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North State Grocery, Inc.ESOP

NORTH STATE GROCERY, INC. EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN · COTTONWOOD, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.01%

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

North State Grocery, Inc. reported $12,188 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.01% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,032 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 0.02% to 0.01%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other retail trade employers. By assets it is the 1,027th-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and the 386th of 5,215 in retail trade. active participation has grown from 525 to 583 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$97,574,982
Participants with balances921
Active participants583
Employer contributions$1,184,702
Employee contributions—
Employer contribution per active participant$2,032
Average account balance$105,945
Benefits paid to participants$4,292,901
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$97.6M · 921 accts · $1.2M emplr
2023$97.3M · 880 accts · $4.0M emplr
2022$80.3M · 880 accts · $4.7M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$12,188
Total administrative$12,188
Employer contributions to the North State Grocery, Inc. plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,032
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$2,032 per active participant
2023$7,241 per active participant
2022$9,024 per active participant

North State Grocery, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $3,635 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 · 20241
TRANSITION FINANCE STRATEGIES$12,188

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$12,188 · 0.01%
2023$15,230 · 0.02%
2022$13,205 · 0.02%
All plans at this employer2
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NORTH STATE GROCERY, INC. EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLANESOP
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 680173691 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.