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Abco Automation, Inc.401(k)

ABCO AUTOMATION, INC. EMPLOYEES' 401(K) AND RETIREMENT PLAN · BROWN SUMMIT, NC · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.07%

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

Abco Automation, Inc. reported $9,169 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.07% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,077 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 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio fell from 0.11% to 0.08%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 911th-largest of 2,005 plans among North Carolina employers on file, and 7,309th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $4.05 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 142 to 157 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$14,256,296
Participants with balances169
Active participants157
Employer contributions$169,055
Employee contributions$684,989
Employer contribution per active participant$1,077
Average account balance$84,357
Benefits paid to participants$1,933,498
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$14.1M · 160 accts · $151K emplr
2024$14.3M · 169 accts · $169K emplr
2023$13.3M · 177 accts · $184K emplr
2022$11.0M · 165 accts · $172K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$9,169
Total administrative$9,169
The Abco Automation, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,077
Median for plans this size$2,416
2025$1,046 per active participant
2024$1,077 per active participant
2023$1,185 per active participant
2022$1,213 per active participant

Abco Automation, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 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.

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Service providers · 20241
EPIC RETIREMENT PLAN SERVICES · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$9,169

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

Recordkeeper by year3
2025EPIC RPS
2024EPIC RPS
2023EPIC RPS

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Administrative cost history4
2025$11,726 · 0.08%
2024$9,169 · 0.07%
2023$6,402 · 0.05%
2022$13,242 · 0.11%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 561529470 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.