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Bico Group401(k)

BICO GROUP 401(K) PLAN · ASHLAND, MA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.22%

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

Bico Group reported $56,226 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.22% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $5,040 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.

The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is the 1,050th-largest of 2,726 plans among Massachusetts employers on file, and the 4,359th of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $1.61 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$28,285,019
Participants with balances331
Active participants283
Employer contributions$1,426,306
Employee contributions$2,294,494
Employer contribution per active participant$5,040
Average account balance$85,453
Benefits paid to participants$2,959,734
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorJOHNSON O'CONNOR FERON & CARUCCI
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$2,213
Investment management$54,013
Total administrative$56,226
The Bico Group 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$5,040
Median for plans this size$2,416

Bico Group's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 median for plans its size, placing it in the top 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 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20242
COMMONWEALTH FINANCIAL NETWORK · Investment advisory (plan)$54,013
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$2,213

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

Administrative cost history1
2024$56,226 · 0.22%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 813033020 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.