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Couchbase, Inc.401(k)

COUCHBASE, INC. 401(K) PLAN · SANTA CLARA, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.01%

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

Couchbase, Inc. reported $5,775 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.01% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $3,316 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 0.011% to 0.011%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is the 1,540th-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and the 2,405th of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $6.50 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$59,230,600
Participants with balances576
Active participants345
Employer contributions$1,143,865
Employee contributions$7,434,454
Employer contribution per active participant$3,316
Average account balance$102,831
Benefits paid to participants$7,050,378
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$59.2M · 576 accts · $1.1M emplr
2023$47.3M · 593 accts · $803K emplr
2022$33.4M · 531 accts · $611K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$5,775
Total administrative$5,775
The Couchbase, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,316
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$3,316 per active participant
2023$2,169 per active participant
2022$1,715 per active participant

Couchbase, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $3,635 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 · 20241
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$5,775

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$5,775 · 0.01%
2023$5,031 · 0.01%
2022$3,936 · 0.01%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 263576987 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.