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Biery Cheese Company401(k)

BIERY CHEESE COMPANY EMPLOYEES PROFIT SHARING PLAN · LOUISVILLE, OH · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.41%

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

Biery Cheese Company reported $81,687 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.41% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,773 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 0.48% to 0.41%. 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 1,300th-largest of 3,295 plans among Ohio employers on file, and the 5,854th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.94 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 614 to 389 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$20,424,446
Participants with balances615
Active participants389
Employer contributions$689,879
Employee contributions$1,335,736
Employer contribution per active participant$1,773
Average account balance$33,210
Benefits paid to participants$2,853,359
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$20.4M · 615 accts · $690K emplr
2023$19.1M · 694 accts · $805K emplr
2022$18.5M · 722 accts · $770K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$58,335
Investment management$23,352
Total administrative$81,687
The Biery Cheese Company 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,773
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,773 per active participant
2023$1,524 per active participant
2022$1,255 per active participant

Biery Cheese Company'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
SCHWAB RETIREMENT PLAN SERVICES,INC · Recordkeeping$58,335
CAPFINANCIAL PARTNERS LLC · Investment management$23,352

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Charles Schwab
2023Charles Schwab

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Administrative cost history3
2024$81,687 · 0.41%
2023$92,111 · 0.49%
2022$96,613 · 0.48%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 340750763 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.