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Germain Motor Company401(k)

GERMAIN RETIREMENT SECURITY SAVINGS PLAN · COLUMBUS, OH · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.62%

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

Germain Motor Company reported $346,093 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.62% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,030 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 0.58% to 0.62%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other retail trade employers. By assets it is the 570th-largest of 3,295 plans among Ohio employers on file, and the 572nd of 5,215 in retail trade. In 2024, employees put in $3.59 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 1,008 to 1,548 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$59,708,648
Participants with balances2,025
Active participants1,548
Employer contributions$1,594,030
Employee contributions$5,725,118
Employer contribution per active participant$1,030
Average account balance$29,486
Benefits paid to participants$6,899,659
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorARY ROEPCKE MULCHAEY, P.C.
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$59.7M · 2,025 accts · $1.6M emplr
2023$52.7M · 1,701 accts · $1.5M emplr
2022$41.1M · 1,398 accts · $1.3M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$81,673
Investment management$247,550
Trustee / custodial$16,870
Total administrative$346,093
The Germain Motor Company 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,030
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$1,030 per active participant
2023$1,268 per active participant
2022$1,338 per active participant

Germain Motor Company's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $3,635 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 · 20243
SCHNEIDER DOWNS RET. SOLUTIONS · Recordkeeping$81,673
SCHNEIDER DOWNS WEALTH MGMT ADV. · Investment advisory (participants) · Investment advisory (plan)$247,550
CHARLES SCHWAB TRUST COMPANY · Custodial (securities) · Trustee$16,870

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024SCHNEIDER DOWNS RET. SOLUTIONS
2023SCHNEIDER DOWNS RET. SOLUTIONS

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Administrative cost history3
2024$346,093 · 0.62%
2023$279,521 · 0.60%
2022$254,035 · 0.58%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 314368856 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.