401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Merschman Fertilizer, LLC 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$5M
Total assets Small plan by assets
19
Participants Small participant base
43rd
Percentile by assets National rank
$246,541
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Merschman Fertilizer, LLC 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan · Sponsored by Merschman Fertilizer, LLC · Iowa · Wholesale Trade

$5M in assets, 19 participants

Merschman Fertilizer, LLC's Merschman Fertilizer, LLC 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan reported $5M in total assets and 19 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 43rd percentile by assets among filed plans. Figures are as reported by the plan sponsor to the Department of Labor, not audited or endorsed by PlainRetire.

  • #2,037 in Wholesale Trade (6,309 peers)

Merschman Fertilizer, LLC multi-year trail

Merschman Fertilizer, LLC's plans moved +31.9% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows Merschman Fertilizer, LLC 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan at $5M / 19 participants.

#2,037
in Wholesale Trade (6,309 peers)
+11.3%
assets growth YoY

Merschman Fertilizer, LLC 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan's mid-pack asset rank among Wholesale Trade and all filers

Merschman Fertilizer, LLC 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500

$4,684,283 43rd percentile higher than 43% of 127,068 filed plans

This plan $0 $2,050,000,000 every filed plan with reported assets, bucketed by value

Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.

Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2023

Merschman Fertilizer, LLC 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Merschman Fertilizer, LLC 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan is a small filing (19 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Merschman Fertilizer, LLC 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan reported net income rose from -$629K in the plan year 2022 filing to $476K in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Merschman Fertilizer, LLC 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan end-of-year assets rose from $4M in the plan year 2022 filing to $5M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Merschman Fertilizer, LLC 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan reported participants rose from 18 in the plan year 2022 filing to 19 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 421486273 · Merschman Fertilizer, LLC PY 2023 · 401(k)

Merschman Fertilizer, LLC 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan · $5M · 19 · 43rd

  • TYPE $5M
  • NET 19
  • BOOK 43rd
  • VS-ST 401(k)
  • BOY near Cispri 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan
  • SCH ind #2037

Stamps derive from this plan's Form 5500 line items (assets, participants, type, EIN, cohort placement) - not a quality rating of the sponsor. Read with Wholesale Trade retirement plans → · Plans in Iowa →

Merschman Fertilizer, LLC 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Merschman Fertilizer, LLC 401(k) Profit Sharing PlanMerschman Fertilizer, LLC 40…$5MCispri 401(k) Profit Sharing PlanCispri 401(k) Profit Sharing…$5MTotal Sand Services, LLC 401(k) PlanTotal Sand Services, LLC 401…$5MApache Camping Center Inc 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan & TrustApache Camping Center Inc 40…$5MRegional Urology, LLC 401(k) Savings and Profit Sharing PlanRegional Urology, LLC 401(k)…$5M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Merschman Fertilizer, LLC 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Merschman Fertilizer, LLC multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Merschman Fertilizer, LLC plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$6M 31.883547923024313% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$4M$4.5M$5M$5.5M$6M 202220232024 $4.21M $5.55M ▲ +31.8%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 18 $4M
2023 1 19 $5M
2024 1 18 $6M

Merschman Fertilizer, LLC filing trail (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$4M
Net Assets (End of Year)$5M
Net Income$476K
Employer EIN421486273
Plan Effective Date1999-07-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Iowa

Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Merschman Fertilizer, LLC 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Iowa, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -200000200004000060000 -1012345 Total assets ($B) Participants Merschman Fertilizer, LLC 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.004684283 · Participants: 19Merschman Fertilizer, LLC 401(k) Profit Sharing PlanThe Principal Select Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.134174305 · Participants: 12827The Principal Select Savings PlanIowa Health System Section 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.955731563 · Participants: 28959Iowa Health System Section 401(k) Retirement Savings PlanThe Hy-Vee and Affiliates 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.941182172 · Participants: 56181The Hy-Vee and Affiliates 401(k) PlanThe Rsm US LLP Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.890404508 · Participants: 14720The Rsm US LLP Retirement PlanTransamerica 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.425600114 · Participants: 6999Transamerica 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
Merschman Fertilizer, LLC 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Iowa, assets vs. participants
Compare Merschman Fertilizer, LLC 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Merschman Fertilizer, LLC 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Iowa, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Cispri 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan in AK ($5M); by covered participants it is Williams, Robinson Et Al 401(k) Plan & Trust in MO (19 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (19 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Merschman Fertilizer, LLC 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Merschman Fertilizer, LLC 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan grew at a solid clip - up 11.3% during 2023, from $4M to $5M. Reported net income was $476K.
How have Merschman Fertilizer, LLC plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Merschman Fertilizer, LLC's sponsor-wide assets grew 31.9%, from $4M to $6M.
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Merschman Fertilizer, LLC 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Cispri 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan in AK ($5M, 38 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Merschman Fertilizer, LLC 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Williams, Robinson Et Al 401(k) Plan & Trust in MO (19 participants, $3M in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2023.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 421486273.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.