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Ken Garner Manufacturing, Inc401(k)

KEN GARNER MANUFACTURING 401(K) PLAN · CHATTANOOGA, TN · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.32%

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

Ken Garner Manufacturing, Inc reported $30,251 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.32% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $5,699 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 0.11% to 0.32%. 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 Tennessee (850th of 1,496), and 8,959th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, the employer put in $1.58 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves; active participation has shrunk from 164 to 116 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$9,662,606
Participants with balances182
Active participants116
Employer contributions$661,120
Employee contributions$418,950
Employer contribution per active participant$5,699
Average account balance$53,091
Benefits paid to participants$1,738,131
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorELLIOT DAVIS, LLC/PLLC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$9.7M · 182 accts · $661K emplr
2023$9.2M · 207 accts · $662K emplr
2022$7.3M · 218 accts · $577K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$30,251
Total administrative$30,251
The Ken Garner Manufacturing, Inc 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$5,699
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$5,699 per active participant
2023$3,943 per active participant
2022$3,521 per active participant

Ken Garner Manufacturing, Inc's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $1,313 median for plans its size, placing it in the top 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
STANCORP FINANCIAL GROUP · Claims processing · Recordkeeping$24,706
ACUMEN WEALTH ADVISORS · Investment advisory (plan)$27,602

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024The Standard
2023Securian

This plan has changed recordkeepers within these filings. If you left Ken Garner Manufacturing, Inc before a switch, your account may sit at the earlier firm or in a rollover IRA. Looking for an account from a past job here? How to find an old 401(k).

Administrative cost history3
2024$30,251 · 0.32%
2023$10,750 · 0.13%
2022$8,659 · 0.11%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 621549355 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.