2025 Year in Review

Ten years. What started in 2015 with 900 employers across 7 markets has grown into the industry's most trusted benefits benchmarking platform. 2025 was a year of milestones, major launches, and reflection on how far we've come.

What We Shipped

Percentage-based contribution benchmarking — We expanded contribution benchmarking beyond dollar amounts to include percentage-of-premium analysis. Now you can see what share of total premium employers actually cover—the metric that reflects true competitiveness across different geographies and premium levels.

Plan Scoring — Our most requested feature finally launched. A single score from 0-100 that tells you exactly where a benefits plan stands against the market. Instantly understandable, immediately actionable.

Contribution Modeling — The natural next step after percentage benchmarking. Pull data from a benchmarking analysis or start fresh, then model the strategies employers actually consider: core/buyup structures, flat employee percentages, tiered contributions, HDHP incentives. Every scenario shows top-line employer cost and bottom-line employee impact—the numbers CFOs and CHROs need to make decisions. Export to executive-ready formats and walk into the meeting prepared.

Stop-loss benchmarking expansion — We doubled the data points in stop-loss benchmarking. Captive participation, aggregate corridors, contract basis, renewal rate caps—the depth that self-funded employers need.

By the Numbers

• 10 years in business
• 11,500+ employers
• 73,000+ verified plans
• All 50 states + DC
• 4 major product launches

The 10-Year Reflection

A decade ago, we bet that benefits professionals would pay for accurate data. That seems obvious now, but it wasn't then. The industry had relied on free surveys and carrier-provided benchmarks for decades. Asking people to pay for something they'd gotten free required us to be dramatically better.

We had to be:

• More accurate (verified documents, not survey responses)
• More current (continuous updates, not annual reports)
• More relevant (granular peer groups, not national averages)

Ten years later, we've proven the model works. Not through marketing, but through outcomes. Consultants win business with our data. HR teams make confident decisions. The platform pays for itself.

What's Next

We're kicking off 2026 with something big: PTO benchmarking.

Paid time off is one of the most asked-about benefits—and one of the hardest to benchmark. How many vacation days are competitive? What's standard for sick leave? How do PTO policies vary by industry, tenure, and company size?

We've been building the dataset and the tools. PTO benchmarking launches in Q1 2026.

Beyond that, the roadmap includes deeper integration capabilities, predictive analytics, and continued expansion of the data that makes Bnchmrk indispensable.

Thank You

To the consultants who took a chance on us in 2015. To the HR teams who trusted our data for critical decisions. To the partners who integrated our platform into their workflows. To everyone who told a colleague about Bnchmrk.

This company exists because of you.

Here's to the next ten years.