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Brox Industries, Inc.401(k)

BROX INDUSTRIES, INC. 401(K) RETIREMENT PLAN · ANDOVER, MA · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.27%

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

Brox Industries, Inc. reported $59,666 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.27% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $5,370 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 0.30%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 26,779 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 1,176th-largest of 2,726 plans among Massachusetts employers on file, and the 5,367th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2023, employees put in $1.19 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 121 to 107 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$23,384,341
Participants with balances152
Active participants107
Employer contributions$574,580
Employee contributions$681,585
Employer contribution per active participant$5,370
Average account balance$153,844
Benefits paid to participants$1,908,214
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorTONNESON & CO CPAS, PC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$21.1M · 145 accts · $827K emplr
2023$23.4M · 152 accts · $575K emplr
2022$20.3M · 155 accts · $537K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$11,088
Investment management$48,578
Total administrative$59,666
The Brox Industries, Inc. 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$5,370
Median for plans this size$2,440
2024$7,878 per active participant
2023$5,370 per active participant
2022$4,442 per active participant

Brox Industries, Inc.'s 2023 employer contribution ran above the $2,440 median for plans its size, placing it in the top 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
MERRILL LYNCH PIERCE FENNER & SMITH · Investment advisory (plan)$47,084
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment management$1,494

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$66,317 · 0.30%
2023$59,666 · 0.27%
2022$60,703 · 0.26%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 042772247 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.