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Bane-Welker Equipment, LLC401(k)

BANE-WELKER EQUIPMENT, LLC 401(K) PLAN · LADOGA, IN · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.40%

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

Bane-Welker Equipment, LLC reported $66,383 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.40% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $729 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 0.44% to 0.40%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other retail trade employers. By assets it is the 620th-largest of 1,562 plans among Indiana employers on file, and the 1,634th of 5,215 in retail trade. In 2024, employees put in $11.17 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 325 to 279 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$17,895,095
Participants with balances384
Active participants279
Employer contributions$203,410
Employee contributions$2,272,256
Employer contribution per active participant$729
Average account balance$46,602
Benefits paid to participants$2,042,366
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorHUTH THOMPSON LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$17.9M · 384 accts · $203K emplr
2023$15.3M · 411 accts · $223K emplr
2022$11.4M · 366 accts · $183K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$46,383
Investment management$20,000
Total administrative$66,383
The Bane-Welker Equipment, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$729
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$729 per active participant
2023$626 per active participant
2022$564 per active participant

Bane-Welker Equipment, 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.

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
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$46,383
PROCOURSE FIDUCIARY ADVISORS LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$20,000

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$66,383 · 0.40%
2023$54,441 · 0.41%
2022$51,315 · 0.44%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 364748678 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.