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Merchants Grocery Company, Inc.401(k)

MERCHANTS GROCERY 401(K) PLAN · CULPEPER, VA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.59%

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

Merchants Grocery Company, Inc. reported $31,422 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.59% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,030 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 0.595%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other retail trade employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Virginia (1,783rd of 2,266), and 3,633rd of 5,215 in retail trade. In 2024, employees put in $1.24 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$5,465,201
Participants with balances153
Active participants151
Employer contributions$155,478
Employee contributions$193,271
Employer contribution per active participant$1,030
Average account balance$35,720
Benefits paid to participants$506,997
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$5.5M · 153 accts · $155K emplr
2023$5.1M · 132 accts · $154K emplr
2022$4.4M · 132 accts · $145K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$31,422
Total administrative$31,422
The Merchants Grocery Company, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,030
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$1,030 per active participant
2023$1,032 per active participant
2022$1,054 per active participant

Merchants Grocery Company, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $1,313 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 · 20243
CETERA INVESTMENTS ADVISERS LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$19,716
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment management$2,321

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$31,422 · 0.59%
2023$28,989 · 0.61%
2022$24,314 · 0.59%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 540301080 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.