401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Marketing by Design, LLC 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$7M
Total assets Small plan by assets
81
Participants Small participant base
50th
Percentile by assets National rank
$83,697
Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Marketing by Design, LLC 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Marketing by Design, LLC · Massachusetts · Professional & Technical Services

$7M in assets, 81 participants

Marketing by Design, LLC's Marketing by Design, LLC 401(k) Plan reported $7M in total assets and 81 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 50th 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.

  • #9,903 in Professional & Technical Services (20,321 peers)

Marketing by Design, LLC multi-year trail

Marketing by Design, LLC's plans moved +52.4% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows Marketing by Design, LLC 401(k) Plan at $7M / 81 participants.

#9,903
in Professional & Technical Services (20,321 peers)
+25.0%
assets growth YoY

Marketing by Design, LLC 401(k) Plan's mid-pack asset rank among Professional & Technical Services and all filers

Marketing by Design, LLC 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$6,779,451 Top 50% higher than 50% 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

Marketing by Design, LLC 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. Marketing by Design, LLC 401(k) Plan is a small filing (81 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Marketing by Design, LLC 401(k) Plan reported net income rose from -$2M in the plan year 2022 filing to $1M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Marketing by Design, LLC 401(k) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $5M in the plan year 2022 filing to $7M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Marketing by Design, LLC 401(k) Plan reported participants fell from 82 in the plan year 2022 filing to 81 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 263437380 · Marketing by Design, LLC PY 2023 · 401(k)

Marketing by Design, LLC 401(k) Plan · $7M · 81 · 50th

  • NET $7M
  • BOOK 81
  • VS-ST 50th
  • BOY 401(k)
  • SCH near Npc, Ltd. Profit Sharing Plan
  • EBSA ind #9903

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 Massachusetts →

Marketing by Design, LLC 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Marketing by Design, LLC 401(k) Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Marketing by Design, LLC multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Marketing by Design, LLC plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$8M 52.39405795345288% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$5M$6M$7M$8M$9M 202220232024 $5.42M $8.26M ▲ +52.4%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 82 $5M
2023 1 81 $7M
2024 1 88 $8M

Marketing by Design, LLC filing trail (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$5M
Net Assets (End of Year)$7M
Net Income$1M
Employer EIN263437380
Plan Effective Date2009-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Massachusetts

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

Marketing by Design, LLC 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Massachusetts, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -20000020000400006000080000 -10010203040 Total assets ($B) Participants Marketing by Design, LLC 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.006779451 · Participants: 81Marketing by Design, LLC 401(k) PlanFidelity Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 28.649852331 · Participants: 62289Fidelity Retirement Savings PlanLiberty Mutual 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 10.556596852 · Participants: 37052Liberty Mutual 401(k) PlanMassachusetts Institute of Technology Supplemental 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 6.829912863 · Participants: 14094Massachusetts Institute of Technology Supplemental 401(k) PlanBoston Scientific Corporation 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.786107181 · Participants: 19881Boston Scientific Corporation 401(k) Retirement Savings PlanPhilips North America 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.779286156 · Participants: 19120Philips North America 401(k) Plan
Marketing by Design, LLC 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Massachusetts, assets vs. participants
Compare Marketing by Design, LLC 401(k) Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Marketing by Design, LLC 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Massachusetts, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Npc, Ltd. Profit Sharing Plan in IL ($7M); by covered participants it is Vaughn Electric Company,Inc. 401(k) Plan in TN (81 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (81 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 Marketing by Design, LLC 401(k) Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Marketing by Design, LLC 401(k) Plan grew sharply - up 25.0% during 2023, from $5M to $7M. Reported net income was $1M.
How have Marketing by Design, LLC plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Marketing by Design, LLC's sponsor-wide assets grew 52.4%, from $5M to $8M.
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Marketing by Design, LLC 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Npc, Ltd. Profit Sharing Plan in IL ($7M, 8 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Marketing by Design, LLC 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Vaughn Electric Company,Inc. 401(k) Plan in TN (81 participants, $5M 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 263437380.

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.