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Appareo Systems, LLC401(k)

APPAREO SYSTEMS 401(K) PLAN · FARGO, ND · plan year 2022

Reported admin expense ratio · 2022
0.47%

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

Appareo Systems, LLC reported $59,230 in plan administrative expenses for 2022: 0.47% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $947 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.

The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 26,806 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in North Dakota (180th of 279), and 8,623rd of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2022, employees put in $2.20 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$10,362,210
Participants with balances171
Active participants195
Employer contributions$184,755
Employee contributions$407,174
Employer contribution per active participant$947
Average account balance$60,598
Benefits paid to participants$2,312,898
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history2
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2023$0
2022$10.4M · 171 accts · $185K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2022
Recordkeeping & contract admin$59,230
Total administrative$59,230
The Appareo Systems, LLC 401(k) match · 2022
Employer contribution per active participant$947
Median for plans this size$2,266

Appareo Systems, LLC's 2022 employer contribution ran below the $2,266 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 2022 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Administrative cost history2
2023Not separately reported
2022$59,230 · 0.47%
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Gremada Industries, Inc. ND$4.8M · 0.45%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 450460110 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.