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I&I Sales Group LLC dba Forward Solutions401(k)

FORWARD SOLUTIONS 401(K) PLAN · HERSHEY, PA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.13%

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

I&I Sales Group LLC dba Forward Solutions reported $49,438 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.13% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $3,222 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 rose from 0.02% to 0.13%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other wholesale trade employers. By assets it is the 958th-largest of 3,651 plans among Pennsylvania employers on file, and the 1,035th of 4,246 in wholesale trade. In 2024, employees put in $2.19 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 258 to 515 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$40,116,489
Participants with balances436
Active participants515
Employer contributions$1,659,165
Employee contributions$3,626,537
Employer contribution per active participant$3,222
Average account balance$92,010
Benefits paid to participants$5,467,406
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$40.1M · 436 accts · $1.7M emplr
2023$33.5M · 384 accts · $1.5M emplr
2022$21.6M · 235 accts · $511K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$49,438
Total administrative$49,438
The I&I Sales Group LLC dba Forward Solutions 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,222
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$3,222 per active participant
2023$3,263 per active participant
2022$1,980 per active participant

I&I Sales Group LLC dba Forward Solutions's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 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.

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Service providers · 20243

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$49,438 · 0.13%
2023$36,233 · 0.13%
2022$5,137 · 0.02%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 821854323 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.