ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Melink Corporation ESOP

Data updated 2026-08-25

$5M
Total assets Small plan by assets
89
Participants Small participant base
45th
Percentile by assets National rank
$58,597
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Melink Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan · Sponsored by Melink Corporation · Ohio · Professional & Technical Services

$5M in assets, 89 participants

Melink Corporation's Melink Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported $5M in total assets and 89 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 45th 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.

  • #8,752 in Professional & Technical Services (20,321 peers)

Melink Corporation multi-year trail

Melink Corporation's plans moved +195.7% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows Melink Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan at $5M / 89 participants.

#8,752
in Professional & Technical Services (20,321 peers)
+233.4%
assets growth YoY

Melink Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan's mid-pack asset rank among Professional & Technical Services and all filers

Melink Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500

$5,215,123 45th percentile higher than 45% of 127,068 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 2023

Melink Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Melink Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan is a small filing (89 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Melink Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported net income rose from $431K in the plan year 2022 filing to $4M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Melink Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan end-of-year assets rose from $2M in the plan year 2022 filing to $5M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Melink Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported participants rose from 62 in the plan year 2022 filing to 89 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 311488610 · Melink Corporation PY 2023 · ESOP

Melink Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan · $5M · 89 · 45th

  • VS-ST $5M
  • VS-ST 89
  • VS-ST 45th
  • VS-ST ESOP
  • VS-ST near Packaging Systems of Indiana, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan
  • VS-ST ind #8752

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 Ohio →

Melink Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Melink Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan and nearest nationwide ESOP peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Melink Corporation multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Melink Corporation plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$20M 195.65227719197395% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$5M$10M$15M$20M$25M 202220232024 $6.74M $19.9M ▲ +195.4%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 164 $7M
2023 2 189 $11M
2024 2 244 $20M

Melink Corporation filing trail (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$2M
Net Assets (End of Year)$5M
Net Income$4M
Employer EIN311488610
Plan Effective Date2018-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby ESOP Plans in Ohio

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

Melink Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Ohio, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -10000010000200003000040000 -100102030 Total assets ($B) Participants Melink Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.005215123 · Participants: 89Melink Corporation Employee Stock Ownership PlanProcter & Gamble Profit Sharing Trust & Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 23.091305753 · Participants: 32152Procter & Gamble Profit Sharing Trust & Employee Stock Ownership PlanThe Garland Industries, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan & Trust, Total assets ($B): 1.692644904 · Participants: 1019The Garland Industries, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan & TrustMesser Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.62249774 · Participants: 873Messer Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanGreat Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.504257458 · Participants: 4110Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanCleveland Steel Container Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.451883636 · Participants: 434Cleveland Steel Container Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan
Melink Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Ohio, assets vs. participants
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Melink Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan's out-of-state ESOP peers by assets and headcount

Outside Ohio, the nearest ESOP by assets is Packaging Systems of Indiana, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in IN ($5M); by covered participants it is Northern Factory Sales, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust in MN (89 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (89 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Melink Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Melink Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan surged - up 233.4% during 2023, from $2M to $5M. Reported net income was $4M.
How have Melink Corporation plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Melink Corporation's sponsor-wide assets grew 195.7%, from $7M to $20M.
Which ESOP plans are similar in size to Melink Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by assets is Packaging Systems of Indiana, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in IN ($5M, 29 participants).
Which ESOP plans cover a similar participant headcount to Melink Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Northern Factory Sales, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust in MN (89 participants, $84M in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2023.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 311488610.

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.