ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Pay Tel Communications, Inc. ESOP

Data updated 2026-08-25

$200K
Total assets Small plan by assets
84
Participants Small participant base
10th
Percentile by assets National rank
$2,387
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Pay Tel Communications, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · Sponsored by Pay Tel Communications, Inc. · North Carolina · Information & Media

$200K in assets, 84 participants

Pay Tel Communications, Inc.'s Pay Tel Communications, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported $200K in total assets and 84 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 10th 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.

  • #162 in Information & Media (2,822 peers)

What the 2024 filing shows

Pay Tel Communications, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan holds $200K for 84 participants - about $2,387 per participant, among the smaller plans by assets on file.

#162
in Information & Media (2,822 peers)
-$41M
reported net income

The plan reported a net loss of $41M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Pay Tel Communications, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan among the smaller filed plans by assets

Pay Tel Communications, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500

$200,497 10th percentile higher than 10% of 123,620 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 2024

Pay Tel Communications, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Pay Tel Communications, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan is a small filing (84 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Pay Tel Communications, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported participants fell from 88 in the plan year 2023 filing to 84 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 561528852 · Pay Tel Communications, Inc. PY 2024 · ESOP

Pay Tel Communications, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · $200K · 84 · 10th

  • BOY $200K
  • SCH 84
  • EBSA 10th
  • PART ESOP
  • TYPE near California Commercial Solar, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan
  • NET ind #162

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 North Carolina →

Pay Tel Communications, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Pay Tel Communications, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and nearest nationwide ESOP peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Filing particulars (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)N/A
Net Assets (End of Year)-$41M
Net Income-$41M
Employer EIN561528852
Plan Effective Date2023-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Pay Tel Communications, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Pay Tel Communications, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$200K
2024 filing year
$0M$0.1M$0.2M$0.3M 20232024 $0M $0.2M ▲ +0.0%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2023 1 88 N/A
2024 1 84 $200K

Nearby ESOP Plans in North Carolina

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

Pay Tel Communications, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in North Carolina, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 050010001500 -50050100150200 Total assets ($M) Participants Pay Tel Communications, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 0.200497 · Participants: 84Pay Tel Communications, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanColumbia Forest Products, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust, Total assets ($M): 184.02736 · Participants: 1396Columbia Forest Products, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and TrustEcmd, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 153.55178 · Participants: 969Ecmd, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanPrecision Walls, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 143.430717 · Participants: 1228Precision Walls, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanRobert E. Mason & Associates, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 132.702062 · Participants: 279Robert E. Mason & Associates, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanState Utility Contractors, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 123.497988 · Participants: 158State Utility Contractors, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan
Pay Tel Communications, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in North Carolina, assets vs. participants
Compare Pay Tel Communications, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

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

Outside North Carolina, the nearest ESOP by assets is California Commercial Solar, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in CA ($200K); by covered participants it is Thomas & Skinner, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in IN (84 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (84 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

Where does Pay Tel Communications, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Pay Tel Communications, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan ranks in the 10th percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (among the smaller plans by assets on file).
Which ESOP plans are similar in size to Pay Tel Communications, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by assets is California Commercial Solar, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in CA ($200K, 100 participants).
Which ESOP plans cover a similar participant headcount to Pay Tel Communications, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Thomas & Skinner, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in IN (84 participants, $14M in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2024.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 561528852.

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.