Plan Ledger DOL Form 5500 · updated monthly

Mars Advertising, Inc.401(k)

MARS ADVERTISING, INC. 401K PROFIT SHARING PLAN · SOUTHFIELD, MI · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.26%

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

Mars Advertising, Inc. reported $91,247 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.26% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $0 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 2 years on file its reported administrative ratio rose from 0.26% to 0.70%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 26,779 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is the 630th-largest of 2,619 plans among Michigan employers on file, and the 3,353rd of 11,654 in professional & technical services. active participation has grown from 610 to 704 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$39,224,030
Participants with balances821
Active participants704
Employer contributions$0
Employee contributions$5,028,287
Employer contribution per active participant$0
Average account balance$47,776
Benefits paid to participants$3,168,341
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$62K · 1 accts
2023$39.2M · 821 accts
2022$31.4M · 705 accts
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$33,368
Investment management$57,229
Total administrative$91,247
The Mars Advertising, Inc. 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$0
Median for plans this size$2,440

Mars Advertising, Inc.'s 2023 employer contribution ran below the $2,440 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 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

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MORNINGSTAR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT · Investment advisory (participants)$2,751

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$138,093 · 0.70%
2023$91,247 · 0.26%
2022$85,698 · 0.26%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 382029315 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.