ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Wayfield Foods, Inc. ESOP

Data updated 2026-08-25

$18M
Total assets Small plan by assets
335
Participants Below avg headcount
68th
Percentile by assets National rank
$53,251
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Wayfield Foods, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · Sponsored by Wayfield Foods, Inc. · Georgia · Retail Trade

$18M in assets, 335 participants

Wayfield Foods, Inc.'s Wayfield Foods, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported $18M in total assets and 335 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 68th 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.

  • #6,327 in Retail Trade (8,048 peers)

Coverage in Georgia

Wayfield Foods, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan covers 335 participants in Georgia, about 31% of the average Georgia filer (state average ~1,096 per filing). Assets: $18M.

#6,327
in Retail Trade (8,048 peers)
+3.6%
assets growth YoY

Wayfield Foods, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan's outsized position by total assets

Wayfield Foods, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$17,839,147 Top 32% higher than 68% 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

Wayfield Foods, 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. Wayfield Foods, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (335 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Wayfield Foods, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported net income fell from $4M in the plan year 2023 filing to $616K in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Wayfield Foods, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported participants rose from 316 in the plan year 2023 filing to 335 in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Wayfield Foods, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan end-of-year assets rose from $17M in the plan year 2023 filing to $18M in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 581463454 · Wayfield Foods, Inc. PY 2024 · ESOP

Wayfield Foods, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · $18M · 335 · 68th

  • ASSETS $18M
  • ASSETS 335
  • ASSETS 68th
  • ASSETS ESOP
  • ASSETS near Pioneer Technical Services, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust
  • ASSETS ind #6327

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 Georgia →

Wayfield Foods, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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

Georgia filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$17M
Net Assets (End of Year)$18M
Net Income$616K
Employer EIN581463454
Plan Effective Date1992-03-30
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Wayfield Foods, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Wayfield Foods, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$18M 36.583306287167424% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$12M$14M$16M$18M$20M 202220232024 $13.1M $17.8M ▲ +36.6%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 304 $13M
2023 1 316 $17M
2024 1 335 $18M

Nearby ESOP Plans in Georgia

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

Wayfield Foods, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Georgia, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 0500100015002000 -2000200400600800 Total assets ($M) Participants Wayfield Foods, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 17.839147 · Participants: 335Wayfield Foods, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanWarehouse Home Furnishings Distributors, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 681.121519 · Participants: 1745Warehouse Home Furnishings Distributors, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanChoate Construction Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 548.082498 · Participants: 494Choate Construction Company Employee Stock Ownership PlanBrent Scarbrough & Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 522.430924 · Participants: 485Brent Scarbrough & Company Employee Stock Ownership PlanAubrey Silvey Enterprises, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 281.399754 · Participants: 488Aubrey Silvey Enterprises, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanDixie Plywood and Lumber Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 230.799825 · Participants: 324Dixie Plywood and Lumber Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan
Wayfield Foods, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Georgia, assets vs. participants
Compare Wayfield Foods, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Wayfield Foods, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan's out-of-state ESOP peers by assets and headcount

Outside Georgia, the nearest ESOP by assets is Pioneer Technical Services, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust in MT ($18M); by covered participants it is Tier 1 Performance Solutions Employee Stock Ownership Plan in KY (335 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (335 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 Wayfield Foods, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Wayfield Foods, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan edged up modestly - up 3.6% during 2024, from $17M to $18M. Reported net income was $616K.
How have Wayfield Foods, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Wayfield Foods, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 36.6%, from $13M to $18M.
Which ESOP plans are similar in size to Wayfield Foods, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by assets is Pioneer Technical Services, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust in MT ($18M, 109 participants).
Which ESOP plans cover a similar participant headcount to Wayfield Foods, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Tier 1 Performance Solutions Employee Stock Ownership Plan in KY (335 participants, $46M 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 581463454.

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.