ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

The Media Loft, Inc. ESOP

Data updated 2026-08-25

$14M
Total assets Small plan by assets
56
Participants Small participant base
66th
Percentile by assets National rank
$250,388
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: The Media Loft, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust · Sponsored by The Media Loft, Inc. · Minnesota · Professional & Technical Services

$14M in assets, 56 participants

The Media Loft, Inc.'s The Media Loft, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust reported $14M in total assets and 56 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 66th 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.

  • #13,235 in Professional & Technical Services (20,321 peers)

What the 2023 filing shows

The Media Loft, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust holds $14M for 56 participants - about $250,388 per participant, above the median plan by assets.

#13,235
in Professional & Technical Services (20,321 peers)
-0.2%
assets change YoY

The Media Loft, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust's mid-pack asset rank among Professional & Technical Services and all filers

The Media Loft, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust vs every filed plan by assets

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

$14,021,729 Top 34% higher than 66% 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

The Media Loft, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. The Media Loft, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust is a small filing (56 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • The Media Loft, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust reported net income rose from -$828K in the plan year 2022 filing to $19K in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • The Media Loft, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust reported participants fell from 58 in the plan year 2022 filing to 56 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 411241429 · The Media Loft, Inc. PY 2023 · ESOP

The Media Loft, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust · $14M · 56 · 66th

  • IND $14M
  • IND 56
  • IND 66th
  • IND ESOP
  • IND near Gold Mechanical, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan
  • IND ind #13235

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 →

The Media Loft, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among The Media Loft, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust and nearest nationwide ESOP peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Filing particulars (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$14M
Net Assets (End of Year)$12M
Net Income$19K
Employer EIN411241429
Plan Effective Date1994-07-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (The Media Loft, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All The Media Loft, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$13M 9.289841867656932% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$12.5M$13M$13.5M$14M$14.5M 202220232024 $14.1M $12.7M ▼ -9.3%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 58 $14M
2023 1 56 $14M
2024 1 53 $13M

Nearby ESOP Plans in Minnesota

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

The Media Loft, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust vs. nearby ESOP plans in Minnesota, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -5000050001000015000 -20002004006008001000 Total assets ($M) Participants The Media Loft, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust, Total assets ($M): 14.021729 · Participants: 56The Media Loft, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and TrustAndersen 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
The Media Loft, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust vs. nearby ESOP plans in Minnesota, assets vs. participants
Compare The Media Loft, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust side-by-side with 3 peers →

The Media Loft, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust's out-of-state ESOP peers by assets and headcount

Outside Minnesota, the nearest ESOP by assets is Gold Mechanical, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in MO ($14M); by covered participants it is Created From the First National Bank Employee Stock Ownership Plan in IL (56 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (56 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 The Media Loft, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust assets move in 2023? ▼
The Media Loft, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust held essentially flat - down 0.2% during 2023, from $14M to $14M. Reported net income was $19K.
How have The Media Loft, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), The Media Loft, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets declined 9.3%, from $14M to $13M.
Which ESOP plans are similar in size to The Media Loft, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by assets is Gold Mechanical, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in MO ($14M, 110 participants).
Which ESOP plans cover a similar participant headcount to The Media Loft, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Created From the First National Bank Employee Stock Ownership Plan in IL (56 participants, N/A 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 411241429.

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.