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Smart & Final LLC401(k)

SMART & FINAL 401(K) SAVINGS PLAN · CITY OF COMMERCE, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.22%

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

Smart & Final LLC reported $813,474 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.22% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,060 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 0.30% to 0.22%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 2,883 comparable plans and shown alongside other retail trade employers. By assets it is the 337th-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and the 137th of 5,215 in retail trade. In 2024, employees put in $2.85 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 11,226 to 9,837 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$386,527,233
Participants with balances16,470
Active participants9,837
Employer contributions$10,427,316
Employee contributions$29,713,062
Employer contribution per active participant$1,060
Average account balance$23,469
Benefits paid to participants$42,464,101
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$386.5M · 16,470 accts · $10.4M emplr
2023$344.4M · 14,986 accts · $9.4M emplr
2022$290.1M · 14,306 accts · $9.7M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$735,948
Investment management$62,276
Audit (IQPA)$15,250
Total administrative$813,474
The Smart & Final LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,060
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$1,060 per active participant
2023$914 per active participant
2022$866 per active participant

Smart & Final LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $4,294 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.

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 · 20244
TRANSAMERICA RETIREMENT SOLUTIONS · Claims processing · Recordkeeping$735,948
BENEFIT FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP · Consulting$62,276
BAKER TILLY, US LLP · Accounting / audit$15,250
NATIONAL FINANCIAL SERVICES · Securities brokerageindirect comp

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Transamerica
2023Transamerica

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Administrative cost history3
2024$813,474 · 0.22%
2023$861,265 · 0.27%
2022$939,700 · 0.30%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 954079584 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.