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Dowding Industries, Inc.401(k)

DOWDING INDUSTRIES, INC. 401(K) PROFIT-SHARING PLAN · EATON RAPIDS, MI · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.43%

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

Dowding Industries, Inc. reported $33,229 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.43% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,807 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 0.17% to 0.43%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Michigan (1,661st of 2,619), and 9,473rd of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.72 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 177 to 198 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$8,437,415
Participants with balances150
Active participants198
Employer contributions$357,711
Employee contributions$616,383
Employer contribution per active participant$1,807
Average account balance$56,249
Benefits paid to participants$445,961
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$8.4M · 150 accts · $358K emplr
2023$6.9M · 127 accts · $350K emplr
2022$5.3M · 127 accts · $311K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$33,229
Total administrative$33,229
The Dowding Industries, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,807
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$1,807 per active participant
2023$1,805 per active participant
2022$1,755 per active participant

Dowding Industries, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $1,313 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.

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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 · 20241
PROACCOUNT$30,779

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$33,229 · 0.43%
2023$19,885 · 0.32%
2022$9,432 · 0.17%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 381959129 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.