American Research Corporation401(k)
AMERICAN RESEARCH CORPORATION 401(K) PLAN · SAN ANTONIO, TX · plan year 2025
Peer grade: A · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works
American Research Corporation reported $6,575 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.10% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $3,091 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 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio rose from 0.09% to 0.10%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 809 comparable plans and shown alongside other health care & social assistance employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Texas (3,561st of 5,688), and 6,775th of 11,911 in health care & social assistance. In 2025, employees put in $1.22 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 87 to 123 since 2022.
American Research Corporation's 2025 employer contribution ran above the $1,464 median for plans its size, placing it in the top 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.
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 461650548 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.