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Empire Today, LLC401(k)

EMPIRE TODAY, LLC 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · NORTHLAKE, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.42%

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

Empire Today, LLC reported $260,319 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.42% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,017 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 0.61% to 0.42%. 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 765th-largest of 3,702 plans among Illinois employers on file, and the 543rd of 5,215 in retail trade. In 2024, employees put in $2.98 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 1,522 to 1,714 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$63,668,104
Participants with balances1,674
Active participants1,714
Employer contributions$1,743,280
Employee contributions$5,187,979
Employer contribution per active participant$1,017
Average account balance$38,034
Benefits paid to participants$10,415,450
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$63.7M · 1,674 accts · $1.7M emplr
2023$60.2M · 1,792 accts · $3.6M emplr
2022$47.4M · 1,852 accts · $3.5M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$190,857
Investment management$68,812
Total administrative$260,319
The Empire Today, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,017
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$1,017 per active participant
2023$2,296 per active participant
2022$2,328 per active participant

Empire Today, LLC'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
EMPOWER ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Recordkeeping$190,858
MERRILL LYNCH PIERCE FENNER & SMITH · Investment advisory (plan)$68,812

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Empower
2023Prudential

This plan has changed recordkeepers within these filings. If you left Empire Today, LLC before a switch, your account may sit at the earlier firm or in a rollover IRA. Looking for an account from a past job here? How to find an old 401(k).

Administrative cost history3
2024$260,319 · 0.42%
2023$262,110 · 0.49%
2022$299,502 · 0.61%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 364281606 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.