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Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory401(k)

ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHOCOLATE FACTORY, INC. 401(K) PLAN · DURANGO, CO · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.55%

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

Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory reported $57,975 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.55% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $510 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 0.02% to 0.55%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Colorado (759th of 1,461), and 8,493rd of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $6.49 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 133 to 108 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$10,693,795
Participants with balances171
Active participants108
Employer contributions$55,042
Employee contributions$357,296
Employer contribution per active participant$510
Average account balance$62,537
Benefits paid to participants$913,776
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$10.7M · 171 accts · $55K emplr
2023$10.2M · 187 accts · $57K emplr
2022$8.7M · 209 accts · $69K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$54,336
Investment management$3,639
Total administrative$57,975
The Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$510
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$510 per active participant
2023$535 per active participant
2022$522 per active participant

Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 median for plans its size, in the bottom 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.

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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
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$54,336

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$57,975 · 0.55%
2023$19,299 · 0.20%
2022$1,701 · 0.02%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 840910696 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.