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Belk Stores Services, LLC401(k)

BELK 401K SAVINGS PLAN · CHARLOTTE, NC · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.11%

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

Belk Stores Services, LLC reported $420,760 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.11% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $525 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 0.114% to 0.108%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 2,883 comparable plans and shown alongside other retail trade employers. By assets it is the 74th-largest of 2,005 plans among North Carolina employers on file, and the 134th of 5,215 in retail trade. In 2024, employees put in $1.65 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$400,640,907
Participants with balances6,648
Active participants18,856
Employer contributions$9,898,795
Employee contributions$16,286,698
Employer contribution per active participant$525
Average account balance$60,265
Benefits paid to participants$48,168,497
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$400.6M · 6,648 accts · $9.9M emplr
2023$379.5M · 6,932 accts · $9.7M emplr
2022$342.3M · 6,995 accts · $9.9M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Investment management$420,760
Total administrative$420,760
The Belk Stores Services, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$525
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$525 per active participant
2023$502 per active participant
2022$484 per active participant

Belk Stores Services, LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $4,294 median for plans its size, in the bottom 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 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20243
SCHWAB RETIREMENT PLAN SERVICES INC · Recordkeeping · Investment advisory (participants)$420,610
SIGNATUREFD LLC · Investment advisory (participants)$13,296

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Charles Schwab
2023Charles Schwab

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Administrative cost history3
2024$420,760 · 0.11%
2023$444,251 · 0.12%
2022$433,046 · 0.11%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 560616731 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.