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Aldi Inc.401(k)

ALDI INC. RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · BATAVIA, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.11%

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

Aldi Inc. reported $2,131,773 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.11% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,457 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 fell from 0.13% to 0.11%. The plan sits in the over $1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 1,229 comparable plans and shown alongside other retail trade employers. By assets it is the 46th-largest of 3,702 plans among Illinois employers on file, and the 33rd of 5,215 in retail trade. In 2024, employees put in $2.24 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$2,063,717,334
Participants with balances65,273
Active participants52,764
Employer contributions$76,894,003
Employee contributions$171,939,100
Employer contribution per active participant$1,457
Average account balance$31,617
Benefits paid to participants$160,686,835
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$2.1B · 65,273 accts · $76.9M emplr
2023$1.7B · 58,714 accts · $65.1M emplr
2022$1.4B · 58,985 accts · $57.1M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$2,125,763
Audit (IQPA)$1,006
Total administrative$2,131,773
The Aldi Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,457
Median for plans this size$5,259
2024$1,457 per active participant
2023$1,355 per active participant
2022$1,184 per active participant

Aldi Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $5,259 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
T ROWE PRICE RPS INC · Recordkeeping · Trustee$2,125,763
QDRO CONSULTANTS · Consulting$5,700

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024T. Rowe Price
2023T. Rowe Price

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Administrative cost history3
2024$2,131,773 · 0.11%
2023$1,956,851 · 0.13%
2022$1,918,219 · 0.13%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 421051659 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.