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Blanchard Machinery Company, a South Carolina Corporation401(k)

BLANCHARD MACHINERY COMPANY 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · WEST COLUMBIA, SC · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.32%

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

Blanchard Machinery Company, a South Carolina Corporation reported $233,157 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.32% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,094 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 0.35% to 0.32%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other wholesale trade employers. By assets it is the 77th-largest of 807 plans among South Carolina employers on file, and the 547th of 4,246 in wholesale trade. In 2024, employees put in $2.60 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$75,232,634
Participants with balances812
Active participants797
Employer contributions$1,668,728
Employee contributions$4,343,109
Employer contribution per active participant$2,094
Average account balance$92,651
Benefits paid to participants$8,550,667
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorBAUKNIGHT, PIETRAS & STORMER, P.A.
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$75.2M · 812 accts · $1.7M emplr
2023$68.7M · 794 accts · $1.5M emplr
2022$58.7M · 775 accts · $1.3M emplr
The Blanchard Machinery Company, a South Carolina Corporation 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,094
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$2,094 per active participant
2023$1,998 per active participant
2022$1,830 per active participant

Blanchard Machinery Company, a South Carolina Corporation's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $3,635 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 · 20242
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER AND S · Recordkeeping$208,898
BAUKNIGHT, PIETRAS & STORMER, P.A. · Accounting / audit$24,830

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Bank of America / Merrill
2023Bank of America / Merrill

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Administrative cost history3
2024$233,157 · 0.32%
2023$210,699 · 0.33%
2022$221,370 · 0.35%
Same employer
Similar plansWholesale Trade · South Carolina
Scansource, Inc. SC$225.4M · 0.09%
Cregger Company, Inc. SC$53.6M · 0.11%
Le Creuset of America, Inc. SC$27.2M · 0.58%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 590681683 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.