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Blue River Petcare Group, LLC401(k)

BLUE RIVER PETCARE GROUP, LLC 401(K) PLAN · CHICAGO, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.51%

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

Blue River Petcare Group, LLC reported $299,412 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.51% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,175 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 0.60% to 0.51%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is the 736th-largest of 3,702 plans among Illinois employers on file, and the 2,121st of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $2.65 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 2,518 to 3,099 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$67,927,913
Participants with balances2,351
Active participants3,099
Employer contributions$3,640,054
Employee contributions$9,649,950
Employer contribution per active participant$1,175
Average account balance$28,893
Benefits paid to participants$3,980,925
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$67.9M · 2,351 accts · $3.6M emplr
2023$50.4M · 2,180 accts · $3.2M emplr
2022$32.0M · 1,852 accts · $2.5M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$140,617
Investment management$158,792
Trustee / custodial$3
Total administrative$299,412
The Blue River Petcare Group, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,175
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$1,175 per active participant
2023$1,107 per active participant
2022$980 per active participant

Blue River Petcare Group, LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $3,635 median for plans its size, in the bottom 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 · 20244
ALLIANCE PENSION CONSULTANTS, LLC · Recordkeeping$140,617
MORGAN STANLEY SMITH BARNEY · Investment advisory (plan)$158,792
CHARLES SCHWAB TRUST BANK · Custodial (securities)$3

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024ALLIANCE PENSION CONSULTANTS, LLC
2023ALLIANCE PENSION CONSULTANTS, LLC

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Administrative cost history3
2024$299,412 · 0.51%
2023$214,629 · 0.52%
2022$182,632 · 0.60%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 352489124 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.