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Backyard Services, LLC401(k)

BACKYARD SERVICES, LLC 401K PLAN · MONROE, MI · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.50%

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

Backyard Services, LLC reported $58,109 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.50% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $861 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 has held roughly steady near 0.50%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Michigan (1,361st of 2,619), and 7,797th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $3.04 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$12,763,935
Participants with balances741
Active participants491
Employer contributions$422,531
Employee contributions$1,285,800
Employer contribution per active participant$861
Average account balance$17,225
Benefits paid to participants$744,549
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorVLAHANTONES & TANGALOS, P.C.
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$12.8M · 741 accts · $423K emplr
2023$10.4M · 597 accts · $393K emplr
2022$8.5M · 534 accts · $373K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$56,409
Total administrative$58,109
The Backyard Services, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$861
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$861 per active participant
2023$888 per active participant
2022$728 per active participant

Backyard Services, LLC'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.

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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
MORGAN STANLEY SMITH BARNEY LLCindirect 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$58,109 · 0.50%
2023$50,219 · 0.53%
2022$47,065 · 0.53%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 208118723 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.