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Backroads, Inc.401(k)

BACKROADS, INC. 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · BERKELEY, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.02%

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

Backroads, Inc. reported $6,549 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.02% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,159 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 rose from 0.01% to 0.02%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other administrative & support services employers. By assets it is the 1,958th-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and the 335th of 2,534 in administrative & support services. In 2024, employees put in $6.32 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 555 to 476 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$44,100,001
Participants with balances495
Active participants476
Employer contributions$551,877
Employee contributions$3,488,471
Employer contribution per active participant$1,159
Average account balance$89,091
Benefits paid to participants$6,150,993
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorWEINBERG & COMPANY, P.A.
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$44.1M · 495 accts · $552K emplr
2023$40.1M · 453 accts · $454K emplr
2022$30.9M · 400 accts · $288K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$6,549
Total administrative$6,549
The Backroads, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,159
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,159 per active participant
2023$946 per active participant
2022$520 per active participant

Backroads, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 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 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20242
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$6,548
WILSHIRE ADVISORS LLC · Investment advisory (plan)indirect comp

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

Administrative cost history3
2024$6,549 · 0.02%
2023$3,122 · 0.01%
2022$3,918 · 0.01%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 941530512 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.