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Bgf Industries, Inc.401(k)

BGF INDUSTRIES, INC. RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · ALTAVISTA, VA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.42%

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

Bgf Industries, Inc. reported $140,799 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.42% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,303 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 0.42%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 665th-largest of 2,266 plans among Virginia employers on file, and the 4,086th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.61 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$34,251,965
Participants with balances603
Active participants494
Employer contributions$1,137,904
Employee contributions$1,830,609
Employer contribution per active participant$2,303
Average account balance$56,803
Benefits paid to participants$5,062,466
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorSMITH LEONARD
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$34.3M · 603 accts · $1.1M emplr
2023$32.9M · 639 accts · $1.2M emplr
2022$30.1M · 608 accts · $1.1M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$69,805
Investment management$70,994
Total administrative$140,799
The Bgf Industries, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,303
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$2,303 per active participant
2023$2,251 per active participant
2022$2,158 per active participant

Bgf Industries, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below 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 · 20242
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment management$70,944

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$140,799 · 0.42%
2023$131,583 · 0.42%
2022$132,727 · 0.40%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 561600845 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.