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Markstein Sales Co.401(k)

MARKSTEIN BEVERAGE CO. 401(K) RETIREMENT PLAN · ANTIOCH, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.44%

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

Markstein Sales Co. reported $51,364 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.44% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,443 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 0.51% to 0.44%. 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 California (4,944th of 9,483), and 2,661st of 4,246 in wholesale trade. In 2024, employees put in $3.34 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 139 to 175 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$12,134,187
Participants with balances211
Active participants175
Employer contributions$252,569
Employee contributions$842,736
Employer contribution per active participant$1,443
Average account balance$57,508
Benefits paid to participants$1,294,534
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$12.1M · 211 accts · $253K emplr
2023$11.0M · 216 accts · $202K emplr
2022$8.7M · 209 accts · $284K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$51,364
Total administrative$51,364
The Markstein Sales Co. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,443
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,443 per active participant
2023$1,163 per active participant
2022$2,046 per active participant

Markstein Sales Co.'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
TRANSAMERICA RETIREMENT SOLUTIONS · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$51,289
ABD RETIREMENT SERVICES, INC. · Insurance broker · Insurance servicesindirect comp

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Transamerica
2023Transamerica

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Administrative cost history3
2024$51,364 · 0.44%
2023Not separately reported
2022$48,989 · 0.51%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 941307057 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.