401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Mercado Consultants, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$13M
Total assets Small plan by assets
64
Participants Small participant base
64th
Percentile by assets National rank
$200,972
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Mercado Consultants 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Mercado Consultants, Inc. · Maryland · Professional & Technical Services

$13M in assets, 64 participants

Mercado Consultants, Inc.'s Mercado Consultants 401(k) Plan reported $13M in total assets and 64 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 64th 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.

  • #12,834 in Professional & Technical Services (20,321 peers)

Mercado Consultants, Inc. multi-year trail

Mercado Consultants, Inc.'s plans moved +35.6% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows Mercado Consultants 401(k) Plan at $13M / 64 participants.

#12,834
in Professional & Technical Services (20,321 peers)
+14.6%
assets growth YoY

Mercado Consultants 401(k) Plan's mid-pack asset rank among Professional & Technical Services and all filers

Mercado Consultants 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$12,862,185 Top 36% higher than 64% 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

Mercado Consultants 401(k) 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. Mercado Consultants 401(k) Plan is a small filing (64 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Mercado Consultants 401(k) Plan reported net income rose from -$3M in the plan year 2022 filing to $2M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Mercado Consultants 401(k) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $11M in the plan year 2022 filing to $13M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Mercado Consultants 401(k) Plan reported participants rose from 58 in the plan year 2022 filing to 64 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 521612161 · Mercado Consultants, Inc. PY 2023 · 401(k)

Mercado Consultants 401(k) Plan · $13M · 64 · 64th

  • IND $13M
  • IND 64
  • IND 64th
  • IND 401(k)
  • IND near Nichols & Pratt, LLP 401(k) Plan
  • IND ind #12834

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 Professional & Technical Services retirement plans → · Plans in Maryland →

Mercado Consultants 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Mercado Consultants 401(k) Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Mercado Consultants, Inc. multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Mercado Consultants, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$15M 35.629927786700705% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$10M$12M$14M$16M 202220232024 $11.2M $15.2M ▲ +35.7%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 58 $11M
2023 1 64 $13M
2024 1 62 $15M

Mercado Consultants, Inc. filing trail (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$11M
Net Assets (End of Year)$13M
Net Income$2M
Employer EIN521612161
Plan Effective Date2007-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Maryland

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

Mercado Consultants 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Maryland, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 -200204060 Total assets ($B) Participants Mercado Consultants 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.012862185 · Participants: 64Mercado Consultants 401(k) PlanLockheed Martin Corporation Salaried Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 47.273019756 · Participants: 91511Lockheed Martin Corporation Salaried Savings PlanMarriott Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 10.20606962 · Participants: 96415Marriott Retirement Savings PlanT. Rowe Price U.S. Retirement Program, Total assets ($B): 4.357344903 · Participants: 6292T. Rowe Price U.S. Retirement ProgramNfl Player Second Career Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.951576315 · Participants: 2767Nfl Player Second Career Savings PlanSodexo 401 (K) Employees' Retirement Savings Plan and Trust, Total assets ($B): 2.217483854 · Participants: 80121Sodexo 401 (K) Employees' Retirement Savings Plan and Trust
Mercado Consultants 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Maryland, assets vs. participants
Compare Mercado Consultants 401(k) Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Mercado Consultants 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Maryland, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Nichols & Pratt, LLP 401(k) Plan in MA ($13M); by covered participants it is Ekso Bionics 401(k) Plan in CA (64 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (64 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 Mercado Consultants 401(k) Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Mercado Consultants 401(k) Plan grew at a solid clip - up 14.6% during 2023, from $11M to $13M. Reported net income was $2M.
How have Mercado Consultants, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Mercado Consultants, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 35.6%, from $11M to $15M.
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Mercado Consultants 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Nichols & Pratt, LLP 401(k) Plan in MA ($13M, 21 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Mercado Consultants 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Ekso Bionics 401(k) Plan in CA (64 participants, $6M 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 521612161.

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.