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Brooks Equipment Company, LLC.401(k)

BROOKS EQUIPMENT COMPANY 401(K) PLAN · CHARLOTTE, NC · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.32%

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

Brooks Equipment Company, LLC. reported $98,281 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.32% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,475 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 has held roughly steady near 0.32%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other wholesale trade employers. By assets it is the 520th-largest of 2,005 plans among North Carolina employers on file, and the 1,251st of 4,246 in wholesale trade. In 2024, employees put in $3.64 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 341 to 444 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$33,019,962
Participants with balances505
Active participants444
Employer contributions$654,837
Employee contributions$2,385,488
Employer contribution per active participant$1,475
Average account balance$65,386
Benefits paid to participants$3,631,689
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorLONG CPA, PLLC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$33.0M · 505 accts · $655K emplr
2023$28.9M · 481 accts · $629K emplr
2022$23.7M · 405 accts · $537K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$98,281
Total administrative$98,281
The Brooks Equipment Company, LLC. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,475
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,475 per active participant
2023$1,508 per active participant
2022$1,574 per active participant

Brooks Equipment Company, LLC.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 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.

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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 · 20242
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$98,281
WILSHIRE ADVISORS LLC · Investment advisory (plan)indirect comp

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$98,281 · 0.32%
2023$84,636 · 0.32%
2022$78,865 · 0.31%
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Dillon Supply Company NC$31.7M · 0.36%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 880161234 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.