ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Harps Food Stores ESOP

Data updated 2026-08-11

$317M
Total assets
3,196
Participants
96th
Percentile by assets
$99,192
Avg per participant
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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.

  • 96th percentile by assets (of 123,622 plans)
  • #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.

$317M
total plan assets (2024 EOY)
3,196
covered participants
96th
percentile by assets (of 123,622 plans)
$99,192
avg assets per participant

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.

Where Harps Food Stores, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan sits 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

This plan $0 $2,010,000,000 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

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.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

State
Arkansas
Industry
Retail Trade

Harps Food Stores, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs the 2024 asset distribution

By assets, Harps Food Stores, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan outranks 96% of the 123,622 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2024 plan year, and holds roughly 3.2x the national average plan size of $100M (721 average participants).

Scale-class filing particulars (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$306M
Net Assets (End of Year)$287M
Net Income-$16M
Employer EIN710304953
Plan Effective Date1988-09-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Harps Food Stores)

$330M$340M$350M$360M$370M 202220232024 $337M $361M ▲ +7.0%
Total plan assets by year, all Harps Food Stores plans on file
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.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How did Harps Food Stores, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Harps Food Stores, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan edged up modestly - up 3.8% during 2024, from $306M to $317M. Reported net income was -$16M.
How have Harps Food Stores plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Harps Food Stores's sponsor-wide assets grew 7.0%, from $337M to $361M.
Where does Harps Food Stores, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Harps Food Stores, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan ranks in the 96th 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 Harps Food Stores, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by assets is Imeg Corp. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in IL ($318M, 2,225 participants).

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Scale reading

Ways to act on Harps Food Stores, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan's numbers.

  • By total assets, Harps Food Stores, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan ranks in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets. See the largest plans
  • Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar ESOP plans in Arkansas. Compare plans
  • Harps Food Stores's sponsor-wide assets have grown 7.0% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Retail Trade plans

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 710304953.

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.