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Barkbox, Inc.401(k)

BARKBOX, INC. 401(K) PLAN · NEW YORK, NY · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.81%

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

Barkbox, Inc. reported $151,533 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.81% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $5,452 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 0.94% to 0.81%. 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 2,457th-largest of 5,648 plans among New York employers on file, and the 1,396th of 5,215 in retail trade. In 2024, employees put in $2.07 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 613 to 260 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$21,070,052
Participants with balances432
Active participants260
Employer contributions$1,417,404
Employee contributions$2,938,932
Employer contribution per active participant$5,452
Average account balance$48,773
Benefits paid to participants$3,386,994
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorBORIS BENIC AND ASSOCIATES LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$21.1M · 432 accts · $1.4M emplr
2023$16.3M · 429 accts · $1.6M emplr
2022$10.7M · 458 accts · $160K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$62,827
Investment management$38,206
Total administrative$151,533
The Barkbox, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$5,452
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$5,452 per active participant
2023$3,866 per active participant
2022$261 per active participant

Barkbox, 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 · 20241

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$151,533 · 0.81%
2023$102,962 · 0.76%
2022$99,310 · 0.94%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 453720765 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.