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Best Brands Inc.401(k)

BEST BRANDS 401(K) PLAN · NASHVILLE, TN · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
1.17%

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

Best Brands Inc. reported $106,372 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 1.17% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,517 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 1.17%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other transportation & warehousing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Tennessee (825th of 1,496), and the 1,139th of 2,677 in transportation & warehousing. In 2024, employees put in $1.57 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 176 to 307 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$10,256,287
Participants with balances204
Active participants307
Employer contributions$465,777
Employee contributions$732,972
Employer contribution per active participant$1,517
Average account balance$50,276
Benefits paid to participants$246,021
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$10.3M · 204 accts · $466K emplr
2023$8.0M · 192 accts · $442K emplr
2022$6.2M · 177 accts · $412K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$106,372
Total administrative$106,372
The Best Brands Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,517
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$1,517 per active participant
2023$2,095 per active participant
2022$2,342 per active participant

Best Brands Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $1,313 median for plans its size. 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
TRANSAMERICA FINANCIAL LIFE INS · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$60,000
FUTUREPLAN BY ASCENSUS · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$900
MERRILL LYNCH LIFE AGENCY, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$45,472

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Ascensus, Transamerica
2023Ascensus, Transamerica

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Administrative cost history3
2024$106,372 · 1.17%
2023$81,277 · 1.15%
2022$70,914 · 1.11%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 621177514 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.