Defender Industries Inc401(k)
DEFENDER INDUSTRIES INC 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN & TRUST · WATERFORD, CT · plan year 2022
Peer grade: B · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works
Defender Industries Inc reported $1,227 in plan administrative expenses for 2022: 0.02% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $530 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.
The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 30,021 comparable plans and shown alongside other retail trade employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Connecticut (909th of 1,106), and 3,751st of 5,215 in retail trade. In 2022, employees put in $6.72 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.
Defender Industries Inc's 2022 employer contribution ran below the $1,114 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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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 135545607 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.