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Driven Brands Inc.401(k)

DRIVEN BRANDS, INC. EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · CHARLOTTE, NC · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.34%

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

Driven Brands Inc. reported $247,197 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.34% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $782 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 0.39% to 0.34%. 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 252nd-largest of 2,005 plans among North Carolina employers on file, and the 448th of 5,215 in retail trade. In 2024, employees put in $1.84 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$79,888,817
Participants with balances2,431
Active participants6,716
Employer contributions$5,252,092
Employee contributions$9,686,560
Employer contribution per active participant$782
Average account balance$32,863
Benefits paid to participants$13,605,097
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$79.9M · 2,431 accts · $5.3M emplr
2023$66.2M · 2,152 accts · $5.0M emplr
2022$45.3M · 1,423 accts · $2.3M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$247,197
Total administrative$247,197
The Driven Brands Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$782
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$782 per active participant
2023$677 per active participant
2022$331 per active participant

Driven 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.

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 · 20242
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$247,197
UBS FINANCIAL SERVICES INC · Investment advisory (plan)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 history3
2024$247,197 · 0.34%
2023$301,236 · 0.54%
2022$181,360 · 0.39%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 200381531 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.