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Brightview, LLC401(k)

BRIGHTVIEW, LLC 401(K) PLAN · CINCINNATI, OH · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.98%

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

Brightview, LLC reported $225,359 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.98% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,610 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 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio rose from 0.56% to 0.98%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 1,620 comparable plans and shown alongside other health care & social assistance employers. By assets it is the 1,134th-largest of 3,295 plans among Ohio employers on file, and the 3,180th of 11,911 in health care & social assistance. In 2025, employees put in $1.61 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 1,310 to 1,104 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$24,705,469
Participants with balances944
Active participants1,104
Employer contributions$1,777,671
Employee contributions$2,855,492
Employer contribution per active participant$1,610
Average account balance$26,171
Benefits paid to participants$4,988,418
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$24.7M · 944 accts · $1.8M emplr
2024$21.2M · 1,144 accts · $2.1M emplr
2023$15.7M · 1,338 accts · $1.8M emplr
2022$8.4M · 1,068 accts · $1.3M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2025
Recordkeeping & contract admin$225,359
Total administrative$225,359
The Brightview, LLC 401(k) match · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$1,610
Median for plans this size$2,666
2025$1,610 per active participant
2024$2,870 per active participant
2023$1,295 per active participant
2022$1,024 per active participant

Brightview, LLC's 2025 employer contribution ran below the $2,666 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 2025 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20254
NOVA 401(K) ASSOCIATES · Contract administrator$55,761
HAUSER RETIREMENT SOLUTIONS 2 LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$41,091
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment management$10,230

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

Administrative cost history4
2025$225,359 · 0.98%
2024$139,371 · 0.76%
2023$53,731 · 0.45%
2022$41,278 · 0.56%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 472519577 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.