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Frontier Cooperative401(k)

FRONTIER COOPERATIVE 401(K) PLAN · NORWAY, IA · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.24%

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

Frontier Cooperative reported $138,937 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.24% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,207 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 fell from 0.28% to 0.24%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 605 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 148th-largest of 878 plans among Iowa employers on file, and the 2,643rd of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2025, employees put in $2.17 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 507 to 579 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$63,990,326
Participants with balances792
Active participants579
Employer contributions$1,277,689
Employee contributions$2,768,020
Employer contribution per active participant$2,207
Average account balance$80,796
Benefits paid to participants$3,670,116
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorDAHM, KNAPP, & ASSOCIATES, PC
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$64.0M · 792 accts · $1.3M emplr
2024$53.6M · 693 accts · $1.1M emplr
2023$47.6M · 659 accts · $1.1M emplr
2022$41.8M · 671 accts · $1.1M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2025
Recordkeeping & contract admin$86,448
Investment management$52,489
Total administrative$138,937
The Frontier Cooperative 401(k) match · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$2,207
Median for plans this size$4,093
2025$2,207 per active participant
2024$2,109 per active participant
2023$2,171 per active participant
2022$2,182 per active participant

Frontier Cooperative's 2025 employer contribution ran below the $4,093 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 2025 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20252
COMMONWEALTH EQUITY SERVICES LLC DB · Investment advisory (plan)$52,489

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

Administrative cost history4
2025$138,937 · 0.24%
2024$127,995 · 0.25%
2023$117,351 · 0.26%
2022$124,569 · 0.28%
Similar plansManufacturing · Iowa
Pmx Industries, Inc. IA$66.7M · 0.23%
Ligon Industries IA$65.2M · 0.57%
Gelita USA, Inc. IA$64.0M · 0.13%
Siegwerk USA Inc. IA$58.6M · 0.21%
Future Foam, Inc. IA$58.1M · 0.12%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 203013069 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.