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Hott Associates, Inc.401(k)

HOTT ASSOCIATES, INC. 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN AND TRUST · MLDDLEBURG HEIGHTS, OH · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.87%

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

Hott Associates, Inc. reported $21,121 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.87% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $645 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 1 year on file its reported administrative ratio rose from 0.73% to 0.87%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 809 comparable plans and shown alongside other administrative & support services employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Ohio (2,926th of 3,295), and 1,826th of 2,534 in administrative & support services. In 2025, employees put in $1.66 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$2,613,019
Participants with balances156
Active participants144
Employer contributions$92,941
Employee contributions$154,103
Employer contribution per active participant$645
Average account balance$16,750
Benefits paid to participants$170,912
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history2
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$2.6M · 156 accts · $93K emplr
2024$2.2M · 105 accts · $83K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2025
Recordkeeping & contract admin$15,381
Investment management$5,740
Total administrative$21,121
The Hott Associates, Inc. 401(k) match · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$645
Median for plans this size$1,464
2025$645 per active participant
2024$570 per active participant

Hott Associates, 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.

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
NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL WEALTH MGMT CO · Investment advisory (plan)$5,740

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024ADP
2023ADP

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Administrative cost history2
2025$21,121 · 0.87%
2024$15,398 · 0.73%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 341821072 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.