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Noodles & Company401(k)

NOODLES & COMPANY 401(K) PLAN · BROOMFIELD, CO · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.60%

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

Noodles & Company reported $144,542 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.60% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $96 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 0.96% to 0.60%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other accommodation & food services employers. By assets it is the 421st-largest of 1,461 plans among Colorado employers on file, and the 242nd of 2,240 in accommodation & food services. In 2024, employees put in $6.52 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 3,349 to 3,846 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$25,462,918
Participants with balances1,172
Active participants3,846
Employer contributions$369,464
Employee contributions$2,408,046
Employer contribution per active participant$96
Average account balance$21,726
Benefits paid to participants$3,365,602
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$25.5M · 1,172 accts · $369K emplr
2023$23.1M · 1,199 accts · $385K emplr
2022$19.4M · 1,215 accts · $375K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$79,750
Investment management$58,912
Audit (IQPA)$5,880
Total administrative$144,542
The Noodles & Company 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$96
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$96 per active participant
2023$105 per active participant
2022$112 per active participant

Noodles & Company'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
STANCORP FINANCIAL GROUP · Claims processing · Recordkeeping$148,199
NFP RETIREMENT INC · Accounting / audit · Investment advisory (plan)$62,842

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$144,542 · 0.60%
2023$202,665 · 0.95%
2022$195,905 · 0.96%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 841303469 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.