ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Messer Inc. ESOP
Data updated 2026-08-11
- $696M
- Total assets
- 903
- Participants
- 98th
- Percentile by assets
- $770,642
- Avg per participant
Official DOL plan name: Messer Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · Sponsored by Messer Inc. · Ohio · Construction
$696M in assets, 903 participants
Messer Inc.'s Messer Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported $696M in total assets and 903 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 98th 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.
- 98th percentile by assets (of 123,622 plans)
- #8,841 in Construction (9,039 peers)
Where Messer Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan sits by assets
Messer Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan sits in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, $696M for 903 participants (~$770,642/participant), up 11.8% in 2024.
- $696M
- total plan assets (2024 EOY)
- 903
- covered participants
- 98th
- percentile by assets (of 123,622 plans)
- $770,642
- avg assets per participant
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- Messer Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan end-of-year assets rose from $622M in the plan year 2023 filing to $696M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Messer Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported net income rose from $74M in the plan year 2023 filing to $81M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Messer Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported participants rose from 873 in the plan year 2023 filing to 903 in the plan year 2024 filing.
Messer Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs the 2024 asset distribution
By assets, Messer Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan outranks 98% of the 123,622 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2024 plan year, and holds roughly 7.0x the national average plan size of $100M (721 average participants).
Scale-class filing particulars (2024)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $622M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $651M |
| Net Income | $81M |
| Employer EIN | 201963972 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1985-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Messer Inc.)
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 808 | $557M |
| 2023 | 1 | 873 | $622M |
| 2024 | 1 | 903 | $696M |
Nearby ESOP Plans in Ohio
Peer ESOP plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
Messer Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Ohio, assets vs. participants
- Procter & Gamble Profit Sharing Trust & Employee Stock Ownership Plan $22.0B · 33,639
- The Garland Industries, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan & Trust $2.0B · 1,118
- Great Lakes Cheese Co., Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan $502M · 4,264
- Cleveland Steel Container Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan $485M · 415
- Allied Mineral Products Employee Stock Ownership Plan $404M · 606
Similar-Sized ESOP Plans Nationally
ESOP plans in other states closest to Messer Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan by total assets, not by location.
- Warehouse Home Furnishings Distributors, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan (GA) $681M · 1,745
- Centimark Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust (PA) $680M · 2,444
- Vermont Information Processing, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan (VT) $676M · 566
- Sheetz, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan (PA) $721M · 14,939
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- Messer Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets have grown 25.0% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Construction plans