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Franchise Group, Inc.401(k)

FRANCHISE GROUP, INC. 401(K) PLAN · DELAWARE, OH · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.25%

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

Franchise Group, Inc. reported $367,887 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.25% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $0 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 0.39% to 0.22%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 9,317 comparable plans and shown alongside other retail trade employers. By assets it is the 263rd-largest of 3,295 plans among Ohio employers on file, and the 258th of 5,215 in retail trade.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$158,166,073
Participants with balances3,533
Active participants11,705
Employer contributions$0
Employee contributions$11,337,008
Employer contribution per active participant$0
Average account balance$44,768
Benefits paid to participants$17,738,253
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorCARON AND BLETZER PLLC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$148.6M · 3,075 accts
2023$158.2M · 3,533 accts
2022$140.5M · 3,814 accts
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$251,852
Investment management$100,850
Audit (IQPA)$15,185
Total administrative$367,887
The Franchise Group, Inc. 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$0
Median for plans this size$3,659

Franchise Group, Inc.'s 2023 employer contribution ran below the $3,659 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 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20234
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$252,561
MORGAN STANLEY SMITH BARNEY LLC · Investment advisory (participants)$100,141
CARON & BLETZER, PLLC · Accounting / audit$8,050
CARON & BLETZER PLLC · Accounting / audit$7,135

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$340,395 · 0.22%
2023$367,887 · 0.25%
2022$468,443 · 0.39%
Same employer
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Discount Drug Mart, Inc. OH$169.4M · 0.10%
Carter-Jones Companies, Inc. OH$167.4M · 0.10%
Phoenix Retail, LLC OH$141.0M · 0.09%
Express, LLC OH$138.0M · 0.11%
Carepathrx Midco Inc. OH$132.7M · 0.24%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 273561876 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.