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Gerten Greenhouses & Garden Center, Inc.401(k)

GERTENS FAMILY OF BUSINESSES RETIREMENT PLAN · INVER GROVE HEIGHTS, MN · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.14%

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

Gerten Greenhouses & Garden Center, Inc. reported $58,876 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.14% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $4,788 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 fell from 0.24% to 0.14%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other retail trade employers. By assets it is the 519th-largest of 1,918 plans among Minnesota employers on file, and the 683rd of 5,215 in retail trade. In 2024, employees put in $1.09 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 249 to 284 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$46,820,285
Participants with balances386
Active participants284
Employer contributions$1,359,922
Employee contributions$1,476,423
Employer contribution per active participant$4,788
Average account balance$121,296
Benefits paid to participants$521,738
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$46.8M · 386 accts · $1.4M emplr
2023$37.9M · 357 accts · $1.2M emplr
2022$29.5M · 306 accts · $998K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$13,876
Investment management$45,000
Total administrative$58,876
The Gerten Greenhouses & Garden Center, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$4,788
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$4,788 per active participant
2023$4,319 per active participant
2022$4,008 per active participant

Gerten Greenhouses & Garden Center, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 median for plans its size, placing it in the top 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 · 20242
STANCORP FINANCIAL GROUP · Claims processing · Recordkeeping$47,698
MMA SECURITIES LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$45,000

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024The Standard
2023Securian

This plan has changed recordkeepers within these filings. If you left Gerten Greenhouses & Garden Center, Inc. before a switch, your account may sit at the earlier firm or in a rollover IRA. Looking for an account from a past job here? How to find an old 401(k).

Administrative cost history3
2024$58,876 · 0.14%
2023$82,225 · 0.24%
2022$76,589 · 0.24%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 411387373 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.