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First Business Financial Services401(k)

FIRST BUSINESS FINANCIAL SERVICES 401(K) PLAN · MADISON, WI · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.03%

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

First Business Financial Services reported $24,462 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.03% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $8,933 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 0.04% to 0.03%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is the 237th-largest of 1,936 plans among Wisconsin employers on file, and the 1,056th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2024, employees put in $1.18 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$93,830,846
Participants with balances440
Active participants344
Employer contributions$3,072,870
Employee contributions$3,620,628
Employer contribution per active participant$8,933
Average account balance$213,252
Benefits paid to participants$6,275,426
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$93.8M · 440 accts · $3.1M emplr
2023$79.8M · 423 accts · $3.0M emplr
2022$62.6M · 411 accts · $3.2M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$7,104
Trustee / custodial$17,358
Total administrative$24,462
The First Business Financial Services 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$8,933
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$8,933 per active participant
2023$8,800 per active participant
2022$9,650 per active participant

First Business Financial Services's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $3,635 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 · 20243
FIRST BUSINESS TRUST & INVESTMENTS · Trustee$24,462
CHARLES SCHWAB TRUST BANK · Custodial (securities)indirect comp

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$24,462 · 0.03%
2023$25,542 · 0.04%
2022$26,205 · 0.04%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 391576570 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.