Plan Ledger DOL Form 5500 · updated monthly

Hft Holdings, Inc.401(k)

HARBOR FREIGHT TOOLS RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · CALABASAS, CA · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.16%

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

Hft Holdings, Inc. reported $690,299 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.16% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,350 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 0.17% to 0.16%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 230 comparable plans and shown alongside other retail trade employers. By assets it is the 274th-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and the 120th of 5,215 in retail trade. In 2025, employees put in $1.80 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 17,561 to 20,470 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$473,943,152
Participants with balances10,853
Active participants20,470
Employer contributions$27,631,404
Employee contributions$49,669,795
Employer contribution per active participant$1,350
Average account balance$43,669
Benefits paid to participants$47,054,323
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$473.9M · 10,853 accts · $27.6M emplr
2024$368.5M · 10,121 accts · $24.4M emplr
2023$275.2M · 8,405 accts · $20.1M emplr
2022$190.2M · 7,309 accts · $16.7M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2025
Recordkeeping & contract admin$675,159
Investment management$14,250
Total administrative$690,299
The Hft Holdings, Inc. 401(k) match · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$1,350
Median for plans this size$4,295
2025$1,350 per active participant
2024$1,136 per active participant
2023$1,018 per active participant
2022$950 per active participant

Hft Holdings, Inc.'s 2025 employer contribution ran below the $4,295 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 2025 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20252
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$675,159
CAPFINANCIAL PARTNERS, L · Investment advisory (plan)$14,250

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

Administrative cost history4
2025$690,299 · 0.16%
2024$551,429 · 0.17%
2023$398,949 · 0.17%
2022$324,817 · 0.17%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 272501498 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.