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Blum, Inc.401(k)

BLUM, INC. EMPLOYEES 401(K) PLAN · STANLEY, NC · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.03%

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

Blum, Inc. reported $17,223 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.03% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $3,362 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 0.04% to 0.03%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 350th-largest of 2,005 plans among North Carolina employers on file, and the 2,966th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.71 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 381 to 504 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$54,327,010
Participants with balances483
Active participants504
Employer contributions$1,694,237
Employee contributions$2,898,327
Employer contribution per active participant$3,362
Average account balance$112,478
Benefits paid to participants$3,054,406
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorBGW CPA, PLLC.
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$54.3M · 483 accts · $1.7M emplr
2023$45.7M · 452 accts · $1.5M emplr
2022$37.8M · 430 accts · $722K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$1,006
Investment management$16,217
Total administrative$17,223
The Blum, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,362
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$3,362 per active participant
2023$3,780 per active participant
2022$1,894 per active participant

Blum, Inc.'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
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$16,217
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$1,006

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$17,223 · 0.03%
2023$18,466 · 0.04%
2022$18,548 · 0.04%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 561155595 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.