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Custom Bandag, Inc.401(k)

CUSTOM BANDAG, INC. 401(K) SALARY REDUCTION PLAN AND TRUST · LINDEN, NJ · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
1.41%

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

Custom Bandag, Inc. reported $67,299 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 1.41% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $171 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 1.29% to 1.41%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other retail trade employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in New Jersey (1,866th of 2,419), and 3,727th of 5,215 in retail trade. In 2024, employees put in $3.31 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$5,110,431
Participants with balances105
Active participants316
Employer contributions$54,182
Employee contributions$179,534
Employer contribution per active participant$171
Average account balance$48,671
Benefits paid to participants$156,499
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorGELTRUDE & COMPANY, LLC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$5.1M · 105 accts · $54K emplr
2023$4.5M · 107 accts · $54K emplr
2022$3.8M · 109 accts · $59K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$35,576
Investment management$31,723
Total administrative$67,299
The Custom Bandag, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$171
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$171 per active participant
2023$143 per active participant
2022$189 per active participant

Custom Bandag, 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.

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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
KESTRA ADVISOTY SERVICES · 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.

Recordkeeper by year2
2024John Hancock
2023John Hancock

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Administrative cost history3
2024$67,299 · 1.41%
2023$57,949 · 1.40%
2022$54,321 · 1.29%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 222084422 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.