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Carolina Beverage Group, LLC401(k)

CAROLINA BEVERAGE GROUP LLC 401(K) RETIREMENT PLAN · MOORESVILLE, NC · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.63%

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

Carolina Beverage Group, LLC reported $48,351 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.63% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $962 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 0.71% to 0.63%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in North Carolina (1,217th of 2,005), and 9,528th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.48 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 465 to 538 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$8,326,688
Participants with balances241
Active participants538
Employer contributions$517,760
Employee contributions$764,024
Employer contribution per active participant$962
Average account balance$34,551
Benefits paid to participants$868,333
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$8.3M · 241 accts · $518K emplr
2023$6.9M · 226 accts · $449K emplr
2022$5.5M · 232 accts · $386K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$33,050
Investment management$15,301
Total administrative$48,351
The Carolina Beverage Group, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$962
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$962 per active participant
2023$906 per active participant
2022$831 per active participant

Carolina Beverage Group, LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $1,313 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 · 20243
GLOBAL RETIREMENT PARTNERS LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$12,500
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment management$2,801

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$48,351 · 0.63%
2023$44,337 · 0.72%
2022$40,815 · 0.71%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 611669373 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.