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Empire Landscape, LLC401(k)

EMPIRE LANDSCAPE, LLC 401(K) PLAN · SILVER SPRING, MD · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
2.06%

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

Empire Landscape, LLC reported $36,725 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 2.06% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,976 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 has held roughly steady near 2.06%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other administrative & support services employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Maryland (1,531st of 1,671), and 1,955th of 2,534 in administrative & support services. In 2024, the employer put in $2.66 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$1,932,218
Participants with balances130
Active participants125
Employer contributions$371,966
Employee contributions$139,875
Employer contribution per active participant$2,976
Average account balance$14,863
Benefits paid to participants$351,784
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorALBRIGHT,CRUMBACKER,MOUL&ITELL,LLC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$1.9M · 130 accts · $372K emplr
2023$1.6M · 125 accts · $241K emplr
2022$1.4M · 139 accts · $397K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$27,662
Investment management$9,063
Total administrative$36,725
The Empire Landscape, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,976
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$2,976 per active participant
2023$2,537 per active participant
2022$3,256 per active participant

Empire Landscape, LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $1,313 median for plans its size, placing it in the top 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 · 20244
JOHN HANCOCK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Recordkeeping · Investment managementindirect comp
EDWARD D. JONES & CO., L.P. · Investment advisory (participants)$8,701
WILSHIRE ASSOCIATES INC(USA) · Investment advisory (participants)$363

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024John Hancock
2023John Hancock

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Administrative cost history3
2024$36,725 · 2.06%
2023$32,957 · 2.20%
2022$29,768 · 2.03%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 061766080 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.