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Backblaze, Inc.401(k)

BACKBLAZE, INC. 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN AND TRUST · SAN MATEO, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.01%

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

Backblaze, Inc. reported $3,905 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.01% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $5,880 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 2 years on file its reported administrative ratio fell from 0.02% to 0.01%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other other services employers. By assets it is the 2,175th-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and the 554th of 3,341 in other services. In 2024, employees put in $2.34 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 395 to 343 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$39,301,734
Participants with balances487
Active participants343
Employer contributions$2,016,784
Employee contributions$4,726,686
Employer contribution per active participant$5,880
Average account balance$80,702
Benefits paid to participants$2,172,348
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorAUDIT & TAX SOLUTIONS CPAS INC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$39.3M · 487 accts · $2.0M emplr
2023$27.5M · 462 accts · $1.9M emplr
2022$19.0M · 438 accts · $1.5M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$3,905
Total administrative$3,905
The Backblaze, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$5,880
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$5,880 per active participant
2023$4,975 per active participant
2022$3,859 per active participant

Backblaze, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 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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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 · 20242
ADP, INC. · Loan processing · Recordkeeping$3,905
ADP BROKER-DEALERindirect comp

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024ADP
2023ADP

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Administrative cost history3
2024$3,905 · 0.01%
2023$3,595 · 0.02%
2022$3,710 · 0.02%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 208893125 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.