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Independent Bank Corporation401(k)

INDEPENDENT BANK CORPORATION 401(K) PLAN · IONIA, MI · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.25%

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

Independent Bank Corporation reported $232,596 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.25% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,559 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 has held roughly steady near 0.25%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is the 302nd-largest of 2,619 plans among Michigan employers on file, and the 1,020th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2024, employees put in $2.88 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$97,527,869
Participants with balances1,020
Active participants822
Employer contributions$2,103,252
Employee contributions$6,053,473
Employer contribution per active participant$2,559
Average account balance$95,616
Benefits paid to participants$12,263,032
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$97.5M · 1,020 accts · $2.1M emplr
2023$88.8M · 1,146 accts · $2.1M emplr
2022$78.7M · 1,244 accts · $1.9M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$230,634
Audit (IQPA)$1,962
Total administrative$232,596
The Independent Bank Corporation 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,559
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$2,559 per active participant
2023$2,578 per active participant
2022$2,127 per active participant

Independent Bank Corporation's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $3,635 median for plans its size. 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 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20241
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$230,634

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

Administrative cost history3
2024$232,596 · 0.25%
2023$216,439 · 0.26%
2022$210,354 · 0.24%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 382032782 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.