ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Butler/Till Media Services, Inc. ESOP

Data updated 2026-08-25

$127M
Total assets Near avg plan size
303
Participants Below avg headcount
92nd
Percentile by assets National rank
$418,632
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Butler/Till Employee Stock Ownership Plan · Sponsored by Butler/Till Media Services, Inc. · New York · Professional & Technical Services

$127M in assets, 303 participants

Butler/Till Media Services, Inc.'s Butler/Till Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported $127M in total assets and 303 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 92nd 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.

  • #18,790 in Professional & Technical Services (20,173 peers)

Coverage in New York

Butler/Till Employee Stock Ownership Plan covers 303 participants in New York, about 38% of the average New York filer (state average ~798 per filing). Assets: $127M.

#18,790
in Professional & Technical Services (20,173 peers)
+5.4%
assets growth YoY
1.3×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Butler/Till Employee Stock Ownership Plan's outsized position by total assets

Butler/Till Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$126,845,413 Top 8% higher than 92% 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

Butler/Till Employee Stock Ownership Plan among mid-size filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Butler/Till Employee Stock Ownership Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (303 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Butler/Till Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported participants fell from 353 in the plan year 2023 filing to 303 in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Butler/Till Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported net income fell from $5M in the plan year 2023 filing to $5M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Butler/Till Employee Stock Ownership Plan end-of-year assets rose from $120M in the plan year 2023 filing to $127M in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 161542581 · Butler/Till Media Services, Inc. PY 2024 · ESOP

Butler/Till Employee Stock Ownership Plan · $127M · 303 · 92nd

  • EBSA $127M
  • PART 303
  • TYPE 92nd
  • NET ESOP
  • BOOK near Communications International, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust
  • VS-ST ind #18790

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 New York →

Butler/Till Employee Stock Ownership Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Butler/Till Employee Stock Ownership Plan and nearest nationwide ESOP peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

New York filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$120M
Net Assets (End of Year)$101M
Net Income$5M
Employer EIN161542581
Plan Effective Date2011-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Butler/Till Media Services, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Butler/Till Media Services, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$150M 21.484138673897878% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$120M$130M$140M$150M$160M 202220232024 $123M $150M ▲ +21.5%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 623 $123M
2023 2 671 $134M
2024 2 580 $150M

Nearby ESOP Plans in New York

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

Butler/Till Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in New York, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 01000200030004000 02004006008001000 Total assets ($M) Participants Butler/Till Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 126.845413 · Participants: 303Butler/Till Employee Stock Ownership PlanStewart's Shops Corp Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 896.840227 · Participants: 3483Stewart's Shops Corp Employee Stock Ownership PlanNorth Coast Holdings Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 450.776522 · Participants: 3042North Coast Holdings Employee Stock Ownership PlanGriffon Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 306.094988 · Participants: 3209Griffon Corporation Employee Stock Ownership PlanGreenman-Pedersen, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 254.362741 · Participants: 1716Greenman-Pedersen, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanMarshall & Sterling Enterprises, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($M): 234.345888 · Participants: 518Marshall & Sterling Enterprises, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan
Butler/Till Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in New York, assets vs. participants
Compare Butler/Till Employee Stock Ownership Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Butler/Till Employee Stock Ownership Plan's out-of-state ESOP peers by assets and headcount

Outside New York, the nearest ESOP by assets is Communications International, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust in FL ($127M); by covered participants it is Primera Engineers ESOP Plan in IL (303 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (303 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 Butler/Till Employee Stock Ownership Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Butler/Till Employee Stock Ownership Plan grew at a solid clip - up 5.4% during 2024, from $120M to $127M. Reported net income was $5M.
How have Butler/Till Media Services, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Butler/Till Media Services, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 21.5%, from $123M to $150M.
Where does Butler/Till Employee Stock Ownership Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Butler/Till Employee Stock Ownership Plan ranks in the 92nd percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets).
Which ESOP plans are similar in size to Butler/Till Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by assets is Communications International, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust in FL ($127M, 143 participants).
Which ESOP plans cover a similar participant headcount to Butler/Till Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Primera Engineers ESOP Plan in IL (303 participants, $3M 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 161542581.

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.