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Nielsen Consumer LLC401(k)

NIELSENIQ 401(K) SAVINGS PLAN · CHICAGO, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.04%

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

Nielsen Consumer LLC reported $249,718 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.04% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $3,144 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 rose from 0.036% to 0.041%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 2,883 comparable plans and shown alongside other information & media employers. By assets it is the 115th-largest of 3,702 plans among Illinois employers on file, and the 68th of 2,199 in information & media. In 2024, employees put in $3.66 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$738,372,418
Participants with balances3,951
Active participants2,727
Employer contributions$8,574,554
Employee contributions$31,356,712
Employer contribution per active participant$3,144
Average account balance$186,882
Benefits paid to participants$52,636,890
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$738.4M · 3,951 accts · $8.6M emplr
2023$467.9M · 3,179 accts · $8.4M emplr
2022$386.8M · 3,175 accts · $7.9M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$214,718
Total administrative$249,718
The Nielsen Consumer LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,144
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$3,144 per active participant
2023$3,323 per active participant
2022$3,022 per active participant

Nielsen Consumer LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $4,294 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
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$214,718
WILLIS TOWERS WATSON · Investment advisory (plan)$35,000

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$249,718 · 0.04%
2023$180,658 · 0.04%
2022$150,057 · 0.04%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 845108832 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.