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Barlean's Organic Oils, LLC401(k)

BARLEAN'S ORGANIC OILS 401(K) PLAN · FERNDALE, WA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.10%

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

Barlean's Organic Oils, LLC reported $5,418 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.10% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,094 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 0.10%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Washington (1,329th of 1,714), and 11,051st of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $2.52 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$5,305,977
Participants with balances112
Active participants102
Employer contributions$111,617
Employee contributions$281,235
Employer contribution per active participant$1,094
Average account balance$47,375
Benefits paid to participants$885,915
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$5.3M · 112 accts · $112K emplr
2023$5.2M · 124 accts · $111K emplr
2022$4.3M · 121 accts · $198K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$5,418
Total administrative$5,418
The Barlean's Organic Oils, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,094
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$1,094 per active participant
2023$1,087 per active participant
2022$1,888 per active participant

Barlean's Organic Oils, LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $1,313 median for plans its size. 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 · 20241
STANCORP FINANCIAL GROUP · Claims processing · Recordkeeping$36,346

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024The Standard
2023Securian

This plan has changed recordkeepers within these filings. If you left Barlean's Organic Oils, LLC before a switch, your account may sit at the earlier firm or in a rollover IRA. Looking for an account from a past job here? How to find an old 401(k).

Administrative cost history3
2024$5,418 · 0.10%
2023$6,501 · 0.14%
2022$4,818 · 0.11%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 912057513 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.