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Branding Brand, Inc.401(k)

BRANDING BRAND, INC. 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · PITTSBURGH, PA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
1.17%

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

Branding Brand, Inc. reported $69,009 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 1.17% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,194 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 1.35% to 1.17%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Pennsylvania (2,676th of 3,651), and 9,162nd of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $6.83 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 137 to 104 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$6,618,021
Participants with balances150
Active participants104
Employer contributions$124,202
Employee contributions$848,019
Employer contribution per active participant$1,194
Average account balance$44,120
Benefits paid to participants$499,191
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$6.6M · 150 accts · $124K emplr
2023$5.1M · 161 accts · $269K emplr
2022$3.4M · 172 accts · $279K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$69,009
Total administrative$69,009
The Branding Brand, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,194
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$1,194 per active participant
2023$2,323 per active participant
2022$2,034 per active participant

Branding Brand, 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.

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COMMONWEALTH EQUITY SERVICES LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$20,038
M2B RETIREMENT CONSULTING LLC · Contract administrator$4,283
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment management$3,457

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$69,009 · 1.17%
2023$51,969 · 1.22%
2022$42,239 · 1.35%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 460565943 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.