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Baron Management Services Inc.401(k)

THE BARON/ESSEX RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · DENVER, CO · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.40%

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

Baron Management Services Inc. reported $36,947 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.40% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $3,255 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 0.46% to 0.40%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other real estate & leasing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Colorado (792nd of 1,461), and 1,107th of 2,096 in real estate & leasing. In 2024, employees put in $1.76 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 116 to 131 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$10,053,711
Participants with balances175
Active participants131
Employer contributions$426,355
Employee contributions$751,278
Employer contribution per active participant$3,255
Average account balance$57,450
Benefits paid to participants$923,149
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$10.1M · 175 accts · $426K emplr
2023$8.6M · 178 accts · $409K emplr
2022$7.0M · 155 accts · $379K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$10,608
Investment management$26,339
Total administrative$36,947
The Baron Management Services Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,255
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$3,255 per active participant
2023$3,324 per active participant
2022$3,267 per active participant

Baron Management Services Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $1,313 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 · 20242
STANCORP FINANCIAL GROUP · Claims processing · Recordkeeping$40,273
CREATIVE PLANNING LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$26,339

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
2023The Standard

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Administrative cost history3
2024$36,947 · 0.40%
2023$31,191 · 0.40%
2022$35,372 · 0.46%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 831848091 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.