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Cava Holding Company, a Delaware Corporation401(k)

CAVA GROUP, INC. 401(K) PLAN · WASHINGTON, DC · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
1.42%

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

Cava Holding Company, a Delaware Corporation reported $222,976 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 1.42% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $31 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 1.90% to 1.42%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other accommodation & food services employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in District of Columbia (356th of 618), and the 338th of 2,240 in accommodation & food services. In 2024, employees put in $8.42 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 4,608 to 10,469 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$18,017,830
Participants with balances1,066
Active participants10,469
Employer contributions$324,381
Employee contributions$2,732,345
Employer contribution per active participant$31
Average account balance$16,902
Benefits paid to participants$2,021,246
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$18.0M · 1,066 accts · $324K emplr
2023$13.5M · 969 accts · $266K emplr
2022$9.8M · 943 accts · $230K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$178,115
Investment management$44,861
Total administrative$222,976
The Cava Holding Company, a Delaware Corporation 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$31
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$31 per active participant
2023$42 per active participant
2022$50 per active participant

Cava Holding Company, a Delaware Corporation'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
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$178,115
WILMINGTON TRUST NATIONAL ASSOC · Investment advisory (plan)$37,377
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$7,484

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$222,976 · 1.42%
2023$167,011 · 1.43%
2022$198,218 · 1.90%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 473426661 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.