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Carolina Wholesale Group, Inc.401(k)

CAROLINA WHOLESALE GROUP 401(K) PLAN · WAUKEGAN, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.34%

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

Carolina Wholesale Group, Inc. reported $73,296 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.34% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,154 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 0.34%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other wholesale trade employers. By assets it is the 1,617th-largest of 3,702 plans among Illinois employers on file, and the 1,752nd of 4,246 in wholesale trade. In 2024, employees put in $3.75 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 251 to 165 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$22,001,766
Participants with balances170
Active participants165
Employer contributions$190,428
Employee contributions$713,308
Employer contribution per active participant$1,154
Average account balance$129,422
Benefits paid to participants$2,064,571
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$22.0M · 170 accts · $190K emplr
2023$20.6M · 181 accts · $201K emplr
2022$16.3M · 183 accts · $178K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$71,100
Total administrative$73,296
The Carolina Wholesale Group, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,154
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,154 per active participant
2023$996 per active participant
2022$710 per active participant

Carolina Wholesale Group, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 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 · 20243
JOHN HANCOCK LIFE INSURANCE · Recordkeeping · Investment managementindirect comp
MERRILL LYNCH - EPS · Investment advisory (participants)$21,101
MERRILL LYNCH - FAS · Investment advisory (participants)$16,881

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024John Hancock
2023John Hancock

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Administrative cost history3
2024$73,296 · 0.34%
2023$78,610 · 0.43%
2022$59,425 · 0.33%
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Level 10 Holdings, Co. IL$21.1M · 0.00%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 201365612 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.