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Brinker International, Inc.401(k)

BRINKER INTERNATIONAL 401(K) SAVINGS PLAN · DALLAS, TX · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.14%

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

Brinker International, Inc. reported $716,470 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.14% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $305 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 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio rose from 0.13% to 0.14%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 230 comparable plans and shown alongside other accommodation & food services employers. By assets it is the 185th-largest of 5,688 plans among Texas employers on file, and the 20th of 2,240 in accommodation & food services. In 2025, employees put in $2.09 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 37,077 to 54,435 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$564,622,624
Participants with balances9,776
Active participants54,435
Employer contributions$16,597,023
Employee contributions$34,710,807
Employer contribution per active participant$305
Average account balance$57,756
Benefits paid to participants$63,985,790
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$564.6M · 9,776 accts · $16.6M emplr
2024$494.7M · 8,852 accts · $14.6M emplr
2023$402.7M · 8,717 accts · $12.8M emplr
2022$334.2M · 8,089 accts · $11.3M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2025
Recordkeeping & contract admin$601,249
Investment management$115,221
Total administrative$716,470
The Brinker International, Inc. 401(k) match · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$305
Median for plans this size$4,295
2025$305 per active participant
2024$289 per active participant
2023$322 per active participant
2022$305 per active participant

Brinker International, Inc.'s 2025 employer contribution ran below the $4,295 median for plans its size, in the bottom 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 2025 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20252
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$601,249
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$115,221

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

Administrative cost history4
2025$716,470 · 0.14%
2024$636,704 · 0.14%
2023$497,475 · 0.14%
2022$470,193 · 0.13%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 752354902 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.