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Meritage Hospitality Group401(k)

MERITAGE HOSPITALITY GROUP 401(K) · GRAND RAPIDS, MI · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
1.27%

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

Meritage Hospitality Group reported $79,831 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 1.27% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $38 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 1.27%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other accommodation & food services employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Michigan (1,808th of 2,619), and the 737th of 2,240 in accommodation & food services. In 2024, employees put in $2.94 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$6,915,875
Participants with balances1,168
Active participants10,966
Employer contributions$416,343
Employee contributions$1,224,318
Employer contribution per active participant$38
Average account balance$5,921
Benefits paid to participants$1,504,529
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorHUNGERFORD
Plan history2
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$6.9M · 1,168 accts · $416K emplr
2022$5.6M · 1,673 accts · $370K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$79,831
Total administrative$79,831
The Meritage Hospitality Group 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$38
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$38 per active participant
2022$46 per active participant

Meritage Hospitality Group's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $1,313 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 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20242
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator$79,830
PRINCIPAL SECURITIES INC · Investment advisory (plan)indirect comp

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

Administrative cost history2
2024$79,831 · 1.27%
2022$56,552 · 1.21%
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Crystal Enterprises, Inc. MI$9.3M · 0.34%
Sundance, Inc. MI$7.2M · 0.63%
Russ' of Holland, Inc. MI$6.9M · 0.61%
Outdoor Adventures, Inc. MI$5.8M · 0.70%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 382730460 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.