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Birmingham Fastener & Supply Inc401(k)

BIRMINGHAM FASTENER & SUPPLY, INC. 401(K) PLAN · BIRMINGHAM, AL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.32%

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

Birmingham Fastener & Supply Inc reported $75,186 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.32% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,625 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 0.27% to 0.32%. 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 269th-largest of 902 plans among Alabama employers on file, and the 5,269th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.83 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 412 to 497 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$23,969,224
Participants with balances576
Active participants497
Employer contributions$1,304,547
Employee contributions$2,392,779
Employer contribution per active participant$2,625
Average account balance$41,613
Benefits paid to participants$4,659,212
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$24.0M · 576 accts · $1.3M emplr
2023$22.3M · 520 accts · $1.1M emplr
2022$18.4M · 476 accts · $877K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$68,186
Investment management$7,000
Total administrative$75,186
The Birmingham Fastener & Supply Inc 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,625
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$2,625 per active participant
2023$2,519 per active participant
2022$2,129 per active participant

Birmingham Fastener & Supply 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.

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 · 20244
ADP, INC. · Loan processing · Recordkeeping$68,186
WARREN AVERETT LLC · Recordkeeping · Pension consulting$7,000
ADP BROKER-DEALER · Other servicesindirect comp

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024ADP, WARREN AVERETT LLC
2023ADP, Bank of America / Merrill

This plan has changed recordkeepers within these filings. If you left Birmingham Fastener & Supply Inc before a switch, your account may sit at the earlier firm or in a rollover IRA. Looking for an account from a past job here? How to find an old 401(k).

Administrative cost history3
2024$75,186 · 0.32%
2023$57,844 · 0.28%
2022$49,417 · 0.27%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 630799531 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.