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Ace Hardware Home Center of Round Lake, Inc.401(k)

EMPLOYEES' PROFIT SHARING PLAN OF ACE HARDWARE HOME CENTER · ROUND LAKE, IL · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.97%

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

Ace Hardware Home Center of Round Lake, Inc. reported $73,222 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.97% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $669 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 0.21% to 0.62%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 22,307 comparable plans and shown alongside other retail trade employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Illinois (2,593rd of 3,702), and 3,021st of 5,215 in retail trade. In 2023, employees put in $2.68 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$8,079,042
Participants with balances158
Active participants146
Employer contributions$97,619
Employee contributions$262,076
Employer contribution per active participant$669
Average account balance$51,133
Benefits paid to participants$414,014
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorCJBS, LLC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$7.9M · 181 accts · $94K emplr
2023$8.1M · 158 accts · $98K emplr
2022$7.1M · 151 accts · $87K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$61,461
Audit (IQPA)$11,761
Total administrative$73,222
The Ace Hardware Home Center of Round Lake, Inc. 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$669
Median for plans this size$1,308
2024$659 per active participant
2023$669 per active participant
2022$630 per active participant

Ace Hardware Home Center of Round Lake, Inc.'s 2023 employer contribution ran below the $1,308 median for plans its size. 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 · 20233
CJBS LLC$22,500
DEFINITI LLC · Contract administrator$11,554

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

Administrative cost history3
2024$49,424 · 0.62%
2023$73,222 · 0.97%
2022$16,363 · 0.21%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 362835061 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.