Plan Ledger DOL Form 5500 · updated monthly

Howards Appliances, Inc.ESOP

HOWARDS APPLIANCES, INC. EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN · LA HABRA, CA · plan year 2022

Employer contribution per participant · 2022
$6,214

Howards Appliances, Inc.'s 2022 Form 5500 did not separately report plan administrative expenses, which is common where recordkeeping is paid through investment revenue-sharing or a master trust. The plan held $19,618,850 across 182 participant accounts, with employer contributions averaging $6,214 per active participant. See methodology for what Form 5500 does and doesn't capture.

The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 26,806 comparable plans and shown alongside other retail trade employers. By assets it is the 3,691st-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and the 1,481st of 5,215 in retail trade.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$19,618,850
Participants with balances182
Active participants119
Employer contributions$739,467
Employee contributions—
Employer contribution per active participant$6,214
Average account balance$107,796
Benefits paid to participants$1,007,465
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorPKF SAN DIEGO, LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$-6.9M · 211 accts · $715K emplr
2023$7.2M · 157 accts · $776K emplr
2022$19.6M · 182 accts · $739K emplr
Employer contributions to the Howards Appliances, Inc. plan · 2022
Employer contribution per active participant$6,214
Median for plans this size$2,266
2024$6,438 per active participant
2023$6,518 per active participant
2022$6,214 per active participant

Howards Appliances, Inc.'s 2022 employer contribution ran above the $2,266 median for plans its size, placing it in the top quarter of its peers. Filings report dollars actually contributed, not the match formula; the formula itself (for example, 50% of the first 6% of pay) lives in the plan's summary plan description from HR.

Administrative cost history3
2024Not separately reported
2023Not separately reported
2022Not separately reported
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 951595620 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.