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Bell Lumber & Pole Company401(k)

BELL LUMBER & POLE COMPANY 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · NEW BRIGHTON, MN · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.55%

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

Bell Lumber & Pole Company reported $70,263 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.55% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $4,803 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 0.66% to 0.55%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Minnesota (1,086th of 1,918), and 7,190th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, the employer put in $1.03 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves; active participation has grown from 194 to 283 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$14,647,737
Participants with balances301
Active participants283
Employer contributions$1,359,341
Employee contributions$1,319,109
Employer contribution per active participant$4,803
Average account balance$48,664
Benefits paid to participants$845,614
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorHARRIS & CO. PLLC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$14.6M · 301 accts · $1.4M emplr
2023$11.1M · 266 accts · $1.2M emplr
2022$6.3M · 208 accts · $995K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$36,207
Investment management$34,056
Total administrative$70,263
The Bell Lumber & Pole Company 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$4,803
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$4,803 per active participant
2023$4,914 per active participant
2022$5,130 per active participant

Bell Lumber & Pole Company's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 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 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20243
ONEAMERICA RETIREMENT SERVICES LLC · Recordkeeping · Participant communication$36,207
INTELLICENTS INVESTMENT SOLUTIONS · Investment advisory (participants)$34,056
MATRIX TRUST COMPANY · Custodial (securities) · Trusteeindirect comp

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024OneAmerica
2023OneAmerica

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Administrative cost history3
2024$70,263 · 0.55%
2023$43,261 · 0.50%
2022$41,263 · 0.66%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 410144340 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.