Department of Labor filing

MERZ, INCORPORATED

MERZ NORTH AMERICA 401(K) PLAN · For the plan year ended Dec 31, 2024

Public filing 2024 · received Sep 22, 2025Verified current terms Not available

Plan at a glance

How good does the filing look?

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out of 100

The filing signals stronger employer support and/or lower plan-paid administrative costs than many comparable plans. This is a filing comparison, not a complete benefits score.

$Employer support

$13,778

Reported employer contributions per active participant.

Higher than about 99% of comparable plans

#People in the filing

1,167

Active participants reported for 2024.

The filing does not say how many employees are currently contributing.

¢Visible plan-paid fees

$92 / participant

Reported administrative expense—not every fee an employee may pay.

Lower cost than about 63% of comparable plans

↗Investment performance

Not available

Plan assets changed 21.0%, but that includes contributions, withdrawals, and market movement.

Asset change is not investment performance.

What we still need to judge the benefit

Current match formula, vesting, eligibility, investment choices, fund expense ratios, and employee-level fees.

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Filing comparison · 202488out of 100 among similar-size plans in the same industry when enough peers exist

How this filing compares

Reported employer contributions99th percentileTypical peer $1,543 · based on 218 comparable plans

Lower reported administrative expense63rd percentileTypical peer $113 · based on 222 comparable plans

This comparison uses historical filing figures. It does not compare current match formulas, vesting, investments, or employee fees.

The short version

What the latest filing tells us

For the plan year ended Dec 31, 2024, MERZ, INCORPORATED reported $16,078,479 in employer contributions across the plan and 1,167 active participants. That works out to $13,778 per active participant. It is useful context, but it is not the current match formula and it does not show what any one employee received.

Participation proxy70%

Active participants divided by all end-of-year plan participants. This is not the company participation rate because the filing does not report every eligible employee.

Employer money trendUp 5.8%

Change in reported employer contribution per active participant across the filing history shown.

Expense trendDown 25.6%

Change in reported administrative expense per participant. Investment expenses may not be included.

Peer context88/100

A filing comparison among similar-size plans in the same industry when enough peers exist.

Where the public filing stops

Current match, vesting, eligibility, employee fees, and investment choices require a dated plan document. Until we have one, those details stay blank.

Latest financial record

Contributions, assets, and expenses

These figures are reported totals for the plan—not individual account balances or promises to any employee.

Employer contributions: $16,078,479
Participant contributions: $14,526,728
Other contributions: $5,679,050
Employer share of reported contributions: 52.5%
Beginning assets: $195,898,794
Ending assets: $236,991,567
Ending net assets: $236,991,567
Ending liabilities: Not reported
Total income: $61,699,523
Total expenses: $20,606,750
Administrative expenses: $142,648
Participant loans: $1,974,006

Three-year filing history

How the reported figures changed

Each chart uses its own scale and starts at zero. When the filing has no value, the chart says so rather than turning it into a zero.

Employer contributions reported per active participant

2022

$13,019

2023

$13,305

2024

$13,778

Plan-paid administrative expenses per participant

2022

$123

2023

$100

2024

$92

Active participants

2022

993

2023

1,051

2024

1,167

Detailed filing history
Plan year	Per active participant	Active participants	Plan assets	Filing ID
2024	$13,778	1,167	237M	20250922121241NAL0004702209001
2023	$13,305	1,051	195.9M	20241015162521NAL0030333905004
2022	$13,019	993	155.8M	20231016134026NAL0038490385001

Changes in plan assets are not the same as investment performance. Each row uses the selected public filing for that year.

Plan operations

Details worth knowing

Participant loans as a share of plan assets: 0.8%
Independent accountant’s opinion: Unqualified opinion Code 1
Late participant contributions reported: Not stated in the filing
Public plan identifier: 561540459-003

Reported plan details

Identity and filing status

Plan type: Retirement plan
Employer arrangement: Single-employer plan
Plan effective date: Jan 1, 1996
Industry: Wholesale trade
Amended filing: No
Final filing for this plan: No
Short plan year: No
401(k) feature reported: Yes
Show DOL characteristic codes
2E2F2G2J2K2S2T3D3H

Reported service providers

Organizations named in the latest filing

The public dataset does not always identify a provider’s exact role. Compensation stays blank when it was not separately reported.

Provider	Plan year	Direct compensation	Indirect compensation
CHARLES SCHWAB & CO. INC. AND AFFIL	2024	Not reported	unknown

Current plan terms

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