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Metrolube Enterprises, Inc.401(k)

THE METROLUBE COMPANIES 401(K) PLAN · MARLBOROUGH, MA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
1.55%

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

Metrolube Enterprises, Inc. reported $50,917 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 1.55% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $326 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 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio has held roughly steady near 1.55%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other other services employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Massachusetts (2,448th of 2,726), and 2,557th of 3,341 in other services. In 2024, employees put in $3.80 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 327 to 555 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$3,506,469
Participants with balances548
Active participants555
Employer contributions$181,071
Employee contributions$687,600
Employer contribution per active participant$326
Average account balance$6,399
Benefits paid to participants$798,557
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorCARON&BLETZER,PLLC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$3.5M · 548 accts · $181K emplr
2023$3.1M · 457 accts · $146K emplr
2022$2.3M · 361 accts · $130K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$49,421
Investment management$1,496
Total administrative$50,917
The Metrolube Enterprises, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$326
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$326 per active participant
2023$343 per active participant
2022$396 per active participant

Metrolube Enterprises, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $1,313 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.

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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 · 20241
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$49,421

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$50,917 · 1.55%
2023$40,625 · 1.52%
2022$34,749 · 1.50%
Similar plansOther Services · Massachusetts
Dependable Cleaners, Inc. MA$4.0M · 0.25%
Examity, Inc. MA$3.4M · 0.39%
Masschallenge, Inc. MA$3.2M · 0.75%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 550844814 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.