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Abbe, Inc401(k)

THE ABBE GROUP RETIREMENT PLAN · HIAWATHA, IA · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.53%

Peer grade: D · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works

Abbe, Inc reported $89,418 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.53% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $49 per active participant. This ratio covers administrative expenses reported on the plan's Schedule H only; fund-level expense ratios are not included in public structured data — see methodology.

Across the 2 years on file its reported administrative ratio rose from 0.53% to 0.56%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 26,779 comparable plans and shown alongside other administrative & support services employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Iowa (454th of 878), and the 708th of 2,534 in administrative & support services. active participation has shrunk from 356 to 314 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$16,889,926
Participants with balances411
Active participants314
Employer contributions$15,417
Employee contributions—
Employer contribution per active participant$49
Average account balance$41,095
Benefits paid to participants$1,653,977
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$14.8M · 358 accts
2023$16.9M · 411 accts · $15K emplr
2022$16.7M · 465 accts · $596K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$53,463
Investment management$35,955
Total administrative$89,418
The Abbe, Inc 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$49
Median for plans this size$2,440
2023$49 per active participant
2022$1,674 per active participant

Abbe, Inc's 2023 employer contribution ran below the $2,440 median for plans its size, in the bottom quarter of its peers. Filings report dollars actually contributed, not the match formula; the formula itself (for example, 50% of the first 6% of pay) lives in the plan's summary plan description from HR.

What these fees cost you

Annual cost at the plan's reported 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20232
AMERICAN TRUST COMPANY · Contract administrator · Recordkeeping$53,463
STRATEGIC FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS · Investment advisory (plan)$35,955

Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.

Recordkeeper by year2
2024AMERICAN TRUST COMPANY
2023AMERICAN TRUST COMPANY

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Administrative cost history3
2024$88,598 · 0.56%
2023$89,418 · 0.53%
2022$93,738 · 0.53%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 421373123 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.