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Best Friends Pet Care, Inc401(k)

BEST FRIENDS PET CARE, INC. 401(K) RETIREMENT PLAN · NORWALK, CT · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
1.25%

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

Best Friends Pet Care, Inc reported $68,291 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 1.25% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $300 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 1.09% to 2.69%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 22,307 comparable plans and shown alongside other other services employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Connecticut (881st of 1,106), and 2,170th of 3,341 in other services. In 2023, employees put in $6.21 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 283 to 242 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$5,884,875
Participants with balances327
Active participants242
Employer contributions$72,643
Employee contributions$450,979
Employer contribution per active participant$300
Average account balance$17,997
Benefits paid to participants$759,936
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$5.6M · 683 accts · $132K emplr
2023$5.9M · 327 accts · $73K emplr
2022$5.1M · 447 accts · $56K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$68,291
Total administrative$68,291
The Best Friends Pet Care, Inc 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$300
Median for plans this size$1,308
2024$210 per active participant
2023$300 per active participant
2022$196 per active participant

Best Friends Pet Care, Inc's 2023 employer contribution ran below the $1,308 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 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

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

Administrative cost history3
2024$154,763 · 2.69%
2023$68,291 · 1.25%
2022$60,881 · 1.09%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 133625116 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.