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Douglas Dynamics, L.L.C.401(k)

DOUGLAS DYNAMICS, L.L.C. 401(K) PLAN · MILWAUKEE, WI · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.17%

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

Douglas Dynamics, L.L.C. reported $281,383 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.17% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $3,112 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 $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 605 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 148th-largest of 1,936 plans among Wisconsin employers on file, and the 1,268th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2025, employees put in $1.86 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$177,769,988
Participants with balances2,015
Active participants1,675
Employer contributions$5,212,204
Employee contributions$9,701,160
Employer contribution per active participant$3,112
Average account balance$88,223
Benefits paid to participants$20,462,915
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2025
Recordkeeping & contract admin$281,383
Total administrative$281,383
The Douglas Dynamics, L.L.C. 401(k) match · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$3,112
Median for plans this size$4,093

Douglas Dynamics, L.L.C.'s 2025 employer contribution ran below the $4,093 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 2025 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20254
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$281,383
DOUGLAS DYNAMICS LLC · Other servicesindirect comp
SPECIALIZED RETIREMENT CONSULTANTS · Investment advisory (plan)indirect comp
MORNINGSTAR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT L · Investment advisory (participants)indirect comp

Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.

Administrative cost history1
2025$281,383 · 0.17%
Similar plansManufacturing · Wisconsin
Rockline Industries, Inc. WI$178.2M · 0.13%
Plastic Ingenuity, Inc. WI$178.2M · 0.13%
Discovery Energy LLC WI$177.6M · 0.10%
Douglas Dynamics, L.L.C. WI$157.9M · 0.19%
Enerpac Tool Group Corp WI$149.2M · 0.04%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 134275891 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.