Plan Ledger DOL Form 5500 · updated monthly

Apex Marine, Inc.401(k)

APEX MARINE 401(K) PLAN · SAINT LOUIS, MI · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.20%

Peer grade: A- · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works

Apex Marine, Inc. reported $5,895 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.20% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $3,085 per active participant. This ratio covers administrative expenses reported on the plan's Schedule H only; fund-level expense ratios are not included in public structured data — see methodology.

Across the 1 year on file its reported administrative ratio rose from 0.11% to 0.20%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 22,307 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Michigan (2,235th of 2,619), and 12,204th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2023, employees put in $1.68 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$3,128,572
Participants with balances95
Active participants69
Employer contributions$212,832
Employee contributions$357,205
Employer contribution per active participant$3,085
Average account balance$32,932
Benefits paid to participants$586,550
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history2
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2023$3.1M · 95 accts · $213K emplr
2022$2.7M · 116 accts · $218K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$5,895
Total administrative$5,895
The Apex Marine, Inc. 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$3,085
Median for plans this size$1,308
2023$3,085 per active participant
2022$1,602 per active participant

Apex Marine, Inc.'s 2023 employer contribution ran above the $1,308 median for plans its size, placing it in the top quarter of its peers. Filings report dollars actually contributed, not the match formula; the formula itself (for example, 50% of the first 6% of pay) lives in the plan's summary plan description from HR.

What these fees cost you

Annual cost at the plan's reported 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20232
RETIREMENT PLAN ALLIANCE LLC · Other servicesindirect comp
MORNINGSTAR · Investment advisory (plan)indirect comp

Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.

Administrative cost history2
2023$5,895 · 0.20%
2022$3,111 · 0.11%
Same employer
Similar plansManufacturing · Michigan
Majestic Industries, LLC MI$3.1M · 0.90%
Cherry Republic, Inc. MI$3.1M · 0.38%
W International MI$3.0M · 0.71%
The F.P. Horak Company MI$2.9M · 0.29%

Why are you looking at this plan?

Compare

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 810597244 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.