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Quaker Chemical Corporation401(k)

QUAKER HOUGHTON RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · CONSHOHOCKEN, PA · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.08%

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

Quaker Chemical Corporation reported $221,739 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.08% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $6,029 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 rose from 0.06% to 0.08%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 230 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 225th-largest of 3,651 plans among Pennsylvania employers on file, and the 924th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2025, employees put in $1.62 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$274,157,393
Participants with balances1,557
Active participants1,111
Employer contributions$6,698,253
Employee contributions$10,823,290
Employer contribution per active participant$6,029
Average account balance$176,081
Benefits paid to participants$46,218,399
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$274.2M · 1,557 accts · $6.7M emplr
2024$264.3M · 1,602 accts · $6.9M emplr
2023$251.9M · 1,557 accts · $6.3M emplr
2022$224.8M · 1,520 accts · $5.8M emplr
The Quaker Chemical Corporation 401(k) match · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$6,029
Median for plans this size$4,295
2025$6,029 per active participant
2024$5,846 per active participant
2023$5,551 per active participant
2022$5,243 per active participant

Quaker Chemical Corporation's 2025 employer contribution ran above the $4,295 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 2025 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20252
THE VANGUARD GROUP, INC. · Recordkeeping · Consulting$145,273
VANGUARD ADVISERS INC. · Investment advisory (participants)$82,701

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

Recordkeeper by year3
2025Vanguard
2024Vanguard
2023Vanguard

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Administrative cost history4
2025$221,739 · 0.08%
2024$205,690 · 0.08%
2023$176,264 · 0.07%
2022$158,592 · 0.06%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 230993790 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.