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Hy-Vee, Inc.401(k)

THE HY-VEE AND AFFILIATES 401(K) PLAN · WEST DES MOINES, IA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.11%

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

Hy-Vee, Inc. reported $3,431,910 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.11% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $684 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 fell from 0.13% to 0.11%. The plan sits in the over $1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 1,229 comparable plans and shown alongside other retail trade employers. By assets it is the 4th-largest of 878 plans among Iowa employers on file, and the 24th of 5,215 in retail trade. In 2024, employees put in $2.93 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$3,108,416,900
Participants with balances57,133
Active participants55,933
Employer contributions$38,243,626
Employee contributions$111,976,547
Employer contribution per active participant$684
Average account balance$54,407
Benefits paid to participants$282,339,573
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorRSM US LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$3.1B · 57,133 accts · $38.2M emplr
2023$2.9B · 57,001 accts · $36.7M emplr
2022$2.4B · 56,784 accts · $35.0M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$3,421,365
Total administrative$3,431,910
The Hy-Vee, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$684
Median for plans this size$5,259
2024$684 per active participant
2023$654 per active participant
2022$607 per active participant

Hy-Vee, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $5,259 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
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$3,418,998
SOWELL FINANCIAL INC · Investment advisory (plan)$5,349

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$3,431,910 · 0.11%
2023$3,112,231 · 0.12%
2022$3,089,967 · 0.13%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 420325638 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.