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Gulf Coast Motor Sales Inc.401(k)

PALMER COMPANIES 401K RETIREMENT PLAN · MOBILE, AL · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.03%

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

Gulf Coast Motor Sales Inc. reported $3,096 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.03% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $626 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 fell from 0.07% to 0.03%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 809 comparable plans and shown alongside other retail trade employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Alabama (453rd of 902), and the 2,570th of 5,215 in retail trade. In 2025, employees put in $5.31 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 298 to 250 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$10,350,961
Participants with balances150
Active participants250
Employer contributions$156,465
Employee contributions$830,307
Employer contribution per active participant$626
Average account balance$69,006
Benefits paid to participants$1,880,285
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorREYNOLDS BONE AND GRIESBECK PLC
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$10.4M · 150 accts · $156K emplr
2024$9.6M · 188 accts · $147K emplr
2023$9.1M · 170 accts · $161K emplr
2022$7.1M · 178 accts · $166K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2025
Recordkeeping & contract admin$3,096
Total administrative$3,096
The Gulf Coast Motor Sales Inc. 401(k) match · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$626
Median for plans this size$1,464
2025$626 per active participant
2024$495 per active participant
2023$546 per active participant
2022$559 per active participant

Gulf Coast Motor Sales Inc.'s 2025 employer contribution ran below the $1,464 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.

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Annual cost at the plan's reported 2025 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20251
AMERICAN UNITED LIFE INSURANCE CO · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$4,746

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

Recordkeeper by year3
2025OneAmerica
2024OneAmerica
2023OneAmerica

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Administrative cost history4
2025$3,096 · 0.03%
2024$1,398 · 0.01%
2023$2,224 · 0.03%
2022$5,600 · 0.07%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 650452841 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.