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Midwest Hardwood Company LLC401(k)

MIDWEST HARDWOOD COMPANY 401(K) PLAN · MAPLE GROVE, MN · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.23%

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

Midwest Hardwood Company LLC reported $56,871 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.23% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $219 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 0.40% to 0.23%. 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 the 755th-largest of 1,918 plans among Minnesota employers on file, and the 1,504th of 4,246 in wholesale trade. In 2024, employees put in $14.70 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$26,386,015
Participants with balances449
Active participants571
Employer contributions$124,987
Employee contributions$1,837,666
Employer contribution per active participant$219
Average account balance$58,766
Benefits paid to participants$2,115,533
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorCHIAMPOU TRAVIS BESAW & KERSHNER LL
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$26.4M · 449 accts · $125K emplr
2023$22.8M · 185 accts · $70K emplr
2022$19.2M · 197 accts · $69K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$56,871
Total administrative$56,871
The Midwest Hardwood Company LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$219
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$219 per active participant
2023$133 per active participant
2022$131 per active participant

Midwest Hardwood Company LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 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$57,546
WILSHIRE ADVISORS LLC · Investment advisory (plan)indirect comp

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$56,871 · 0.23%
2023$63,311 · 0.30%
2022$84,032 · 0.40%
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Hartfiel Automation, Inc. MN$27.3M · 0.10%
Dick Family, Inc. MN$25.6M · 0.01%
Applied Products, Inc. MN$24.1M · 0.13%
Herregan Distributors, Inc. MN$23.4M · 0.11%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 871042445 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.