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Freedman Seating Company401(k)

FREEDMAN SEATING COMPANY 401(K) PLAN · CHICAGO, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.40%

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

Freedman Seating Company reported $112,870 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.40% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,168 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 rose from 0.22% to 0.40%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 1,315th-largest of 3,702 plans among Illinois employers on file, and the 4,480th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.98 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 511 to 641 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$30,095,833
Participants with balances342
Active participants641
Employer contributions$748,663
Employee contributions$1,484,434
Employer contribution per active participant$1,168
Average account balance$88,000
Benefits paid to participants$2,032,587
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorRUBINBROWN
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$30.1M · 342 accts · $749K emplr
2023$26.9M · 389 accts · $633K emplr
2022$23.5M · 365 accts · $582K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$46,991
Investment management$65,879
Total administrative$112,870
The Freedman Seating Company 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,168
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,168 per active participant
2023$1,118 per active participant
2022$1,138 per active participant

Freedman Seating Company's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 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 · 20244
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment management$52,075
ONEDIGITAL INVESTMENT ADVISORS LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$13,804
EQUITABLE ADVISORS LLCindirect 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$112,870 · 0.40%
2023$59,625 · 0.24%
2022$58,060 · 0.22%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 362276977 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.