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Gfs Chemicals, Inc.401(k)

GFS CHEMICALS, INC. PROFIT SHARING AND 401(K) RETIREMENT PLANS · POWELL, OH · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.22%

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

Gfs Chemicals, Inc. reported $36,922 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.22% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $4,902 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 0.27% to 0.22%. 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 1,413th-largest of 3,295 plans among Ohio employers on file, and the 6,269th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, the employer put in $1.35 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves; active participation has grown from 119 to 146 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$18,325,967
Participants with balances178
Active participants146
Employer contributions$715,644
Employee contributions$532,027
Employer contribution per active participant$4,902
Average account balance$102,955
Benefits paid to participants$1,634,995
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorPW PARTNERS
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$18.3M · 178 accts · $716K emplr
2023$15.9M · 158 accts · $669K emplr
2022$15.5M · 157 accts · $572K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$5,775
Investment management$31,147
Total administrative$36,922
The Gfs Chemicals, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$4,902
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$4,902 per active participant
2023$5,722 per active participant
2022$4,809 per active participant

Gfs Chemicals, 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
CAPFINANCIAL PARTNERS LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$27,002
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$5,775

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$36,922 · 0.22%
2023$35,101 · 0.22%
2022$48,662 · 0.27%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 314405875 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.