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Black's Tire Service, Inc.401(k)

BLACK'S TIRE SERVICE, INC. 401(K) RETIREMENT PLAN · WHITEVILLE, NC · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.58%

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

Black's Tire Service, Inc. reported $180,401 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.58% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,310 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 0.58%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other retail trade employers. By assets it is the 515th-largest of 2,005 plans among North Carolina employers on file, and the 948th of 5,215 in retail trade. In 2024, employees put in $1.81 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 419 to 913 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$33,372,266
Participants with balances535
Active participants913
Employer contributions$1,195,699
Employee contributions$2,158,567
Employer contribution per active participant$1,310
Average account balance$62,378
Benefits paid to participants$2,538,678
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorBERNARD ROBINSON & COMPANY, LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$33.4M · 535 accts · $1.2M emplr
2023$28.6M · 496 accts · $1.1M emplr
2022$23.7M · 470 accts · $1.0M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$67,747
Investment management$112,654
Total administrative$180,401
The Black's Tire Service, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,310
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,310 per active participant
2023$2,506 per active participant
2022$2,486 per active participant

Black's Tire Service, 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.

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.

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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$180,401 · 0.58%
2023$153,432 · 0.59%
2022$155,601 · 0.61%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 570828077 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.