ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Agri-Valley Communications, Inc. ESOP

Data updated 2026-08-25

$4M
Total assets Small plan by assets
111
Participants Small participant base
40th
Percentile by assets National rank
$36,550
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Agri-Valley Communications, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · Sponsored by Agri-Valley Communications, Inc. · Michigan · Information & Media

$4M in assets, 111 participants

Agri-Valley Communications, Inc.'s Agri-Valley Communications, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported $4M in total assets and 111 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 40th 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.

  • #684 in Information & Media (2,818 peers)

Coverage in Michigan

Agri-Valley Communications, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan covers 111 participants in Michigan, about 17% of the average Michigan filer (state average ~638 per filing). Assets: $4M.

#684
in Information & Media (2,818 peers)
+6.0%
assets growth YoY

Agri-Valley Communications, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan's mid-pack asset rank among Information & Media and all filers

Agri-Valley Communications, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$4,057,067 40th percentile higher than 40% 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

Agri-Valley Communications, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan among mid-size filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Agri-Valley Communications, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (111 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Agri-Valley Communications, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported net income rose from -$1M in the plan year 2022 filing to $229K in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Agri-Valley Communications, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported participants rose from 103 in the plan year 2022 filing to 111 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Agri-Valley Communications, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan end-of-year assets rose from $4M in the plan year 2022 filing to $4M in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 382433007 · Agri-Valley Communications, Inc. PY 2023 · ESOP

Agri-Valley Communications, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · $4M · 111 · 40th

  • 5500 $4M
  • ASSETS 111
  • PCT 40th
  • EIN ESOP
  • RANK near Machine Tool Research, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan
  • PHOTO ind #684

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 Michigan →

Agri-Valley Communications, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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

Michigan filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$4M
Net Assets (End of Year)$4M
Net Income$229K
Employer EIN382433007
Plan Effective Date1983-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Agri-Valley Communications, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Agri-Valley Communications, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$41M 30.508268702096487% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$30M$35M$40M$45M 202220232024 $31.7M $41.3M ▲ +30.5%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 207 $32M
2023 2 231 $38M
2024 2 239 $41M

Nearby ESOP Plans in Michigan

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

Agri-Valley Communications, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Michigan, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 0500100015002000 -0.500.511.5 Total assets ($B) Participants Agri-Valley Communications, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.004057067 · Participants: 111Agri-Valley Communications, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanMcnaughton-Mckay Electric Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.30777109 · Participants: 1635Mcnaughton-Mckay Electric Company Employee Stock Ownership PlanThe Kendall Group Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.808091077 · Participants: 1907The Kendall Group Employee Stock Ownership PlanProject Worldwide, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.436210284 · Participants: 1173Project Worldwide, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanMotor City Electric Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.258079249 · Participants: 207Motor City Electric Co. Employee Stock Ownership PlanLee Contracting, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.237688318 · Participants: 500Lee Contracting, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan
Agri-Valley Communications, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Michigan, assets vs. participants
Compare Agri-Valley Communications, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Agri-Valley Communications, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan's out-of-state ESOP peers by assets and headcount

Outside Michigan, the nearest ESOP by assets is Machine Tool Research, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in NY ($4M); by covered participants it is Progressive Bancorp, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in LA (111 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (111 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 Agri-Valley Communications, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Agri-Valley Communications, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan grew at a solid clip - up 6.0% during 2023, from $4M to $4M. Reported net income was $229K.
How have Agri-Valley Communications, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Agri-Valley Communications, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 30.5%, from $32M to $41M.
Which ESOP plans are similar in size to Agri-Valley Communications, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by assets is Machine Tool Research, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in NY ($4M, 50 participants).
Which ESOP plans cover a similar participant headcount to Agri-Valley Communications, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Progressive Bancorp, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in LA (111 participants, $3M 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 382433007.

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.