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Mercedes-Benz Vans, LLC401(k)

MERCEDES-BENZ VANS, LLC 401(K) PLAN · LADSON, SC · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.49%

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

Mercedes-Benz Vans, LLC reported $234,980 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.49% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $3,273 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 0.31% to 0.49%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is the 100th-largest of 807 plans among South Carolina employers on file, and the 2,599th of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $1.37 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 1,401 to 1,653 since 2021.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$53,999,466
Participants with balances2,612
Active participants1,653
Employer contributions$5,409,487
Employee contributions$7,417,169
Employer contribution per active participant$3,273
Average account balance$20,674
Benefits paid to participants$7,589,078
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorWEBSTER & ROGERS LLP
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$54.0M · 2,612 accts · $5.4M emplr
2023$42.8M · 2,514 accts · $4.4M emplr
2022$31.6M · 1,852 accts · $4.0M emplr
2021$32.3M · 1,768 accts · $4.0M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$167,615
Investment management$40,515
Total administrative$234,980
The Mercedes-Benz Vans, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,273
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$3,273 per active participant
2023$2,783 per active participant
2022$2,621 per active participant
2021$2,875 per active participant

Mercedes-Benz Vans, LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 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 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20242
VOYA RETIREMENT ADVISORS, LLC · Investment advisory (participants)$10,488

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

Administrative cost history4
2024$234,980 · 0.49%
2023$152,207 · 0.41%
2022$170,812 · 0.53%
2021$87,617 · 0.31%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 161644464 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.