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Norwood Sales, Inc.401(k)

NORWOOD SALES INC PROFIT SHARING/401K PLAN · HORACE, ND · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.69%

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

Norwood Sales, Inc. reported $51,530 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.69% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,613 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 0.76% to 0.69%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other agriculture, forestry & fishing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in North Dakota (198th of 279), and 517th of 945 in agriculture, forestry & fishing. In 2024, employees put in $1.78 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 191 to 138 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$8,069,188
Participants with balances188
Active participants138
Employer contributions$360,613
Employee contributions$640,392
Employer contribution per active participant$2,613
Average account balance$42,921
Benefits paid to participants$988,741
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$8.1M · 188 accts · $361K emplr
2023$6.8M · 217 accts · $430K emplr
2022$5.2M · 223 accts · $349K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$30,426
Investment management$21,104
Total administrative$51,530
The Norwood Sales, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,613
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$2,613 per active participant
2023$2,703 per active participant
2022$1,828 per active participant

Norwood Sales, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $1,313 median for plans its size, placing it in the top 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$30,426
FIRST INTERNATIONAL BANK AND TRUST · Investment advisory (plan)$21,104

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024The Standard
2023The Standard

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Administrative cost history3
2024$51,530 · 0.69%
2023$50,775 · 0.85%
2022$39,984 · 0.76%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 450444903 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.