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Hirzel Canning Co. & Farms401(k)

HIRZEL CANNING CO. & FARMS 401(K) RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · NORTHWOOD, OH · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.15%

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

Hirzel Canning Co. & Farms reported $12,017 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.15% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $815 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 has held roughly steady near 0.154%. 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 Ohio (2,165th of 3,295), and 9,549th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $3.64 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$8,274,865
Participants with balances133
Active participants136
Employer contributions$110,798
Employee contributions$403,844
Employer contribution per active participant$815
Average account balance$62,217
Benefits paid to participants$667,949
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorWILLIAM VAUGHAN CO.
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$8.3M · 133 accts · $111K emplr
2023$7.3M · 143 accts · $109K emplr
2022$6.2M · 150 accts · $103K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$652
Total administrative$12,017
The Hirzel Canning Co. & Farms 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$815
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$815 per active participant
2023$801 per active participant
2022$827 per active participant

Hirzel Canning Co. & Farms'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
HIRZEL CANNING COMPANY$11,365
CAPITAL GROUP RETIREMENT PLAN SVCS. · Trustee (directed) · Other services$652

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$12,017 · 0.15%
2023$5,699 · 0.08%
2022$10,425 · 0.15%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 344412827 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.