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Alliance Entertainment401(k)

ALLIANCE ENTERTAINMENT 401(K) PLAN · SHEPHERDSVILLE, KY · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.05%

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

Alliance Entertainment reported $22,627 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.05% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $885 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 7 years on file its reported administrative ratio fell from 0.08% to 0.05%. 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 151st-largest of 871 plans among Kentucky employers on file, and the 879th of 4,246 in wholesale trade. In 2024, employees put in $3.91 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 894 to 728 since 2017.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$46,874,681
Participants with balances972
Active participants728
Employer contributions$644,298
Employee contributions$2,522,253
Employer contribution per active participant$885
Average account balance$48,225
Benefits paid to participants$4,423,819
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history8
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$46.9M · 972 accts · $644K emplr
2023$42.2M · 1,089 accts · $714K emplr
2022$38.5M · 1,204 accts · $776K emplr
2021$44.6M · 1,223 accts · $767K emplr
2020$35.4M · 1,049 accts · $541K emplr
2019$30.7M · 943 accts · $452K emplr
2018$26.1M · 845 accts · $431K emplr
2017$28.8M · 770 accts · $381K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$9,819
Investment management$12,808
Total administrative$22,627
The Alliance Entertainment 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$885
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$885 per active participant
2023$652 per active participant
2022$538 per active participant
2021$541 per active participant
2020$436 per active participant

Alliance Entertainment'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
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$9,819
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)indirect comp

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

Administrative cost history8
2024$22,627 · 0.05%
2023$31,592 · 0.08%
2022$30,415 · 0.07%
2021$20,149 · 0.05%
2020$20,532 · 0.06%
2019$22,395 · 0.08%
2018$23,633 · 0.09%
2017$22,190 · 0.08%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 550917836 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.