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Harlows School Bus Service401(k)

HARLOWS SCHOOL BUS SERVICE INC 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN & TRUST · BISMARCK, ND · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
1.56%

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

Harlows School Bus Service reported $27,962 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 1.56% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $109 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 1.26% to 1.56%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other transportation & warehousing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in North Dakota (265th of 279), and 2,114th of 2,677 in transportation & warehousing. In 2024, employees put in $3.50 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 599 to 725 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$1,967,067
Participants with balances0
Active participants725
Employer contributions$79,103
Employee contributions$277,218
Employer contribution per active participant$109
Average account balance—
Benefits paid to participants$221,681
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$0 · $3K emplr
2024$2.0M · $79K emplr
2023$1.6M · 456 accts · $68K emplr
2022$1.2M · 482 accts · $59K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$12,664
Investment management$14,438
Trustee / custodial$860
Total administrative$27,962
The Harlows School Bus Service 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$109
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$109 per active participant
2023$101 per active participant
2022$99 per active participant

Harlows School Bus Service'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 · 20242
PAYCHEX, INC. · Recordkeeping$10,429
PACKERLAND BROKERAGE SERVICES INC. · Investment advisory (participants)$12,437

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Paychex
2023PACKERLAND BROKERAGE SERVICES INC., Paychex

This plan has changed recordkeepers within these filings. If you left Harlows School Bus Service before a switch, your account may sit at the earlier firm or in a rollover IRA. Looking for an account from a past job here? How to find an old 401(k).

Administrative cost history4
2025Not separately reported
2024$27,962 · 1.56%
2023$21,792 · 1.54%
2022$14,946 · 1.26%
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Beco, Inc. ND$6.6M · 0.36%
S & S Transport, Inc. ND$4.4M · 0.66%
Hofmann Trucking, LLC ND$2.7M · 0.06%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 450392022 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.