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Smithgroup Companies, Inc.401(k)

THE SMITHGROUP RETIREMENT ACCUMULATION PLAN · DETROIT, MI · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.15%

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

Smithgroup Companies, Inc. reported $454,663 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.15% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $4,210 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 0.16% to 0.15%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 2,883 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is the 97th-largest of 2,619 plans among Michigan employers on file, and the 510th of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $2.77 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 1,352 to 1,547 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$335,275,658
Participants with balances2,269
Active participants1,547
Employer contributions$6,513,094
Employee contributions$18,045,243
Employer contribution per active participant$4,210
Average account balance$147,764
Benefits paid to participants$26,967,000
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$335.3M · 2,269 accts · $6.5M emplr
2023$290.4M · 2,163 accts · $7.0M emplr
2022$232.3M · 2,100 accts · $1.8M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$142,177
Investment management$294,986
Audit (IQPA)$17,500
Total administrative$454,663
The Smithgroup Companies, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$4,210
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$4,210 per active participant
2023$4,981 per active participant
2022$1,341 per active participant

Smithgroup Companies, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $4,294 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
GREGORY J SCHWARTZ & COMPANY INC · Investment advisory (plan)$294,986
CAPITAL GROUP RETIREMENT PLAN SVCS. · Trustee (directed) · Other services$142,177
PLANTE & MORAN PLLC · Accounting / audit$17,500

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$454,663 · 0.15%
2023$448,805 · 0.17%
2022$404,648 · 0.16%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 382247428 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.