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Eckart America Corporation401(k)

ECKART AMERICA 401(K) PLAN · PAINESVILLE, OH · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.09%

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

Eckart America Corporation reported $29,832 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.09% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $3,584 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 0.11% to 0.09%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 26,779 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 860th-largest of 3,295 plans among Ohio employers on file, and the 3,983rd of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2023, employees put in $2.18 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 168 to 202 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$35,584,255
Participants with balances266
Active participants202
Employer contributions$723,945
Employee contributions$1,578,953
Employer contribution per active participant$3,584
Average account balance$133,775
Benefits paid to participants$1,128,069
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorROOT, SPITZNAS & SMILEY
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$33.2M · 244 accts · $472K emplr
2023$35.6M · 266 accts · $724K emplr
2022$28.7M · 276 accts · $758K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$29,832
Total administrative$29,832
The Eckart America Corporation 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$3,584
Median for plans this size$2,440
2024$2,458 per active participant
2023$3,584 per active participant
2022$4,512 per active participant

Eckart America Corporation's 2023 employer contribution ran above the $2,440 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 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20232
TRANSAMERICA RETIREMENT SOLUTIONS · Claims processing · Recordkeeping$29,832
NATIONAL FINANCIAL SERVICES · Securities brokerageindirect comp

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Transamerica
2023Transamerica

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Administrative cost history3
2024$30,637 · 0.09%
2023$29,832 · 0.09%
2022$34,913 · 0.11%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 311563138 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.