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Lowes Companies Inc401(k) + ESOP (KSOP)

LOWES 401(K) PLAN · MOORESVILLE, NC · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.01%

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

Lowes Companies Inc reported $1,136,505 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.01% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $741 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 0.02% to 0.01%. 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 8th-largest of 2,005 plans among North Carolina employers on file, and the 10th of 5,215 in retail trade. In 2024, employees put in $2.13 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$8,584,946,338
Participants with balances140,573
Active participants263,650
Employer contributions$195,258,548
Employee contributions$416,792,880
Employer contribution per active participant$741
Average account balance$61,071
Benefits paid to participants$1,120,849,220
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$8.6B · 140,573 accts · $195.3M emplr
2023$8.1B · 147,562 accts · $196.4M emplr
2022$7.4B · 149,935 accts · $199.8M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$1,136,505
Total administrative$1,136,505
The Lowes Companies Inc 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$741
Median for plans this size$5,259
2024$741 per active participant
2023$735 per active participant
2022$724 per active participant

Lowes Companies 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$1,136,347
METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Insurance services$116,239

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$1,136,505 · 0.01%
2023$1,175,633 · 0.02%
2022$1,296,177 · 0.02%
Same employer
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Sap America, Inc. PA$9.2B · 0.05%
Wawa, Inc. PA$5.4B · 0.03%
Winco Holdings, Inc. ID$5.0B · 0.00%
Starbucks Corporation WA$4.9B · 0.08%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 560578072 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.