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Euromarket Designs, Inc. D.B.A. Crate & Barrel, CB2, and Hudson Grace401(k)

CRATE AND BARREL RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · NORTHBROOK, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.32%

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

Euromarket Designs, Inc. D.B.A. Crate & Barrel, CB2, and Hudson Grace reported $1,044,675 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.32% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,249 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 rose from 0.28% to 0.32%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 2,883 comparable plans and shown alongside other retail trade employers. By assets it is the 217th-largest of 3,702 plans among Illinois employers on file, and the 148th of 5,215 in retail trade. In 2024, employees put in $3.07 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$343,436,081
Participants with balances9,107
Active participants7,357
Employer contributions$9,190,005
Employee contributions$28,221,377
Employer contribution per active participant$1,249
Average account balance$37,711
Benefits paid to participants$37,431,729
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorWIPFLI LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$343.4M · 9,107 accts · $9.2M emplr
2023$304.8M · 9,224 accts · $8.5M emplr
2022$260.9M · 9,795 accts · $8.7M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$588,382
Investment management$433,549
Audit (IQPA)$22,444
Total administrative$1,044,675
The Euromarket Designs, Inc. D.B.A. Crate & Barrel, CB2, and Hudson Grace 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,249
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$1,249 per active participant
2023$1,149 per active participant
2022$1,093 per active participant

Euromarket Designs, Inc. D.B.A. Crate & Barrel, CB2, and Hudson Grace's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $4,294 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 · 20244
EMPOWER ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY O · Loan processing$801,870
MESIROW FINANCIAL INVESTMENT MANAGE · Investment management$383,549
CREATIVE PLANNING HOLDCO LLC DBA CR · Investment advisory (plan)$50,000
WIPFLI LLP · Accounting / audit$19,000

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$1,044,675 · 0.32%
2023$1,002,417 · 0.35%
2022$783,681 · 0.28%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 362492854 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.