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Aries Industries, Inc.401(k)

ARIES INDUSTRIES 401K SAVINGS PLAN · WAUKESHA, WI · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.50%

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

Aries Industries, Inc. reported $59,469 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.50% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,513 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 fell from 0.58% to 0.50%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 1,620 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Wisconsin (1,133rd of 1,936), and 7,653rd of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2025, employees put in $3.05 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 100 to 114 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$13,192,941
Participants with balances164
Active participants114
Employer contributions$286,507
Employee contributions$872,909
Employer contribution per active participant$2,513
Average account balance$80,445
Benefits paid to participants$446,257
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$13.2M · 164 accts · $287K emplr
2024$10.7M · 166 accts · $252K emplr
2023$9.2M · 158 accts · $206K emplr
2022$7.4M · 147 accts · $210K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2025
Recordkeeping & contract admin$18,456
Investment management$41,013
Total administrative$59,469
The Aries Industries, Inc. 401(k) match · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$2,513
Median for plans this size$2,666
2025$2,513 per active participant
2024$2,286 per active participant
2023$2,060 per active participant
2022$2,100 per active participant

Aries Industries, Inc.'s 2025 employer contribution ran below the $2,666 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.

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Annual cost at the plan's reported 2025 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20252
THE VANGUARD GROUP, INC. · Recordkeeping$18,456
SPECTRUM INVESTMENT ADVISORS · Investment advisory (plan)$41,013

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

Recordkeeper by year3
2025Vanguard
2024Vanguard
2023Vanguard

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Administrative cost history4
2025$59,469 · 0.50%
2024$55,616 · 0.56%
2023$48,869 · 0.59%
2022$46,880 · 0.58%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 391521061 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.