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Best Companies401(k)

BEST COMPANIES 401(K) PLAN · SCHENECTADY, NY · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.83%

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

Best Companies reported $13,712 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.83% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $760 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 0.50% to 0.83%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other other services employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in New York (5,231st of 5,648), and 2,964th of 3,341 in other services. In 2024, employees put in $1.63 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$1,494,266
Participants with balances132
Active participants120
Employer contributions$91,246
Employee contributions$148,616
Employer contribution per active participant$760
Average account balance$11,320
Benefits paid to participants$703,432
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorALEXANDER & WILLIAMS LLC
Plan history2
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$1.5M · 132 accts · $91K emplr
2022$1.5M · 40 accts · $57K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$13,712
Total administrative$13,712
The Best Companies 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$760
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$760 per active participant
2022$756 per active participant

Best Companies's 2024 employer contribution ran below 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 · 20241
ADP, INC. · Loan processing · Recordkeeping$13,712

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

Administrative cost history2
2024$13,712 · 0.83%
2022$7,526 · 0.50%
Similar plansOther Services · New York
Inflight, Inc. NY$1.8M · 0.04%
Royal Coach Lines Inc NY$1.7M · 0.90%
Autobase Inc. NY$1.5M · 0.83%
The One Group, LLC NY$1.3M · 3.84%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 432056020 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.