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Best Plumbing Specialties, Inc401(k)

BEST PLUMBING SPECIALTIES PROFIT SHARING PLAN · MYERSVILLE, MD · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.28%

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

Best Plumbing Specialties, Inc reported $43,432 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.28% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,947 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 fell from 0.36% to 0.28%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other wholesale trade employers. By assets it is the 738th-largest of 1,671 plans among Maryland employers on file, and 2,185th of 4,246 in wholesale trade. In 2024, employees put in $2.43 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$16,778,762
Participants with balances137
Active participants100
Employer contributions$294,741
Employee contributions$717,419
Employer contribution per active participant$2,947
Average account balance$122,473
Benefits paid to participants$452,206
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$16.8M · 137 accts · $295K emplr
2023$14.4M · 134 accts · $299K emplr
2022$13.4M · 142 accts · $293K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$40,871
Investment management$2,561
Total administrative$43,432
The Best Plumbing Specialties, Inc 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,947
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$2,947 per active participant
2023$2,957 per active participant
2022$2,928 per active participant

Best Plumbing Specialties, Inc's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 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.

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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
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment management$2,561
MML INVESTORS SERVICES INCindirect comp

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$43,432 · 0.28%
2023$54,120 · 0.39%
2022$52,184 · 0.36%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 112064672 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.