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Data Business Equipment, Inc.401(k)

DATA BUSINESS EQUIPMENT, INC. RETIREMENT PLAN · DES MOINES, IA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.50%

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

Data Business Equipment, Inc. reported $97,239 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.50% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,932 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 0.47% to 0.50%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other wholesale trade employers. By assets it is the 388th-largest of 878 plans among Iowa employers on file, and the 1,834th of 4,246 in wholesale trade. In 2024, employees put in $2.04 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 184 to 217 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$20,716,754
Participants with balances234
Active participants217
Employer contributions$636,155
Employee contributions$1,296,337
Employer contribution per active participant$2,932
Average account balance$88,533
Benefits paid to participants$1,600,699
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$20.7M · 234 accts · $636K emplr
2023$18.0M · 223 accts · $562K emplr
2022$14.9M · 199 accts · $456K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$25,447
Investment management$58,288
Total administrative$97,239
The Data Business Equipment, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,932
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$2,932 per active participant
2023$2,823 per active participant
2022$2,479 per active participant

Data Business Equipment, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 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 · 20244
RETIRERIGHT LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$48,229
NA NA$13,504
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment management$10,059

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$97,239 · 0.50%
2023$82,890 · 0.50%
2022$68,480 · 0.47%
Same employer
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The Vernon Company IA$21.1M · 0.11%
Igd Industries, Inc. IA$20.5M · 0.42%
O'Rourke Bros., Inc. IA$18.9M · 0.34%
Loffredo Gardens, Inc. IA$18.0M · 0.06%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 420937053 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.