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Main Street Checks, Inc401(k)

MAIN STREET CHECKS, INC. 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · BIRMINGHAM, AL · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.26%

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

Main Street Checks, Inc reported $19,551 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.26% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,515 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 0.02% to 0.26%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 809 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Alabama (511th of 902), and 9,568th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2025, employees put in $1.87 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$8,236,447
Participants with balances124
Active participants138
Employer contributions$347,017
Employee contributions$648,830
Employer contribution per active participant$2,515
Average account balance$66,423
Benefits paid to participants$885,382
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$8.2M · 124 accts · $347K emplr
2024$6.9M · 124 accts · $200K emplr
2023$6.2M · 145 accts · $85K emplr
2022$5.1M · 162 accts · $88K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2025
Recordkeeping & contract admin$19,551
Total administrative$19,551
The Main Street Checks, Inc 401(k) match · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$2,515
Median for plans this size$1,464
2025$2,515 per active participant
2024$1,370 per active participant
2023$638 per active participant
2022$639 per active participant

Main Street Checks, Inc's 2025 employer contribution ran above the $1,464 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.

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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 · 20251
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$19,550

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$19,551 · 0.26%
2024$13,615 · 0.21%
2023$2,200 · 0.04%
2022$1,350 · 0.02%
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Sims Bark Co., Inc. AL$8.1M · 0.69%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 631201384 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.