ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Hanchett Paper Company Dba Shorr Paper Products, Inc. ESOP

Data updated 2026-08-25

$430M
Total assets Above avg plan size
543
Participants Below avg headcount
97th
Percentile by assets National rank
$792,291
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Shorr Paper Products, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · Sponsored by Hanchett Paper Company Dba Shorr Paper Products, Inc. · Illinois · Wholesale Trade

$430M in assets, 543 participants

Hanchett Paper Company Dba Shorr Paper Products, Inc.'s Shorr Paper Products, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported $430M in total assets and 543 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 97th 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.

  • #5,956 in Wholesale Trade (6,080 peers)

Where Shorr Paper Products, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan sits by assets

Shorr Paper Products, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan sits in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, $430M for 543 participants (~$792,291/participant), up 30.7% in 2024.

#5,956
in Wholesale Trade (6,080 peers)
+30.7%
assets growth YoY
4.3×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Shorr Paper Products, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan's outsized position by total assets

Shorr Paper Products, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$430,213,996 Top 3% higher than 97% 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

Shorr Paper Products, 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. Shorr Paper Products, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (543 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Shorr Paper Products, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported net income rose from $51M in the plan year 2023 filing to $84M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Shorr Paper Products, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan end-of-year assets rose from $329M in the plan year 2023 filing to $430M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Shorr Paper Products, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported participants fell from 558 in the plan year 2023 filing to 543 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 362040680 · Hanchett Paper Company Dba Shorr Paper Products, Inc. PY 2024 · ESOP

Shorr Paper Products, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · $430M · 543 · 97th

  • VS-ST $430M
  • BOY 543
  • SCH 97th
  • EBSA ESOP
  • PART near Urschel Laboratories Employee Stock Ownership Plan
  • TYPE ind #5956

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 →

Shorr Paper Products, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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

Scale-class filing particulars (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$329M
Net Assets (End of Year)$355M
Net Income$84M
Employer EIN362040680
Plan Effective Date1984-09-30
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Hanchett Paper Company Dba Shorr Paper Products, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Hanchett Paper Company Dba Shorr Paper Products, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$506M 58.44239478228745% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$300M$400M$500M$600M 202220232024 $319M $506M ▲ +58.4%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 967 $319M
2023 2 1,147 $396M
2024 2 1,118 $506M

Nearby ESOP Plans in Illinois

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

Shorr Paper Products, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 0200040006000800010000 01234 Total assets ($B) Participants Shorr Paper Products, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.430213996 · Participants: 543Shorr Paper Products, Inc. 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 PlanRli Corp. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.403829349 · Participants: 1001Rli Corp. Employee Stock Ownership Plan
Shorr Paper Products, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants
Compare Shorr Paper Products, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Shorr Paper Products, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan's out-of-state ESOP peers by assets and headcount

Outside Illinois, the nearest ESOP by assets is Urschel Laboratories Employee Stock Ownership Plan in IN ($432M); by covered participants it is Dudek Employee Stock Ownership Plan in CA (544 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (543 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 Shorr Paper Products, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Shorr Paper Products, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan surged - up 30.7% during 2024, from $329M to $430M. Reported net income was $84M.
How have Hanchett Paper Company Dba Shorr Paper Products, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Hanchett Paper Company Dba Shorr Paper Products, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 58.4%, from $319M to $506M.
Where does Shorr Paper Products, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Shorr Paper Products, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan ranks in the 97th percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets).
Which ESOP plans are similar in size to Shorr Paper Products, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by assets is Urschel Laboratories Employee Stock Ownership Plan in IN ($432M, 509 participants).
Which ESOP plans cover a similar participant headcount to Shorr Paper Products, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Dudek Employee Stock Ownership Plan in CA (544 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 362040680.

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.