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Grand Central Inc401(k)

GRAND CENTRAL, INC. 401(K) RETIREMENT PLAN · DETROIT LAKES, MN · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.02%

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

Grand Central Inc reported $1,003 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.02% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $472 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 0.025% to 0.022%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other retail trade employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Minnesota (1,610th of 1,918), and 3,839th of 5,215 in retail trade. In 2024, employees put in $4.27 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 108 to 121 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$4,735,436
Participants with balances102
Active participants121
Employer contributions$57,083
Employee contributions$243,564
Employer contribution per active participant$472
Average account balance$46,426
Benefits paid to participants$602,100
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$4.7M · 102 accts · $57K emplr
2023$4.5M · 101 accts · $53K emplr
2022$3.9M · 105 accts · $54K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$1,003
Total administrative$1,003
The Grand Central Inc 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$472
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$472 per active participant
2023$467 per active participant
2022$499 per active participant

Grand Central Inc's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $1,313 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 · 20241
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator$1,003

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$1,003 · 0.02%
2023$1,818 · 0.04%
2022$1,048 · 0.02%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 270021477 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.