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Bell Ford, Inc.401(k)

THE BERGE GROUP RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · PHOENIX, AZ · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.05%

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

Bell Ford, Inc. reported $19,169 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.05% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $319 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 0.12% to 0.05%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other retail trade employers. By assets it is the 230th-largest of 1,285 plans among Arizona employers on file, and the 808th of 5,215 in retail trade. In 2024, employees put in $7.69 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 832 to 1,245 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$39,255,278
Participants with balances949
Active participants1,245
Employer contributions$397,688
Employee contributions$3,059,771
Employer contribution per active participant$319
Average account balance$41,365
Benefits paid to participants$4,174,101
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$39.3M · 949 accts · $398K emplr
2023$34.1M · 661 accts · $341K emplr
2022$29.3M · 507 accts · $327K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Investment management$87,756
Audit (IQPA)$9,000
Total administrative$19,169
The Bell Ford, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$319
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$319 per active participant
2023$433 per active participant
2022$393 per active participant

Bell Ford, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 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 · 20244
CETERA INVESTMENT ADVISORS LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$46,015
FIRST FINANCIAL EQUITY · Investment advisory (plan)$41,741
KIMBERLIN COMPANY · Accounting / audit$9,000
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processingindirect comp

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$19,169 · 0.05%
2023$25,739 · 0.08%
2022$37,080 · 0.12%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 860372486 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.