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Ars Advertising, LLC401(k)

AISLE ROCKET RETIREMENT PLAN · CHICAGO, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.64%

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

Ars Advertising, LLC reported $63,986 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.64% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $7,429 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 0.38% to 0.64%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Illinois (2,307th of 3,702), and 7,694th of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $1.54 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 153 to 89 since 2021.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$10,982,618
Participants with balances183
Active participants89
Employer contributions$661,204
Employee contributions$1,020,821
Employer contribution per active participant$7,429
Average account balance$60,014
Benefits paid to participants$1,971,119
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorELLIOTT DAVIS PLLC
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$11.0M · 183 accts · $661K emplr
2023$9.0M · 199 accts · $410K emplr
2022$6.8M · 206 accts · $468K emplr
2021$8.3M · 204 accts · $292K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$18,163
Investment management$24,539
Audit (IQPA)$21,100
Total administrative$63,986
The Ars Advertising, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$7,429
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$7,429 per active participant
2023$3,624 per active participant
2022$3,444 per active participant
2021$1,909 per active participant

Ars Advertising, LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $1,313 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.

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 · 20243
PLEXUS FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$21,878
ELLIOTT DAVIS, LLC/PLLC · Accounting / audit$21,100

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

Administrative cost history4
2024$63,986 · 0.64%
2023$53,355 · 0.67%
2022$53,789 · 0.71%
2021$31,024 · 0.38%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 621015693 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.