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Build a Sign LLC401(k)

BUILD A SIGN LLC 401(K) PLAN · AUSTIN, TX · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.24%

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

Build a Sign LLC reported $41,283 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.24% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,797 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 0.237%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 2,103rd-largest of 5,688 plans among Texas employers on file, and the 6,117th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $2.00 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 367 to 309 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$18,980,288
Participants with balances263
Active participants309
Employer contributions$555,357
Employee contributions$1,111,730
Employer contribution per active participant$1,797
Average account balance$72,168
Benefits paid to participants$1,054,348
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorMAXWELL LOCKE RITTER LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$19.0M · 263 accts · $555K emplr
2023$15.9M · 279 accts · $562K emplr
2022$13.1M · 286 accts · $534K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$6,810
Investment management$34,473
Total administrative$41,283
The Build a Sign LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,797
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,797 per active participant
2023$1,644 per active participant
2022$1,455 per active participant

Build a Sign 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.

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 · 20242
THE VANGUARD GROUP, INC. · Loan processing · Recordkeeping$6,810
GWN SECURITIES, INC · Investment advisory (plan)$34,473

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$41,283 · 0.24%
2023$32,897 · 0.23%
2022$33,161 · 0.24%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 331115440 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.