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Behlen Mfg. Co.401(k)

BEHLEN MFG. CO. 401(K) PLAN · COLUMBUS, NE · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.20%

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

Behlen Mfg. Co. reported $154,504 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.20% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,419 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 0.20%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 84th-largest of 565 plans among Nebraska employers on file, and the 2,257th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.79 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 1,051 to 912 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$79,305,968
Participants with balances1,269
Active participants912
Employer contributions$2,205,942
Employee contributions$3,942,654
Employer contribution per active participant$2,419
Average account balance$62,495
Benefits paid to participants$11,069,325
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$79.3M · 1,269 accts · $2.2M emplr
2023$73.9M · 1,228 accts · $2.2M emplr
2022$68.4M · 1,262 accts · $2.1M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$122,564
Investment management$31,940
Total administrative$154,504
The Behlen Mfg. Co. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,419
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$2,419 per active participant
2023$2,331 per active participant
2022$2,026 per active participant

Behlen Mfg. Co.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $3,635 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.

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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
JOHN HANCOCK · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$124,504
D. A. DAVIDSON & CO. · Investment advisory (plan)$30,000

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024John Hancock
2023John Hancock

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Administrative cost history3
2024$154,504 · 0.20%
2023$147,106 · 0.21%
2022$144,130 · 0.19%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 470670369 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.