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Bell Nursery USA LLC401(k)

BELL NURSERY USA LLC 401(K) PLAN · ELKRIDGE, MD · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.39%

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

Bell Nursery USA LLC reported $68,790 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.39% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $350 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 0.39%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other wholesale trade employers. By assets it is the 659th-largest of 1,671 plans among Maryland employers on file, and the 1,934th of 4,246 in wholesale trade. In 2024, employees put in $2.01 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 1,259 to 1,916 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$19,504,402
Participants with balances331
Active participants1,916
Employer contributions$669,907
Employee contributions$1,345,989
Employer contribution per active participant$350
Average account balance$58,926
Benefits paid to participants$1,116,758
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Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$19.5M · 331 accts · $670K emplr
2023$16.2M · 303 accts · $605K emplr
2022$12.9M · 294 accts · $549K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$38,210
Investment management$30,580
Total administrative$68,790
The Bell Nursery USA LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$350
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$350 per active participant
2023$415 per active participant
2022$436 per active participant

Bell Nursery USA LLC'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 · 20242
THE VANGUARD GROUP, INC. · Loan processing · Recordkeeping$38,210
GALLAGHER FIDUCIARY ADVISORS · Investment advisory (plan)$30,580

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Vanguard
2023Vanguard

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Administrative cost history3
2024$68,790 · 0.39%
2023$58,500 · 0.40%
2022$50,706 · 0.38%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 208745975 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.