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Kreher Steel Company, LLC401(k)

KREHER STEEL 401(K) PLAN · MELROSE PARK, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.55%

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

Kreher Steel Company, LLC reported $83,686 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.55% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,899 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 0.49% to 0.55%. 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 among the smaller plans on file in Illinois (1,928th of 3,702), and 2,268th of 4,246 in wholesale trade. In 2024, employees put in $1.95 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$16,008,753
Participants with balances196
Active participants173
Employer contributions$501,610
Employee contributions$976,319
Employer contribution per active participant$2,899
Average account balance$81,677
Benefits paid to participants$2,074,176
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history2
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$16.0M · 196 accts · $502K emplr
2023$14.6M · 216 accts · $537K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$83,686
Total administrative$83,686
The Kreher Steel Company, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,899
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$2,899 per active participant
2023$2,811 per active participant

Kreher Steel Company, LLC'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.

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$83,686
CREATIVE PLANNING, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)indirect comp

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

Administrative cost history2
2024$83,686 · 0.55%
2023$71,574 · 0.49%
Same employer
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S&S Truck Parts LLC IL$16.7M · 0.10%
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Supplycore Inc. IL$16.1M · 0.62%
N. Kohl Grocer Co., Inc. IL$15.4M · 0.36%
Northside Imports, Inc. IL$15.2M · 0.05%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 364073568 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.