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Direct Distributors, Inc.401(k)

DIRECT DISTRIBUTORS, INC. 401(K) PLAN · GARNER, NC · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.79%

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

Direct Distributors, Inc. reported $88,467 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.79% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,001 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 0.66% to 0.79%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other retail trade employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in North Carolina (1,014th of 2,005), and the 2,296th of 5,215 in retail trade. In 2024, employees put in $2.57 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$11,859,483
Participants with balances282
Active participants280
Employer contributions$280,267
Employee contributions$720,289
Employer contribution per active participant$1,001
Average account balance$42,055
Benefits paid to participants$761,018
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorMPCOMPANY LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$11.9M · 282 accts · $280K emplr
2023$10.5M · 320 accts · $272K emplr
2022$9.4M · 252 accts · $270K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$38,606
Investment management$30,936
Audit (IQPA)$18,925
Total administrative$88,467
The Direct Distributors, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,001
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,001 per active participant
2023$969 per active participant
2022$927 per active participant

Direct Distributors, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 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.

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
FIRST CITIZENS BANK AND TRUST CO · Investment advisory (plan)$30,000
MP COMPANY LLP MPC CERTIFIED PUBLIC · Accounting / audit$18,925
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment management$936

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$88,467 · 0.79%
2023$75,033 · 0.75%
2022$70,534 · 0.66%
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Pella Carolina, Inc. NC$12.4M · 0.35%
Boone Drugs, Inc. NC$11.2M · 0.08%
Entrust Global Group LLC NC$10.2M · 1.14%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 560985207 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.