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Barnhardt Manufacturing Company401(k)

BARNHARDT MANUFACTURING COMPANY 401(K) PLAN · CHARLOTTE, NC · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.22%

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

Barnhardt Manufacturing Company reported $92,174 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.22% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $7,542 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 0.22% to 0.18%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 26,779 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 427th-largest of 2,005 plans among North Carolina employers on file, and the 3,525th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2023, employees put in $1.31 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 478 to 264 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$42,615,183
Participants with balances507
Active participants264
Employer contributions$1,991,158
Employee contributions$2,612,062
Employer contribution per active participant$7,542
Average account balance$84,054
Benefits paid to participants$7,118,441
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$39.2M · 406 accts · $1.5M emplr
2023$42.6M · 507 accts · $2.0M emplr
2022$39.8M · 586 accts · $2.3M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$52,174
Investment management$40,000
Total administrative$92,174
The Barnhardt Manufacturing Company 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$7,542
Median for plans this size$2,440
2024$6,496 per active participant
2023$7,542 per active participant
2022$4,903 per active participant

Barnhardt Manufacturing Company's 2023 employer contribution ran above the $2,440 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.

What these fees cost you

Annual cost at the plan's reported 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20232
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$52,174
BNA WEALTH INC · Investment advisory (plan)$40,000

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$72,254 · 0.18%
2023$92,174 · 0.22%
2022$92,680 · 0.22%
Same employer
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Culp Inc NC$44.7M · 0.30%
Renfro Brands LLC NC$44.2M · 0.26%
Abx Innovative Packaging NC$43.1M · 0.19%
Murata Machinery USA, Inc. NC$41.8M · 0.24%
The Intertech Group, Inc. NC$41.2M · 0.29%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 560134380 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.