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Mercantile Bank401(k)

MERCANTILE BANK 401(K) PLAN · GRAND RAPIDS, MI · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.27%

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

Mercantile Bank reported $312,083 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.27% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $3,879 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 4 years on file its reported administrative ratio has held roughly steady near 0.27%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 605 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is the 232nd-largest of 2,619 plans among Michigan employers on file, and the 841st of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2025, employees put in $1.83 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$125,006,359
Participants with balances902
Active participants714
Employer contributions$2,769,882
Employee contributions$5,075,828
Employer contribution per active participant$3,879
Average account balance$138,588
Benefits paid to participants$9,463,437
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$125.0M · 902 accts · $2.8M emplr
2024$109.8M · 884 accts · $2.6M emplr
2023$100.9M · 857 accts · $2.3M emplr
2022$81.0M · 857 accts · $2.2M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2025
Recordkeeping & contract admin$15,351
Investment management$296,732
Total administrative$312,083
The Mercantile Bank 401(k) match · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$3,879
Median for plans this size$4,093
2025$3,879 per active participant
2024$3,666 per active participant
2023$3,379 per active participant
2022$3,384 per active participant

Mercantile Bank's 2025 employer contribution ran below the $4,093 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.

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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
GREENLEAF TRUST · Recordkeeping · Trustee$312,083

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

Recordkeeper by year3
2025GREENLEAF TRUST
2024GREENLEAF TRUST
2023GREENLEAF TRUST

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Administrative cost history4
2025$312,083 · 0.27%
2024$291,479 · 0.28%
2023$229,686 · 0.25%
2022$223,813 · 0.26%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 383360868 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.