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Pipeline Video Inspection, LLC dba Aims Companies401(k)

AIMS COMPANIES 401(K) PLAN · SCOTTSDALE, AZ · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
1.16%

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

Pipeline Video Inspection, LLC dba Aims Companies reported $47,526 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 1.16% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $673 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 1.01% to 1.16%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Arizona (862nd of 1,285), and 9,943rd of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $2.65 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$4,621,590
Participants with balances157
Active participants389
Employer contributions$261,696
Employee contributions$693,182
Employer contribution per active participant$673
Average account balance$29,437
Benefits paid to participants$367,683
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$4.6M · 157 accts · $262K emplr
2023$3.6M · 133 accts · $244K emplr
2022$2.6M · 135 accts · $189K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$16,183
Investment management$31,343
Total administrative$47,526
The Pipeline Video Inspection, LLC dba Aims Companies 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$673
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$673 per active participant
2023$649 per active participant
2022$520 per active participant

Pipeline Video Inspection, LLC dba Aims Companies'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.

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 · 20243
CREATIVE PLANNING LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$25,601
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment management$5,742

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$47,526 · 1.16%
2023$32,430 · 1.05%
2022$25,379 · 1.01%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 134313472 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.