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Benchmark Landscape, Inc.401(k)

BENCHMARK LANDSCAPE, INC. 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · POWAY, CA · plan year 2018

Reported admin expense ratio · 2018
0.22%

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

Benchmark Landscape, Inc. reported $8,425 in plan administrative expenses for 2018: 0.22% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $286 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 8 years on file its reported administrative ratio rose from 0.00% to 0.15%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 122 comparable plans and shown alongside other construction employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in California (7,402nd of 9,483), and 4,241st of 5,337 in construction. In 2018, employees put in $1.98 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$3,968,167
Participants with balances110
Active participants214
Employer contributions$61,159
Employee contributions$121,195
Employer contribution per active participant$286
Average account balance$36,074
Benefits paid to participants$34,292
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history7
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$26K · 72 accts
2023$3.7M · 138 accts
2022$3.4M · 122 accts
2019$3.7M · 93 accts · $43K emplr
2018$4.0M · 110 accts · $61K emplr
2017$3.7M · 114 accts · $61K emplr
2016$3.6M · 98 accts · $43K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2018
Investment management$150
Total administrative$8,425
The Benchmark Landscape, Inc. 401(k) match · 2018
Employer contribution per active participant$286
Median for plans this size$880
2019$339 per active participant
2018$286 per active participant
2017$273 per active participant
2016$186 per active participant

Benchmark Landscape, Inc.'s 2018 employer contribution ran below the $880 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 2018 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Administrative cost history7
2024$2,712 · 0.15%
2023$3,953 · 0.11%
2022$5,125 · 0.14%
2019$2,333 · 0.06%
2018$8,425 · 0.22%
2017$1,047 · 0.03%
2016$65 · 0.00%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 330118953 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.