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Alabama Grocers Association401(k)

ALABAMA GROCERS ASSOCIATION 401(K) PLAN · BIRMINGHAM, AL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
1.93%

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

Alabama Grocers Association reported $85,084 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 1.93% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $352 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 1.71% to 1.93%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other other services employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Alabama (651st of 902), and 2,377th of 3,341 in other services. In 2024, employees put in $1.64 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 627 to 763 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$4,595,392
Participants with balances204
Active participants763
Employer contributions$268,888
Employee contributions$439,971
Employer contribution per active participant$352
Average account balance$22,526
Benefits paid to participants$847,043
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$4.6M · 204 accts · $269K emplr
2023$4.2M · 178 accts · $220K emplr
2022$2.6M · 136 accts · $181K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$85,084
Total administrative$85,084
The Alabama Grocers Association 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$352
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$352 per active participant
2023$291 per active participant
2022$289 per active participant

Alabama Grocers Association's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $1,313 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 · 20243
TRANSAMERICA FINANCIAL LIFE INSURNA · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$37,898
ERISA SERVICES OF ALABAMA, LLC · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$27,858
MERRILL LYNCH LIFE AGENCY, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$19,287

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024ERISA SERVICES OF ALABAMA, LLC, Transamerica
2023ERISA SERVICES OF ALABAMA, LLC, Transamerica

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Administrative cost history3
2024$85,084 · 1.93%
2023$46,793 · 1.37%
2022$44,729 · 1.71%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 631025911 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.