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Coastal Auto, Inc401(k)

COASTAL AUTO PARTS 401(K) PLAN · ELLSWORTH, ME · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.63%

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

Coastal Auto, Inc reported $37,738 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.63% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $933 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 rose from 0.02% 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 Maine (257th of 354), and 10,358th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.56 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$6,645,520
Participants with balances256
Active participants323
Employer contributions$301,375
Employee contributions$468,715
Employer contribution per active participant$933
Average account balance$25,959
Benefits paid to participants$359,587
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$6.6M · 256 accts · $301K emplr
2023$5.4M · 237 accts · $287K emplr
2022$4.1M · 224 accts · $269K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$14,002
Investment management$23,736
Total administrative$37,738
The Coastal Auto, Inc 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$933
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$933 per active participant
2023$912 per active participant
2022$866 per active participant

Coastal Auto, Inc'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.

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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 · 20242
COMMONWEALTH EQUITY SERVICES LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$23,736

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$37,738 · 0.63%
2023$863 · 0.02%
2022$749 · 0.02%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 010394996 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.