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Best & Flanagan LLP401(k)

BEST & FLANAGAN LLP 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · MINNEAPOLIS, MN · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.17%

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

Best & Flanagan LLP reported $111,608 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.17% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $15,465 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 rose from 0.01% to 0.17%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is the 387th-largest of 1,918 plans among Minnesota employers on file, and the 2,091st of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, the employer put in $1.31 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves; active participation has grown from 61 to 80 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$68,701,663
Participants with balances117
Active participants80
Employer contributions$1,237,204
Employee contributions$943,122
Employer contribution per active participant$15,465
Average account balance$587,194
Benefits paid to participants$4,809,241
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorWIPFLI LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$68.7M · 117 accts · $1.2M emplr
2023$62.5M · 114 accts · $1.3M emplr
2022$53.6M · 110 accts · $1.4M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$11,204
Investment management$100,404
Total administrative$111,608
The Best & Flanagan LLP 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$15,465
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$15,465 per active participant
2023$18,041 per active participant
2022$23,188 per active participant

Best & Flanagan LLP's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $3,635 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 · 20245
SCHWAB RETIREMENT PLAN SERVICES,INC · Recordkeeping · Investment advisory (participants)$12,072
WHITE PINE CAPITAL LLC · Investment advisory (participants)$47,086
USI ADVISORS INC · Investment management$45,000
MAIRS AND POWER INC · Investment advisory (participants)$7,591
CHARLES SCHWAB & CO., INC. · Securities brokerage$515

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$111,608 · 0.17%
2023$82,015 · 0.14%
2022$5,700 · 0.01%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 410150277 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.