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Brandmuscle Holdings, Inc.401(k)

BRANDMUSCLE HOLDINGS, INC. 401 (K) PLAN · CLEVELAND, OH · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.81%

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

Brandmuscle Holdings, Inc. reported $216,768 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.81% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,179 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 rose from 0.04% to 0.63%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 26,779 comparable plans and shown alongside other information & media employers. By assets it is the 1,028th-largest of 3,295 plans among Ohio employers on file, and the 824th of 2,199 in information & media. In 2023, employees put in $4.73 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 383 to 338 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$27,887,083
Participants with balances549
Active participants338
Employer contributions$398,594
Employee contributions$1,884,635
Employer contribution per active participant$1,179
Average account balance$50,796
Benefits paid to participants$3,934,449
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$0
2024$27.8M · 484 accts · $597K emplr
2023$27.9M · 549 accts · $399K emplr
2022$25.3M · 847 accts · $563K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$138,359
Investment management$78,409
Total administrative$216,768
The Brandmuscle Holdings, Inc. 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$1,179
Median for plans this size$2,440
2024$2,140 per active participant
2023$1,179 per active participant
2022$1,469 per active participant

Brandmuscle Holdings, Inc.'s 2023 employer contribution ran below the $2,440 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 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20233
LINCOLN NATIONAL CORPORATION · Contract administrator$85,052
MORGAN STANLEY · Investment advisory (participants) · Investment advisory (plan)$78,409
VOYA RETIRMENT INSURANCE AND ANNUIT · Investment advisory (participants)$3,108

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

Administrative cost history4
2025Not separately reported
2024$175,348 · 0.63%
2023$216,768 · 0.81%
2022$10,873 · 0.04%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 453032061 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.