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Houston Plating & Coatings, LLC401(k)

HOUSTON PLATING AND COATINGS 401(K) PLAN · SOUTH HOUSTON, TX · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.71%

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

Houston Plating & Coatings, LLC reported $52,877 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.71% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,675 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 4 years on file its reported administrative ratio has held roughly steady near 0.71%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 809 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Texas (3,357th of 5,688), and 9,587th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2025, employees put in $1.54 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$8,196,513
Participants with balances131
Active participants141
Employer contributions$236,123
Employee contributions$362,454
Employer contribution per active participant$1,675
Average account balance$62,569
Benefits paid to participants$150,176
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorWEINSTEIN SPIRA & COMPANY, P.C.
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$8.2M · 131 accts · $236K emplr
2024$6.8M · 119 accts · $221K emplr
2023$6.3M · 121 accts · $212K emplr
2022$5.7M · 119 accts · $208K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2025
Recordkeeping & contract admin$30,417
Investment management$22,460
Total administrative$52,877
The Houston Plating & Coatings, LLC 401(k) match · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$1,675
Median for plans this size$1,464
2025$1,675 per active participant
2024$1,474 per active participant
2023$1,410 per active participant
2022$1,464 per active participant

Houston Plating & Coatings, LLC's 2025 employer contribution ran above the $1,464 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 2025 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20252
JOHN HANCOCK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Recordkeeping · Investment management$30,146
HANCOCK WHITNEY BANK · Investment advisory (participants)$22,460

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

Recordkeeper by year3
2025John Hancock
2024John Hancock
2023John Hancock

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Administrative cost history4
2025$52,877 · 0.71%
2024$49,375 · 0.75%
2023$43,128 · 0.72%
2022$42,610 · 0.68%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 050542096 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.