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Carmax, Inc.401(k)

CARMAX, INC. RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · RICHMOND, VA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.06%

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

Carmax, Inc. reported $1,042,836 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.06% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,455 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 fell from 0.08% to 0.06%. The plan sits in the over $1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 1,229 comparable plans and shown alongside other retail trade employers. By assets it is the 28th-largest of 2,266 plans among Virginia employers on file, and the 37th of 5,215 in retail trade. In 2024, employees put in $1.41 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$1,812,838,022
Participants with balances22,441
Active participants29,008
Employer contributions$71,211,893
Employee contributions$100,631,354
Employer contribution per active participant$2,455
Average account balance$80,782
Benefits paid to participants$124,011,520
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$1.8B · 22,441 accts · $71.2M emplr
2023$1.5B · 22,288 accts · $68.3M emplr
2022$1.2B · 22,216 accts · $65.2M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$989,355
Investment management$17,399
Audit (IQPA)$24,200
Total administrative$1,042,836
The Carmax, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,455
Median for plans this size$5,259
2024$2,455 per active participant
2023$2,299 per active participant
2022$2,085 per active participant

Carmax, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $5,259 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 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20244
T ROWE PRICE RPS INC · Recordkeeping · Trustee$989,355
FORVIS MAZARS, LLP · Accounting / audit$24,200
MORNINGSTAR · Investment advisory (participants)$17,399
ALIGHT SOLUTIONS LLC · Consulting$11,700

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024T. Rowe Price
2023T. Rowe Price

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Administrative cost history3
2024$1,042,836 · 0.06%
2023$1,125,112 · 0.08%
2022$1,034,654 · 0.08%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 541821055 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.