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Brewdog Brewing Company LLC401(k)

BREWDOG BREWING COMPANY LLC 401(K) PLAN · CANAL WINCHESTER, OH · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
2.06%

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

Brewdog Brewing Company LLC reported $35,458 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 2.06% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $490 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 0.26% to 2.06%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Ohio (3,053rd of 3,295), and 12,947th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.23 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 522 to 409 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$1,736,232
Participants with balances115
Active participants409
Employer contributions$200,313
Employee contributions$247,180
Employer contribution per active participant$490
Average account balance$15,098
Benefits paid to participants$593,302
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorHOLBROOK & MANTER, CPAS
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$1.7M · 115 accts · $200K emplr
2023$1.7M · 129 accts · $196K emplr
2022$1.1M · 131 accts · $183K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$35,458
Total administrative$35,458
The Brewdog Brewing Company LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$490
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$490 per active participant
2023$465 per active participant
2022$351 per active participant

Brewdog Brewing Company LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $1,313 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 · 20245
TRANSAMERICA RETIREMENT SOLUTIONS · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$22,313
OPOC.US · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$6,627
CADARET, GRANT & CO.M INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$6,793
LEAFHOUSE FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$690

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024OPOC.US, Transamerica
2023OPOC.US, Transamerica

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Administrative cost history3
2024$35,458 · 2.06%
2023$17,639 · 1.24%
2022$2,750 · 0.26%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 611817540 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.