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Forward Air Corporation401(k)

FORWARD AIR CORPORATION 401(K) PLAN · GREENEVILLE, TN · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.29%

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

Forward Air Corporation reported $372,237 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.29% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $625 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 0.36% to 0.29%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other transportation & warehousing employers. By assets it is the 134th-largest of 1,496 plans among Tennessee employers on file, and the 201st of 2,677 in transportation & warehousing. In 2024, employees put in $5.78 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 4,004 to 3,436 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$128,518,032
Participants with balances4,056
Active participants3,436
Employer contributions$2,146,497
Employee contributions$12,399,299
Employer contribution per active participant$625
Average account balance$31,686
Benefits paid to participants$28,644,984
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$128.5M · 4,056 accts · $2.1M emplr
2023$126.1M · 4,589 accts · $2.5M emplr
2022$105.1M · 4,694 accts · $2.3M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$372,237
Total administrative$372,237
The Forward Air Corporation 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$625
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$625 per active participant
2023$645 per active participant
2022$584 per active participant

Forward Air Corporation'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 · 20243
SAGEVIEW ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$69,976
SAGEVIEW ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment management$11,607

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$372,237 · 0.29%
2023$336,702 · 0.29%
2022$408,932 · 0.36%
Similar plansTransportation & Warehousing · Tennessee
Averitt Express, Inc. TN$775.2M · 0.13%
Geodis Logistics, LLC TN$341.3M · 0.31%
Transcore, LP TN$230.2M · 0.07%
Big G Holdings, Inc. TN$88.5M · 0.09%
Covenant Transport, Inc. TN$85.1M · 0.29%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 621120025 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.