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Acme United Corporation401(k)

ACME UNITED CORPORATION 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · SHELTON, CT · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.04%

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

Acme United Corporation reported $8,458 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.04% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,171 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 0.02% to 0.04%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other wholesale trade employers. By assets it is the 479th-largest of 1,106 plans among Connecticut employers on file, and the 1,528th of 4,246 in wholesale trade. In 2024, employees put in $2.85 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$25,798,905
Participants with balances241
Active participants451
Employer contributions$528,156
Employee contributions$1,502,655
Employer contribution per active participant$1,171
Average account balance$107,049
Benefits paid to participants$2,192,659
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$25.8M · 241 accts · $528K emplr
2023$22.4M · 268 accts · $422K emplr
2022$18.9M · 269 accts · $440K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$8,458
Total administrative$8,458
The Acme United Corporation 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,171
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,171 per active participant
2023$911 per active participant
2022$1,049 per active participant

Acme United Corporation'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.

What these fees cost you

Annual cost at the plan's reported 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20242
PASI, LLC · Contract administrator$6,618
CAPITAL GROUP RETIREMENT PLAN SERVI$1,840

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$8,458 · 0.04%
2023$4,070 · 0.02%
2022$3,410 · 0.02%
Same employer
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Southern Auto Sales, Inc. CT$32.7M · 0.44%
Brescome Barton, Inc. CT$24.0M · 0.17%
Hmtx Industries LLC CT$23.1M · 0.05%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 060236700 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.