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Metro Storage LLC401(k)

METRO STORAGE LLC 401(K) PLAN · LAKE FOREST, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.47%

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

Metro Storage LLC reported $42,478 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.47% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,443 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 0.69% to 0.47%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other real estate & leasing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Illinois (2,444th of 3,702), and 1,146th of 2,096 in real estate & leasing. In 2024, employees put in $2.69 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 177 to 99 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$9,388,132
Participants with balances87
Active participants99
Employer contributions$241,892
Employee contributions$651,024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,443
Average account balance$107,910
Benefits paid to participants$1,709,260
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorRSM US LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$9.4M · 87 accts · $242K emplr
2023$8.8M · 117 accts · $248K emplr
2022$7.2M · 121 accts · $243K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$28,543
Investment management$13,935
Total administrative$42,478
The Metro Storage LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,443
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$2,443 per active participant
2023$1,444 per active participant
2022$1,372 per active participant

Metro Storage LLC'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 · 20243
MMA SECURITIES · Investment advisory (plan)$13,000
BLUE CHIP RETIREMENT PLANS, INC. · Contract administrator$225

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$42,478 · 0.47%
2023$42,188 · 0.53%
2022$54,201 · 0.69%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 364370276 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.