ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

F.a.B.S. Farms, Inc. ESOP

Data updated 2026-08-25

$266K
Total assets Small plan by assets
2
Participants Small participant base
13th
Percentile by assets National rank
$133,000
Avg per participant Near avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: F.a.B.S. Farms, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · Sponsored by F.a.B.S. Farms, Inc. · Iowa · Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing

$266K in assets, 2 participants

F.a.B.S. Farms, Inc.'s F.a.B.S. Farms, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported $266K in total assets and 2 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 13th 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.

  • #120 in Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing (1,217 peers)

What the 2024 filing shows

F.a.B.S. Farms, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan holds $266K for 2 participants - about $133,000 per participant, among the smaller plans by assets on file.

#120
in Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing (1,217 peers)
-4.0%
assets change YoY

The plan reported a net loss of $11K for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

F.a.B.S. Farms, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan among the smaller filed plans by assets

F.a.B.S. Farms, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$266,000 13th percentile higher than 13% 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

F.a.B.S. Farms, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan among micro filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. F.a.B.S. Farms, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan is a micro filing (2 participants), the leftmost band.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • F.a.B.S. Farms, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported net income fell from $6K in the plan year 2023 filing to -$11K in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • F.a.B.S. Farms, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan end-of-year assets fell from $277K in the plan year 2023 filing to $266K in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 421353895 · F.a.B.S. Farms, Inc. PY 2024 · ESOP

F.a.B.S. Farms, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · $266K · 2 · 13th

  • EIN $266K
  • EIN 2
  • EIN 13th
  • EIN ESOP
  • EIN near Master Mechanical, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan
  • EIN ind #120

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 Iowa →

F.a.B.S. Farms, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among F.a.B.S. Farms, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and nearest nationwide ESOP peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Filing particulars (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$277K
Net Assets (End of Year)$266K
Net Income-$11K
Employer EIN421353895
Plan Effective Date1991-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (F.a.B.S. Farms, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All F.a.B.S. Farms, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$266K 1.8453806443518659% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$0.27M$0.27M$0.28M$0.28M$0.28M 202220232024 $0.27M $0.27M ▲ +0.0%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 2 $271K
2023 1 2 $277K
2024 1 2 $266K

Nearby ESOP Plans in Iowa

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

F.a.B.S. Farms, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Iowa, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -500050010001500 -20002004006008001000 Total assets ($M) Participants F.a.B.S. Farms, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 0.266 · Participants: 2F.a.B.S. Farms, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanEmployee Owned Brands, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 877.41862 · Participants: 819Employee Owned Brands, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanVan Meter Industrial, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 658.666503 · Participants: 849Van Meter Industrial, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanIta Group Holdings, Inc. Employees' Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 498.079165 · Participants: 907Ita Group Holdings, Inc. Employees' Stock Ownership PlanPrecision, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust, Total assets ($M): 472.977214 · Participants: 658Precision, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and TrustVgm Group, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 426.304167 · Participants: 1169Vgm Group, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan
F.a.B.S. Farms, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Iowa, assets vs. participants
Compare F.a.B.S. Farms, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

F.a.B.S. Farms, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan's out-of-state ESOP peers by assets and headcount

Outside Iowa, the nearest ESOP by assets is Master Mechanical, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in MN ($265K); by covered participants it is Pose Group, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in AL (2 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (2 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 F.a.B.S. Farms, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
F.a.B.S. Farms, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan edged down modestly - down 4.0% during 2024, from $277K to $266K. Reported net income was -$11K.
How have F.a.B.S. Farms, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), F.a.B.S. Farms, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets declined 1.8%, from $271K to $266K.
Where does F.a.B.S. Farms, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
F.a.B.S. Farms, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan ranks in the 13th percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (among the smaller plans by assets on file).
Which ESOP plans are similar in size to F.a.B.S. Farms, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by assets is Master Mechanical, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in MN ($265K, 24 participants).
Which ESOP plans cover a similar participant headcount to F.a.B.S. Farms, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Pose Group, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in AL (2 participants, N/A 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 421353895.

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.