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Brown's Shoe Fit Co., General Office, Inc.401(k)

BROWN'S SHOE FIT CO., GENERAL OFFICE, INC. 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN AND · SHENANDOAH, IA · plan year 2022

Reported admin expense ratio · 2022
0.55%

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

Brown's Shoe Fit Co., General Office, Inc. reported $9,748 in plan administrative expenses for 2022: 0.55% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $196 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.

The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 30,021 comparable plans and shown alongside other retail trade employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Iowa (825th of 878), and 4,780th of 5,215 in retail trade. In 2022, employees put in $2.51 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$1,611,303
Participants with balances63
Active participants276
Employer contributions$54,192
Employee contributions$135,980
Employer contribution per active participant$196
Average account balance$25,576
Benefits paid to participants$183,567
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorWEIGEL & CO., PLLC
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2022
Recordkeeping & contract admin$9,748
Total administrative$9,748
The Brown's Shoe Fit Co., General Office, Inc. 401(k) match · 2022
Employer contribution per active participant$196
Median for plans this size$1,114

Brown's Shoe Fit Co., General Office, Inc.'s 2022 employer contribution ran below the $1,114 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 2022 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Administrative cost history1
2022$9,748 · 0.55%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 420859977 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.