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Pq LLC401(k)

PQ PERFORMANCE CHEMICAL SAVINGS PLAN · MALVERN, PA · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.11%

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

Pq LLC reported $78,126 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.11% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $6,532 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 1 year on file its reported administrative ratio rose from 0.10% to 0.11%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 9,317 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 607th-largest of 3,651 plans among Pennsylvania employers on file, and the 2,391st of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2023, employees put in $1.34 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$72,855,451
Participants with balances333
Active participants303
Employer contributions$1,979,252
Employee contributions$2,643,600
Employer contribution per active participant$6,532
Average account balance$218,785
Benefits paid to participants$8,901,647
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorURISH POPECK & CO., LLC
Plan history2
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2023$72.9M · 333 accts · $2.0M emplr
2022$66.2M · 339 accts · $3.1M emplr
The Pq LLC 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$6,532
Median for plans this size$3,659
2023$6,532 per active participant
2022$9,639 per active participant

Pq LLC's 2023 employer contribution ran above the $3,659 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 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20232
THE VANGUARD GROUP, INC. · Recordkeeping · Trustee (directed)$30,859
VANGUARD ADVISERS INC. · Investment advisory (participants)$49,118

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

Administrative cost history2
2023$78,126 · 0.11%
2022$67,041 · 0.10%
Same employer
Similar plansManufacturing · Pennsylvania
Potters Industries, LLC PA$77.6M · 0.02%
Nlmk USA, LLC PA$74.6M · 0.08%
Streamlight, Inc. PA$74.0M · 0.04%
Truck-Lite Co., LLC PA$69.7M · 0.24%
Polymer Enterprises, Inc. PA$68.4M · 0.27%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 230972750 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.