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Eastern Propane Gas, Inc.401(k)

EASTERN PROPANE 401(K) PLAN · ROCHESTER, NH · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.20%

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

Eastern Propane Gas, Inc. reported $160,966 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.20% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $4,034 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 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio rose from 0.16% to 0.20%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 605 comparable plans and shown alongside other retail trade employers. By assets it is the 44th-largest of 411 plans among New Hampshire employers on file, and the 423rd of 5,215 in retail trade. In 2025, employees put in $1.82 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 437 to 497 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$84,955,706
Participants with balances616
Active participants497
Employer contributions$2,004,769
Employee contributions$3,650,861
Employer contribution per active participant$4,034
Average account balance$137,915
Benefits paid to participants$10,203,628
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorCARON AND BLETZER, PLLC
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$85.0M · 616 accts · $2.0M emplr
2024$77.0M · 586 accts · $1.9M emplr
2023$72.3M · 622 accts · $1.7M emplr
2022$62.8M · 529 accts · $1.5M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2025
Recordkeeping & contract admin$74,018
Investment management$46,248
Audit (IQPA)$12,000
Total administrative$160,966
The Eastern Propane Gas, Inc. 401(k) match · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$4,034
Median for plans this size$4,093
2025$4,034 per active participant
2024$3,913 per active participant
2023$3,636 per active participant
2022$3,517 per active participant

Eastern Propane Gas, Inc.'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
COMMONWEALTH EQUITY SERVICES LLC DB · Investment advisory (plan)$46,248
CARON & BLETZER, PLLC · Accounting / audit$12,000
WELLS FARGO ADVISORS LLCindirect comp

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

Administrative cost history4
2025$160,966 · 0.20%
2024$128,050 · 0.17%
2023$115,290 · 0.17%
2022$111,573 · 0.16%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 042125425 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.