ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
E Besler & Company ESOP
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $11M
- Total assets Small plan by assets
- 15
- Participants Small participant base
- 57th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $701,567
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: E. Besler & Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · Sponsored by E Besler & Company · Illinois · Transportation & Warehousing
$11M in assets, 15 participants
E Besler & Company's E. Besler & Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported $11M in total assets and 15 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 57th 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.
- #1,915 in Transportation & Warehousing (3,299 peers)
What the 2024 filing shows
E. Besler & Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan holds $11M for 15 participants - about $701,567 per participant, above the median plan by assets.
- #1,915
- in Transportation & Warehousing (3,299 peers)
- +5.7%
- assets growth YoY
The plan reported a net loss of $6M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
E. Besler & Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan's mid-pack asset rank among Transportation & Warehousing and all filers
E. Besler & Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$10,523,510 Top 43% higher than 57% 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
E. Besler & Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan among smaller filed plans by headcount
Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. E. Besler & Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan is a small filing (15 participants) on this national headcount ladder.
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- E. Besler & Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported net income fell from $2M in the plan year 2023 filing to -$6M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- E. Besler & Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported participants fell from 16 in the plan year 2023 filing to 15 in the plan year 2024 filing.
- E. Besler & Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan end-of-year assets rose from $10M in the plan year 2023 filing to $11M in the plan year 2024 filing.
DOL schedule card
Filing strip 367216437 · E Besler & Company PY 2024 · ESOP
E. Besler & Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · $11M · 15 · 57th
- PCT $11M
- EIN 15
- RANK 57th
- PHOTO ESOP
- IND near Ferguson Pape Baldwin Architects Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust
- EOY ind #1915
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 →
E. Besler & Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Filing particulars (2024)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $10M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $4M |
| Net Income | -$6M |
| Employer EIN | 367216437 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1997-07-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (E Besler & Company)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All E Besler & Company plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $11M 5.684013986209221% vs 2023
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 16 | $10M |
| 2024 | 1 | 15 | $11M |
Nearby ESOP Plans in Illinois
Peer ESOP plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Amsted Industries Incorporated Employees' Stock Ownership Plan $3.7B · 4,909
- Kehe Distributors, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan $2.2B · 4,815
- Scot Forge Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan $1.4B · 491
- Bdo USA Employee Stock Ownership Plan $1.1B · 9,258
- Shorr Paper Products, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan $430M · 543
E. Besler & Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan's out-of-state ESOP peers by assets and headcount
Outside Illinois, the nearest ESOP by assets is Ferguson Pape Baldwin Architects Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust in CA ($11M); by covered participants it is Battery-Biz Employee Stock Ownership Plan in CA (15 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($11M here).
- Ferguson Pape Baldwin Architects Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust (CA) $11M · 40
- Podmore Manufacturing, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan (NH) $11M · 37
- The Nevell Group, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan (CA) $11M · 174
- Cdi Services, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan & Trust (ND) $11M · 280
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (15 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.