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Ghafari Associates, LLC401(k)

GHAFARI COMPANIES 401(K) PLAN · DEARBORN, MI · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.14%

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

Ghafari Associates, LLC reported $146,476 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.14% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $3,171 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 0.142%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is the 278th-largest of 2,619 plans among Michigan employers on file, and the 1,421st of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $4.58 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 615 to 434 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$106,588,945
Participants with balances705
Active participants434
Employer contributions$1,376,094
Employee contributions$6,298,206
Employer contribution per active participant$3,171
Average account balance$151,190
Benefits paid to participants$17,536,380
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$106.6M · 705 accts · $1.4M emplr
2023$99.6M · 781 accts · $1.1M emplr
2022$80.6M · 749 accts · $980K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$4,832
Investment management$141,644
Total administrative$146,476
The Ghafari Associates, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,171
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$3,171 per active participant
2023$1,882 per active participant
2022$1,594 per active participant

Ghafari Associates, LLC'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
GREGORY J. SCHWARTZ & CO. · Investment advisory (plan)$118,809
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$22,835
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$4,941

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$146,476 · 0.14%
2023$127,488 · 0.14%
2022$125,564 · 0.14%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 383530824 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.