ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc. ESOP

Data updated 2026-08-25

$146M
Total assets Near avg plan size
1,062
Participants Near avg headcount
93rd
Percentile by assets National rank
$137,033
Avg per participant Near avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · Sponsored by Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc. · California · Retail Trade

$146M in assets, 1,062 participants

Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc.'s Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported $146M in total assets and 1,062 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 93rd 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.

  • #7,716 in Retail Trade (8,048 peers)

Where Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan sits by assets

Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan sits in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets, $146M for 1,062 participants (~$137,033/participant), up 1.8% in 2024.

#7,716
in Retail Trade (8,048 peers)
+1.8%
assets growth YoY
1.5×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan's outsized position by total assets

Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$145,528,633 Top 7% higher than 93% 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

Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan's large-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan lands in the large band (1,062 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported net income fell from $7M in the plan year 2023 filing to $3M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported participants rose from 965 in the plan year 2023 filing to 1,062 in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan end-of-year assets rose from $143M in the plan year 2023 filing to $146M in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 953207663 · Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc. PY 2024 · ESOP

Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · $146M · 1,062 · 93rd

  • VS-ST $146M
  • VS-ST 1,062
  • VS-ST 93rd
  • VS-ST ESOP
  • VS-ST near Airline Hydraulics Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan
  • VS-ST ind #7716

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 California →

Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Armstrong Garden Centers, 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)$143M
Net Assets (End of Year)$146M
Net Income$3M
Employer EIN953207663
Plan Effective Date1980-08-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$176M 10.701843077055806% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$150M$160M$170M$180M 202220232024 $159M $176M ▲ +10.7%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 2,239 $159M
2023 2 2,175 $170M
2024 2 2,329 $176M

Nearby ESOP Plans in California

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

Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in California, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -20000200040006000800010000 -20246 Total assets ($B) Participants Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.145528633 · Participants: 1062Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanParsons Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.994512995 · Participants: 8040Parsons Employee Stock Ownership PlanAcco Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.694943363 · Participants: 1499Acco Employee Stock Ownership PlanRosendin Electric, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.538046697 · Participants: 1998Rosendin Electric, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanEcc Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.632082376 · Participants: 317Ecc Employee Stock Ownership PlanAgron, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.596115632 · Participants: 68Agron, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan
Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in California, assets vs. participants
Compare Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan's out-of-state ESOP peers by assets and headcount

Outside California, the nearest ESOP by assets is Airline Hydraulics Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan in PA ($146M); by covered participants it is Royal Technologies Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan in MI (1,060 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (1,062 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 Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan edged up modestly - up 1.8% during 2024, from $143M to $146M. Reported net income was $3M.
How have Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 10.7%, from $159M to $176M.
Where does Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan ranks in the 93rd percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets).
Which ESOP plans are similar in size to Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by assets is Airline Hydraulics Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan in PA ($146M, 348 participants).
Which ESOP plans cover a similar participant headcount to Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Royal Technologies Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan in MI (1,060 participants, $134M 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 953207663.

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.