Profit Sharing · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Sterling Paper Co. Profit Sharing Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$1M
Total assets Small plan by assets
31
Participants Small participant base
26th
Percentile by assets National rank
$41,865
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Sterling Paper Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · Sponsored by Sterling Paper Co. · Ohio · Wholesale Trade

$1M in assets, 31 participants

Sterling Paper Co.'s Sterling Paper Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported $1M in total assets and 31 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 26th 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.

  • #975 in Wholesale Trade (6,309 peers)

Sterling Paper Co. multi-year trail

Sterling Paper Co.'s plans moved +20.1% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows Sterling Paper Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan at $1M / 31 participants.

#975
in Wholesale Trade (6,309 peers)
+45.7%
assets growth YoY

Sterling Paper Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan among the smaller filed plans by assets

Sterling Paper Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$1,297,824 26th percentile higher than 26% 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

Sterling Paper Co. 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. Sterling Paper Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan is a small filing (31 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Sterling Paper Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan end-of-year assets rose from $891K in the plan year 2022 filing to $1M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Sterling Paper Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported net income rose from $359K in the plan year 2022 filing to $407K in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Sterling Paper Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported participants fell from 32 in the plan year 2022 filing to 31 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 314317038 · Sterling Paper Co. PY 2023 · Profit Sharing

Sterling Paper Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · $1M · 31 · 26th

  • PCT $1M
  • EIN 31
  • RANK 26th
  • PHOTO Profit Sharing
  • IND near Ace Fence Profit Sharing Plan & Trust
  • EOY ind #975

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 Wholesale Trade retirement plans → · Plans in Ohio →

Sterling Paper Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Sterling Paper Co. Employee Stock Ownership PlanSterling Paper Co. Employee …$1MAce Fence Profit Sharing Plan & TrustAce Fence Profit Sharing Pla…$1MBergon Contruction Corp. Retirement Plan and TrustBergon Contruction Corp. Ret…$1MRezeco Inc. Retirement Plan$1MMark S. Finkelstein, Dpm Vip Profit Sharing PlanMark S. Finkelstein, Dpm Vip…$1M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Sterling Paper Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and nearest nationwide Profit Sharing peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Sterling Paper Co. multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Sterling Paper Co. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$14M 20.08907304442675% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$11M$12M$13M$14M$15M 202220232024 $11.5M $13.8M ▲ +20.0%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 114 $11M
2023 2 115 $14M
2024 3 139 $14M

Sterling Paper Co. filing trail (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$891K
Net Assets (End of Year)$1M
Net Income$407K
Employer EIN314317038
Plan Effective Date1996-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby Profit Sharing Plans in Ohio

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

Sterling Paper Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby Profit Sharing plans in Ohio, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -200000200004000060000 -0.500.511.52 Total assets ($B) Participants Sterling Paper Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.001297824 · Participants: 31Sterling Paper Co. Employee Stock Ownership PlanCleveland Clinic Investment Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.460661842 · Participants: 48582Cleveland Clinic Investment Pension PlanMasterbrand, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.484719729 · Participants: 7345Masterbrand, Inc. Retirement Savings PlanThe Employer Retirement Savings Plan- Premier Health Partners, Total assets ($B): 0.227674027 · Participants: 11923The Employer Retirement Savings Plan- Premier Health PartnersThree Rivers Annuity Fund, Total assets ($B): 0.199164348 · Participants: 1460Three Rivers Annuity FundHolzer Health System 401a Profit Sharing Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.175394151 · Participants: 1779Holzer Health System 401a Profit Sharing Plan
Sterling Paper Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby Profit Sharing plans in Ohio, assets vs. participants
Compare Sterling Paper Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Sterling Paper Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan's out-of-state Profit Sharing peers by assets and headcount

Outside Ohio, the nearest Profit Sharing by assets is Ace Fence Profit Sharing Plan & Trust in CA ($1M); by covered participants it is Cactus Childrens Clinic, P.C. Profit Sharing Plan in AZ (31 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (31 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 Sterling Paper Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Sterling Paper Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan surged - up 45.7% during 2023, from $891K to $1M. Reported net income was $407K.
How have Sterling Paper Co. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Sterling Paper Co.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 20.1%, from $11M to $14M.
Which Profit Sharing plans are similar in size to Sterling Paper Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among Profit Sharing plans in other states, the closest by assets is Ace Fence Profit Sharing Plan & Trust in CA ($1M, 62 participants).
Which Profit Sharing plans cover a similar participant headcount to Sterling Paper Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among Profit Sharing plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Cactus Childrens Clinic, P.C. Profit Sharing Plan in AZ (31 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 314317038.

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.