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American Plant Food Company, Inc.401(k)

AMERICAN PLANT FOOD CO., INC. 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · BETHESDA, MD · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.68%

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

American Plant Food Company, Inc. reported $61,654 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.68% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,630 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 1 year on file its reported administrative ratio rose from 0.58% to 0.68%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 809 comparable plans and shown alongside other retail trade employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Maryland (1,027th of 1,671), and 2,783rd of 5,215 in retail trade. In 2025, employees put in $1.90 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$9,291,170
Participants with balances120
Active participants101
Employer contributions$164,671
Employee contributions$313,144
Employer contribution per active participant$1,630
Average account balance$77,426
Benefits paid to participants$1,429,841
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history2
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$9.3M · 120 accts · $165K emplr
2024$9.0M · 110 accts · $161K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2025
Recordkeeping & contract admin$22,851
Investment management$27,303
Total administrative$61,654
The American Plant Food Company, Inc. 401(k) match · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$1,630
Median for plans this size$1,464
2025$1,630 per active participant
2024$1,694 per active participant

American Plant Food Company, Inc.'s 2025 employer contribution ran above the $1,464 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 2025 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Administrative cost history2
2025$61,654 · 0.68%
2024$48,911 · 0.58%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 530257475 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.