ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

The Media Loft, Inc. ESOP

Data updated 2026-08-25

$13M
Total assets Small plan by assets
53
Participants Small participant base
61st
Percentile by assets National rank
$240,460
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

$13M in assets, 53 participants

The Media Loft, Inc.'s The Media Loft, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust reported $13M in total assets and 53 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 61st 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.

  • #12,056 in Professional & Technical Services (20,173 peers)

2024 asset change

The Media Loft, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust pulled back noticeably 9.1% in 2024 ($14M → $13M) for 53 participants.

#12,056
in Professional & Technical Services (20,173 peers)
-9.1%
assets change YoY

The plan reported a net loss of $1M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

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 2024 · DOL Form 5500

$12,744,379 Top 39% higher than 61% 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

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

Plan-year 2024 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 (53 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • The Media Loft, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust reported net income fell from $19K in the plan year 2023 filing to -$1M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • The Media Loft, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust end-of-year assets fell from $14M in the plan year 2023 filing to $13M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • The Media Loft, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust reported participants fell from 56 in the plan year 2023 filing to 53 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 411241429 · The Media Loft, Inc. PY 2024 · ESOP

The Media Loft, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust · $13M · 53 · 61st

  • TYPE $13M
  • TYPE 53
  • TYPE 61st
  • TYPE ESOP
  • TYPE near Dynachem, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan
  • TYPE ind #12056

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 2024.

The Media Loft, Inc. years around the 2024 move

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

2024 asset-move particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$14M
Net Assets (End of Year)$10M
Net Income-$1M
Employer EIN411241429
Plan Effective Date1994-07-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

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 -500050010001500 Total assets ($M) Participants The Media Loft, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust, Total assets ($M): 12.744379 · Participants: 53The Media Loft, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and TrustAndersen Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 962.686911 · Participants: 12104Andersen Corporation Employee Stock Ownership PlanLandscape Structures, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust, Total assets ($M): 593.784492 · Participants: 490Landscape Structures, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and TrustKingdom Enterprises, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 593.525018 · Participants: 782Kingdom Enterprises, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanForce America Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 472.716981 · Participants: 615Force America Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanAblenet, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 459.837439 · Participants: 134Ablenet, 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 Dynachem, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in IL ($13M); by covered participants it is Turn-Key Tunneling, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in OH (53 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (53 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

How did The Media Loft, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust assets move in 2024? ▼
The Media Loft, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust pulled back noticeably - down 9.1% during 2024, from $14M to $13M. Reported net income was -$1M.
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 Dynachem, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in IL ($13M, 52 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 Turn-Key Tunneling, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in OH (53 participants, $17M 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 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.