Designer Brands Inc.401(k)
DESIGNER BRANDS INC. 401(K) PLAN · COLUMBUS, OH · plan year 2024
Peer grade: C+ · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works
Designer Brands Inc. reported $298,016 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.13% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $644 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 fell from 0.15% to 0.13%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other retail trade employers. By assets it is the 187th-largest of 3,295 plans among Ohio employers on file, and the 188th of 5,215 in retail trade. In 2024, employees put in $2.26 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 7,474 to 10,332 since 2022.
Designer Brands Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $3,635 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.
Annual cost at the plan's reported 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.
Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 310746639 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.