Plan Ledger DOL Form 5500 · updated monthly

Northern Sales Company, Inc.401(k)

NORTHERN SALES COMPANY 401(K) PLAN · KENT, WA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.05%

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

Northern Sales Company, Inc. reported $4,359 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.05% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $393 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.

The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other wholesale trade employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Washington (1,121st of 1,714), and 3,048th of 4,246 in wholesale trade. In 2024, employees put in $1.98 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$9,048,835
Participants with balances117
Active participants217
Employer contributions$85,353
Employee contributions$169,105
Employer contribution per active participant$393
Average account balance$77,340
Benefits paid to participants$661,807
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$2,038
Investment management$2,321
Total administrative$4,359
The Northern Sales Company, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$393
Median for plans this size$1,313

Northern Sales Company, 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.

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

Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.

Administrative cost history1
2024$4,359 · 0.05%
Same employer
Similar plansWholesale Trade · Washington
Fungi Perfecti, LLC WA$10.7M · 0.16%
C. Stein, Inc. dba Csb WA$10.2M · 0.59%
Baden Sports, Inc. WA$9.8M · 0.03%
Masons Supply Company WA$9.0M · 0.57%
Wilmar, LLC WA$7.9M · 0.08%

Why are you looking at this plan?

Compare

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 203951202 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.