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Hargrove and Associates, Inc.401(k)

HARGROVE 401(K) PLAN AND TRUST · MOBILE, AL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.14%

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

Hargrove and Associates, Inc. reported $323,673 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.14% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,658 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 0.19% to 0.14%. 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 37th-largest of 902 plans among Alabama employers on file, and the 665th of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $4.03 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 2,151 to 2,473 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$250,881,015
Participants with balances2,864
Active participants2,473
Employer contributions$6,573,857
Employee contributions$26,514,181
Employer contribution per active participant$2,658
Average account balance$87,598
Benefits paid to participants$23,858,510
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorHARDING, SHYMANSKI & COMPANY, PSC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$250.9M · 2,864 accts · $6.6M emplr
2023$203.8M · 2,885 accts · $6.6M emplr
2022$151.2M · 2,717 accts · $3.5M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$197,903
Investment management$125,770
Total administrative$323,673
The Hargrove and Associates, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,658
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$2,658 per active participant
2023$2,673 per active participant
2022$1,637 per active participant

Hargrove and Associates, Inc.'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
REGIONS BANK · Investment advisory (plan)$70,000
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$55,770

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$323,673 · 0.14%
2023$250,480 · 0.14%
2022$296,479 · 0.19%
All plans at this employer2
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 721352530 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.