ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Mel Foster Company, Inc. ESOP

Data updated 2026-08-25

$13M
Total assets Small plan by assets
55
Participants Small participant base
64th
Percentile by assets National rank
$238,979
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Mel Foster Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan · Sponsored by Mel Foster Company, Inc. · Minnesota · Wholesale Trade

$13M in assets, 55 participants

Mel Foster Company, Inc.'s Mel Foster Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported $13M in total assets and 55 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 64th 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.

  • #3,657 in Wholesale Trade (6,309 peers)

Mel Foster Company, Inc. multi-year trail

Mel Foster Company, Inc.'s plans moved +10.4% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows Mel Foster Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan at $13M / 55 participants.

#3,657
in Wholesale Trade (6,309 peers)
+9.7%
assets growth YoY

Mel Foster Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan's mid-pack asset rank among Wholesale Trade and all filers

Mel Foster Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$13,143,862 Top 36% higher than 64% 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

Mel Foster Company 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. Mel Foster Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan is a small filing (55 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Mel Foster Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported net income fell from $3M in the plan year 2022 filing to $1M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Mel Foster Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported participants rose from 49 in the plan year 2022 filing to 55 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Mel Foster Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan end-of-year assets rose from $12M in the plan year 2022 filing to $13M in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 410842140 · Mel Foster Company, Inc. PY 2023 · ESOP

Mel Foster Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan · $13M · 55 · 64th

  • EBSA $13M
  • EBSA 55
  • EBSA 64th
  • EBSA ESOP
  • EBSA near Scilucent, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan
  • EBSA ind #3657

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 Minnesota →

Mel Foster Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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

Mel Foster Company, Inc. multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Mel Foster Company, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$13M 10.366996581555824% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$11.5M$12M$12.5M$13M$13.5M 202220232024 $12M $13.2M ▲ +10.4%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 49 $12M
2023 1 55 $13M
2024 1 57 $13M

Mel Foster Company, Inc. filing trail (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$12M
Net Assets (End of Year)$13M
Net Income$1M
Employer EIN410842140
Plan Effective Date1985-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby ESOP Plans in Minnesota

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

Mel Foster Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Minnesota, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -5000050001000015000 -20002004006008001000 Total assets ($M) Participants Mel Foster Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 13.143862 · Participants: 55Mel Foster Company Employee Stock Ownership PlanAndersen Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 899.073238 · Participants: 11644Andersen Corporation Employee Stock Ownership PlanKingdom Enterprises, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 497.538965 · Participants: 789Kingdom Enterprises, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanLandscape Structures, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust, Total assets ($M): 432.374379 · Participants: 446Landscape Structures, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and TrustHormel Foods Corporation Joint Earnings Profit Sharing Trust, Total assets ($M): 431.874919 · Participants: 4575Hormel Foods Corporation Joint Earnings Profit Sharing TrustForce America Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 426.610266 · Participants: 412Force America Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan
Mel Foster Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Minnesota, assets vs. participants
Compare Mel Foster Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Mel Foster Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan's out-of-state ESOP peers by assets and headcount

Outside Minnesota, the nearest ESOP by assets is Scilucent, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in VA ($13M); by covered participants it is Portside Builders, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in WI (55 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (55 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 Mel Foster Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Mel Foster Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan grew at a solid clip - up 9.7% during 2023, from $12M to $13M. Reported net income was $1M.
How have Mel Foster Company, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Mel Foster Company, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 10.4%, from $12M to $13M.
Which ESOP plans are similar in size to Mel Foster Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by assets is Scilucent, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in VA ($13M, 40 participants).
Which ESOP plans cover a similar participant headcount to Mel Foster Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Portside Builders, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in WI (55 participants, $15M 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 410842140.

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.