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Lakeshore Recycling Systems401(k)

LAKESHORE RECYCLING SYSTEMS 401(K) PLAN · ROSEMONT, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.77%

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

Lakeshore Recycling Systems reported $193,906 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.77% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,225 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 0.35% to 0.77%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other administrative & support services employers. By assets it is the 1,373rd-largest of 3,702 plans among Illinois employers on file, and the 474th of 2,534 in administrative & support services. In 2024, employees put in $1.47 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 1,662 to 1,257 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$28,184,770
Participants with balances771
Active participants1,257
Employer contributions$2,796,608
Employee contributions$4,117,762
Employer contribution per active participant$2,225
Average account balance$36,556
Benefits paid to participants$5,154,091
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorTHE VANDERBLOEMEN GROUP, LLC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$28.2M · 771 accts · $2.8M emplr
2023$22.1M · 745 accts · $2.9M emplr
2022$12.1M · 633 accts · $1.4M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$102,318
Investment management$26,157
Total administrative$193,906
The Lakeshore Recycling Systems 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,225
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$2,225 per active participant
2023$1,690 per active participant
2022$819 per active participant

Lakeshore Recycling Systems's 2024 employer contribution ran below 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
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$102,318
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$26,157

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$193,906 · 0.77%
2023$64,503 · 0.38%
2022$37,633 · 0.35%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 900905125 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.