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Design Collective, Inc.ESOP

DESIGN COLLECTIVE, INC. EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN · BALTIMORE, MD · plan year 2022

Reported admin expense ratio · 2022
0.38%

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

Design Collective, Inc. reported $30,915 in plan administrative expenses for 2022: 0.38% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $10,246 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 0.38% to 0.53%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 30,021 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Maryland (1,115th of 1,671), and 8,848th of 11,654 in professional & technical services.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$7,568,975
Participants with balances132
Active participants69
Employer contributions$706,975
Employee contributions—
Employer contribution per active participant$10,246
Average account balance$57,341
Benefits paid to participants$390,254
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$6.5M · 125 accts · $333K emplr
2023$6.5M · 132 accts
2022$7.6M · 132 accts · $707K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2022
Recordkeeping & contract admin$17,545
Professional / advisory$13,250
Total administrative$30,915
Employer contributions to the Design Collective, Inc. plan · 2022
Employer contribution per active participant$10,246
Median for plans this size$1,114
2024$5,051 per active participant
2022$10,246 per active participant

Design Collective, Inc.'s 2022 employer contribution ran above the $1,114 median for plans its size, placing it in the top 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.

What these fees cost you

Annual cost at the plan's reported 2022 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Administrative cost history3
2024$34,230 · 0.53%
2023$37,195 · 0.53%
2022$30,915 · 0.38%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 521158977 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.