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Norwalk Furniture Inc.401(k)

NORWALK FURNITURE INC. 401(K) PLAN · NORWALK, OH · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.88%

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

Norwalk Furniture Inc. reported $38,040 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.88% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $672 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 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio has held roughly steady near 0.88%. 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 Ohio (2,636th of 3,295), and 3,733rd of 4,246 in wholesale trade. In 2024, employees put in $2.29 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 269 to 221 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$4,337,464
Participants with balances181
Active participants221
Employer contributions$148,467
Employee contributions$340,650
Employer contribution per active participant$672
Average account balance$23,964
Benefits paid to participants$1,025,231
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorPAYNE, NICKLES, & COMPANY
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$4.3M · 181 accts · $148K emplr
2023$4.3M · 189 accts · $147K emplr
2022$3.6M · 209 accts · $151K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$4,780
Investment management$33,260
Total administrative$38,040
The Norwalk Furniture Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$672
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$672 per active participant
2023$609 per active participant
2022$562 per active participant

Norwalk Furniture Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $1,313 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.

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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
ALERUS FINANCIAL, N.A. · Recordkeeping · Trustee$38,038

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Alerus
2023Alerus

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Administrative cost history3
2024$38,040 · 0.88%
2023$35,714 · 0.91%
2022$32,406 · 0.91%
All plans at this employer2
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 263402928 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.