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Chowbus, Inc.401(k)

CHOWBUS 401(K) PLAN · CHICAGO, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.38%

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

Chowbus, Inc. reported $6,733 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.38% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $0 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 1.33% to 0.38%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other information & media employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Illinois (3,365th of 3,702), and 2,087th of 2,199 in information & media.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$2,000,050
Participants with balances122
Active participants108
Employer contributions$0
Employee contributions$417,889
Employer contribution per active participant$0
Average account balance$16,394
Benefits paid to participants$191,356
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorPKF OCONNOR DAVIES LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$2.0M · 122 accts
2023$1.5M · 115 accts · $388 emplr
2022$963K · 116 accts
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$6,690
Investment management$43
Total administrative$6,733
The Chowbus, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$0
Median for plans this size$1,313

Chowbus, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $1,313 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 · 20241

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$6,733 · 0.38%
2023$11,004 · 0.89%
2022$11,071 · 1.33%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 474055685 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.