranks in the 89th percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets).
Which ESOP plans are similar in size to C.E. Niehoff & Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by assets is Coast Citrus Distributors Employee Stock Ownership Plan in CA ($83M, 142 participants).
Which ESOP plans cover a similar participant headcount to C.E. Niehoff & Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Burns Engineering, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in PA (330 participants, $18M 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 202346619.

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.