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Creative Planning LLC401(k)

CREATIVE PLANNING COMPANIES EMPLOYER RETIREMENT CONTRIBUTION PLAN · OVERLAND PARK, KS · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.08%

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

Creative Planning LLC reported $268,216 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.08% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $5,480 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 fell from 0.12% to 0.08%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 230 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is the 17th-largest of 828 plans among Kansas employers on file, and the 380th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2025, employees put in $2.40 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 1,412 to 2,667 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$371,197,413
Participants with balances2,666
Active participants2,667
Employer contributions$14,614,564
Employee contributions$35,062,260
Employer contribution per active participant$5,480
Average account balance$139,234
Benefits paid to participants$13,746,477
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorUHY LLP
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$371.2M · 2,666 accts · $14.6M emplr
2024$269.6M · 2,251 accts · $11.2M emplr
2023$199.3M · 2,124 accts · $8.7M emplr
2022$104.1M · 1,474 accts · $6.4M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2025
Recordkeeping & contract admin$268,216
Total administrative$268,216
The Creative Planning LLC 401(k) match · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$5,480
Median for plans this size$4,295
2025$5,480 per active participant
2024$5,000 per active participant
2023$4,152 per active participant
2022$4,504 per active participant

Creative Planning LLC's 2025 employer contribution ran above the $4,295 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 2025 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20252
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator$268,215
CREATIVE PLANNING, LLC · Investment advisory (participants)indirect comp

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

Administrative cost history4
2025$268,216 · 0.08%
2024$210,066 · 0.09%
2023$126,851 · 0.08%
2022$119,870 · 0.12%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 431270780 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.