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Northern Tool & Equipment Company, Inc.401(k)

NORTHERN TOOL & EQUIPMENT COMPANY, INC. 401(K) PLAN · BURNSVILLE, MN · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.17%

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

Northern Tool & Equipment Company, Inc. reported $168,593 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.17% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $922 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 0.00% to 0.17%. 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 271st-largest of 1,918 plans among Minnesota employers on file, and the 366th of 5,215 in retail trade. In 2024, employees put in $3.22 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 3,219 to 2,630 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$104,026,208
Participants with balances3,225
Active participants2,630
Employer contributions$2,425,490
Employee contributions$7,798,625
Employer contribution per active participant$922
Average account balance$32,256
Benefits paid to participants$12,371,936
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$104.0M · 3,225 accts · $2.4M emplr
2023$94.3M · 3,380 accts · $2.4M emplr
2022$85.6M · 3,812 accts · $387K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$158,190
Investment management$10,403
Total administrative$168,593
The Northern Tool & Equipment Company, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$922
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$922 per active participant
2023$910 per active participant
2022$120 per active participant

Northern Tool & Equipment Company, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $3,635 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
EMPOWER ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY O · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$154,250
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment management · Investment advisory (participants)$10,403

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Empower
2023Empower

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Administrative cost history3
2024$168,593 · 0.17%
2023$143,920 · 0.16%
2022$4,539 · 0.00%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 411405311 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.