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Grote Industries, LLC401(k)

GROTE INDUSTRIES FACTORY EMPLOYEES' 401(K) SAVINGS PLAN · MADISON, IN · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.41%

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

Grote Industries, LLC reported $20,362 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.41% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $740 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 0.36% to 0.41%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Indiana (1,178th of 1,562), and 11,197th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $2.09 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$5,010,371
Participants with balances221
Active participants222
Employer contributions$164,262
Employee contributions$343,096
Employer contribution per active participant$740
Average account balance$22,671
Benefits paid to participants$518,863
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorBARNES DENNIG CO LTD
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$5.0M · 221 accts · $164K emplr
2023$4.9M · 244 accts · $159K emplr
2022$4.2M · 190 accts · $160K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$20,362
Total administrative$20,362
The Grote Industries, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$740
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$740 per active participant
2023$726 per active participant
2022$757 per active participant

Grote Industries, LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $1,313 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 · 20242
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator$22,145
MORNINGSTAR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT L · Investment advisory (participants)indirect comp

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$20,362 · 0.41%
2023$20,018 · 0.44%
2022$16,189 · 0.36%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 352001929 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.