Plan Ledger DOL Form 5500 · updated monthly

Flexible Steel Lacing Company401(k)

FLEXCO 401(K) PLAN · DOWNERS GROVE, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.07%

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

Flexible Steel Lacing Company reported $67,263 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.07% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,094 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 0.10% to 0.07%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 546th-largest of 3,702 plans among Illinois employers on file, and the 1,850th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $4.75 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$104,420,904
Participants with balances529
Active participants465
Employer contributions$973,863
Employee contributions$4,629,530
Employer contribution per active participant$2,094
Average account balance$197,393
Benefits paid to participants$8,153,151
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$104.4M · 529 accts · $974K emplr
2023$95.6M · 537 accts · $920K emplr
2022$82.1M · 549 accts · $934K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$67,263
Total administrative$67,263
The Flexible Steel Lacing Company 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,094
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$2,094 per active participant
2023$1,992 per active participant
2022$1,961 per active participant

Flexible Steel Lacing Company's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $3,635 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.

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
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$67,263
CREATIVE PLANNING, LLC · Investment advisory (participants)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$67,263 · 0.07%
2023$97,755 · 0.11%
2022$95,537 · 0.10%
Same employer
Similar plansManufacturing · Illinois
Nufarm Americas Inc. IL$105.3M · 0.02%
Provisur Technologies, Inc. IL$102.8M · 0.01%
Smalley Steel Ring Co IL$100.1M · 0.10%

Why are you looking at this plan?

Compare

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 361085010 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.