Dover 401(k) match, vesting and fees

Plan year 2024 filingDover Corporation Retirement Savings Plan · Plan 030 · EIN 53-0257888Updated Oct 2026

What Dover's 401(k) plan says about matching contributions

The match terms have not been published from this plan's filing yet.
The plan year 2024 filing reports $48.5M in employer contributions, about $2,695 per participant. That total includes any match and profit-sharing; it is not a match formula. Plan year 2024 Form 5500 ↗
$103,337
Average account balance
18,306
Participants (end of year)
$1.9B
Plan assets (end of year)
0.08%
Admin expenses ÷ assets

Plan features

Match, vesting and enrollment details have not been published from this plan's audit report yet. The figures below come from the structured filing.

RecordkeeperMerrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and SSchedule C ↗
Independent auditorInsero & Co (unmodified opinion)Schedule H ↗
Plan type and status401(k) · ActiveForm 5500 ↗

How the plan compares

Plan year 2024 medians for 203 defined-contribution plans in manufacturing with 10,000 to 49,999 participants.

Dover: employer contribution per participant$2,695
Peer median$3,733
Dover: average balance$103,337
Peer median$157,962
Dover: admin expenses ÷ assets0.08%
Peer median0.05%

Admin expenses are the plan's reported administrative expenses divided by its assets; they do not include fund expense ratios.

Plan history

Plan assets went from $1.8B at the end of plan year 2021 to $1.9B at the end of plan year 2024.

$1.8B2021$1.5B2022$1.7B2023$1.9B2024
End-of-year figures from each plan year's Form 5500 filing for the Dover plan.
Plan yearParticipantsAssetsEmployer contributionsPer participantAdmin expense ratioMatch formulaFiling
202418,306$1.9B$48.5M$2,6950.08%Not publishedForm 5500 ↗
202319,089$1.7B$45.5M$2,3970.12%Not publishedForm 5500 ↗
202219,731$1.5B$42.2M$2,2370.07%Not publishedForm 5500 ↗
202118,965$1.8B$43.5M$2,3450.07%Not publishedForm 5500 ↗

Other Dover plans (1)

Each plan files its own Form 5500. Figures are from each plan's latest filing.

Dover Corporation Pension Plan

Plan 004 · EIN 53-0257888 · plan year 2024 filing
$99,589
Average account balance
3,735
Participants (end of year)
$372M
Plan assets (end of year)
0.61%
Admin expenses ÷ assets

Plan features

Match, vesting and enrollment details have not been published from this plan's audit report yet. The figures below come from the structured filing.

RecordkeeperAon PlcSchedule C ↗
Independent auditorInsero & Co Cpas LLP (unmodified opinion, limited scope)Schedule H ↗
Plan type and statusPension (defined benefit) · ActiveForm 5500 ↗

Common questions

Does Dover match 401(k) contributions?

The match terms for the Dover Corporation Retirement Savings Plan have not been published from its filing yet. The plan year 2024 filing reports $48.5M in employer contributions, about $2,695 per participant. That total includes any match and profit-sharing; it is not a match formula.

When is the Dover 401(k) match vested?

The vesting schedule for the Dover Corporation Retirement Savings Plan is not in the data published so far. Your Summary Plan Description states it.

Who manages the Dover 401(k)?

The recordkeeper listed on Schedule C of the plan year 2024 filing is Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and S. The plan administrator is Dover Corporation.

I left Dover. How do I find my old 401(k)?

Your account stays in the plan until you move it. Contact the plan administrator (Dover Corporation, (630) 541-1540) or the recordkeeper, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and S. The Dover old 401(k) page lists the contacts from every plan filing. Find an old Dover 401(k)

Data from the public Form 5500 annual reports Dover filed with the U.S. Department of Labor (plan years 2021 and 2022 and 2023 and 2024) and, where noted, the attached independent auditor's report. Plan terms may have changed since the filing; check your current Summary Plan Description. PlanFacts is not affiliated with Dover. Not financial advice. Report a correction · Methodology