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Franchise Management Services, Inc.401(k)

FRANCHISE MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC. 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · OCEAN CITY, MD · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.71%

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

Franchise Management Services, Inc. reported $80,672 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.71% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,480 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 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio has held roughly steady near 0.71%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other accommodation & food services employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Maryland (860th of 1,671), and the 465th of 2,240 in accommodation & food services. In 2024, employees put in $1.79 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 295 to 341 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$12,772,977
Participants with balances266
Active participants341
Employer contributions$504,763
Employee contributions$904,105
Employer contribution per active participant$1,480
Average account balance$48,019
Benefits paid to participants$387,252
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorWEYRICH, CRONIN & SORRA, LLC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$12.8M · 266 accts · $505K emplr
2023$10.1M · 251 accts · $484K emplr
2022$7.9M · 240 accts · $419K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$2,700
Investment management$5,577
Total administrative$80,672
The Franchise Management Services, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,480
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,480 per active participant
2023$1,551 per active participant
2022$1,420 per active participant

Franchise Management Services, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 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.

Administrative cost history3
2024$80,672 · 0.71%
2023$63,240 · 0.71%
2022$63,352 · 0.69%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 522329836 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.