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Freshpet, Inc.401(k)

FRESHPET, INC. 401(K) PLAN · SECAUCUS, NJ · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.43%

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

Freshpet, Inc. reported $251,369 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.43% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $3,052 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 0.430%. 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 482nd-largest of 2,419 plans among New Jersey employers on file, and the 2,558th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.81 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 991 to 1,284 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$66,398,465
Participants with balances1,418
Active participants1,284
Employer contributions$3,919,337
Employee contributions$7,106,524
Employer contribution per active participant$3,052
Average account balance$46,825
Benefits paid to participants$4,939,110
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorWISS & COMPANY LLP CPA
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$66.4M · 1,418 accts · $3.9M emplr
2023$50.4M · 1,168 accts · $3.1M emplr
2022$37.1M · 1,096 accts · $2.5M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$155,200
Investment management$96,169
Total administrative$251,369
The Freshpet, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,052
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$3,052 per active participant
2023$2,924 per active participant
2022$2,562 per active participant

Freshpet, Inc.'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 · 20243
ADP, INC. · Loan processing · Recordkeeping$155,200
MERRILL LYNCH PIERCE FENNER & SMITH · Recordkeeping · Pension consulting$96,169
ADP BROKER-DEALER · Other servicesindirect comp

Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.

Recordkeeper by year2
2024ADP, Bank of America / Merrill
2023ADP, Bank of America / Merrill

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Administrative cost history3
2024$251,369 · 0.43%
2023$197,768 · 0.45%
2022$160,738 · 0.43%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 201884894 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.