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Bowman Auto Group, Inc.401(k)

BOWMAN 401(K) PLAN · CLARKSTON, MI · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.49%

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

Bowman Auto Group, Inc. reported $47,535 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.49% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,279 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 0.53% to 0.49%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other retail trade employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Michigan (1,519th of 2,619), and the 2,557th of 5,215 in retail trade. In 2024, employees put in $3.45 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 116 to 154 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$10,410,740
Participants with balances204
Active participants154
Employer contributions$197,034
Employee contributions$680,683
Employer contribution per active participant$1,279
Average account balance$51,033
Benefits paid to participants$540,163
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$10.4M · 204 accts · $197K emplr
2023$8.9M · 167 accts · $181K emplr
2022$7.3M · 155 accts · $167K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$28,369
Investment management$14,613
Trustee / custodial$4,013
Total administrative$47,535
The Bowman Auto Group, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,279
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$1,279 per active participant
2023$1,617 per active participant
2022$1,442 per active participant

Bowman Auto Group, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $1,313 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 · 20243
SENTINEL BENEFITS GROUP, INC. · Recordkeeping · Consulting$28,369
CAPTRUST · Investment advisory (plan)$10,782
CHARLES SCHWAB TRUST BANK · Pension consulting · Custodial$4,553

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Sentinel Group
2023Sentinel Group

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Administrative cost history3
2024$47,535 · 0.49%
2023$40,593 · 0.50%
2022$40,862 · 0.53%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 812848097 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.