ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Harps Food Stores ESOP
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $317M
- Total assets Above avg plan size
- 3,196
- Participants Above avg headcount
- 96th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $99,192
- Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Harps Food Stores, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · Sponsored by Harps Food Stores · Arkansas · Retail Trade
$317M in assets, 3,196 participants
Harps Food Stores's Harps Food Stores, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported $317M in total assets and 3,196 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 96th 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.
- #7,852 in Retail Trade (8,048 peers)
Where Harps Food Stores, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan sits by assets
Harps Food Stores, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan sits in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, $317M for 3,196 participants (~$99,192/participant), up 3.8% in 2024.
- #7,852
- in Retail Trade (8,048 peers)
- +3.8%
- assets growth YoY
- 3.2×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $16M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Harps Food Stores, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan's outsized position by total assets
Harps Food Stores, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$317,018,358 Top 4% higher than 96% 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
Harps Food Stores, 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. Harps Food Stores, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan lands in the large band (3,196 participants).
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- Harps Food Stores, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported net income fell from $5M in the plan year 2023 filing to -$16M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Harps Food Stores, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported participants rose from 2,833 in the plan year 2023 filing to 3,196 in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Harps Food Stores, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan end-of-year assets rose from $306M in the plan year 2023 filing to $317M in the plan year 2024 filing.
Form 5500 schedule snapshot
Filing strip 710304953 · Harps Food Stores PY 2024 · ESOP
Harps Food Stores, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · $317M · 3,196 · 96th
- PART $317M
- TYPE 3,196
- NET 96th
- BOOK ESOP
- VS-ST near Imeg Corp. Employee Stock Ownership Plan
- BOY ind #7852
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 Arkansas →
Harps Food Stores, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Scale-class filing particulars (2024)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $306M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $287M |
| Net Income | -$16M |
| Employer EIN | 710304953 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1988-09-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Harps Food Stores)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Harps Food Stores plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $361M 7.043745819521682% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 6,573 | $337M |
| 2023 | 2 | 7,415 | $345M |
| 2024 | 2 | 7,908 | $361M |
Nearby ESOP Plans in Arkansas
Peer ESOP plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Central States, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan $476M · 1,400
- Central Moloney, Inc. Salaried Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust $103M · N/A
- Rubber & Gasket Company of America Employee Stock Ownership Plan $70M · 147
- Hytrol Conveyor Co., Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan $48M · 1,295
- Hfa Enterprises Employee Stock Ownership Plan $42M · 407
Harps Food Stores, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan's out-of-state ESOP peers by assets and headcount
Outside Arkansas, the nearest ESOP by assets is Imeg Corp. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in IL ($318M); by covered participants it is The Sundt Companies Employee Stock Ownership Plan in AZ (3,220 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($317M here).
- Imeg Corp. Employee Stock Ownership Plan (IL) $318M · 2,225
- Trachte Building Systems Employee Stock Ownership Plan (WI) $315M · 266
- Bob's Red Mill Natural Foods, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan (OR) $315M · 547
- D & H Employee Stock Ownership Plan (PA) $314M · 1,459
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (3,196 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- The Sundt Companies Employee Stock Ownership Plan (AZ) 3,220 · 24 off
- Westat, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan (MD) 3,167 · 29 off
- Redner's Employees Profit Sharing and Stock Ownership Plan (PA) 3,246 · 50 off
- Border States Industries, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ND) 3,256 · 60 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.