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Southco Distributing Company401(k)

SOUTHCO DISTRIBUTING COMPANY 401(K) RETIREMENT PLAN · GOLDSBORO, NC · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.06%

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

Southco Distributing Company reported $5,190 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.06% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,507 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 has held roughly steady near 0.06%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other wholesale trade employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in North Carolina (1,129th of 2,005), and 2,956th of 4,246 in wholesale trade. In 2024, employees put in $1.36 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 157 to 288 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$9,705,759
Participants with balances220
Active participants288
Employer contributions$434,040
Employee contributions$588,587
Employer contribution per active participant$1,507
Average account balance$44,117
Benefits paid to participants$1,148,286
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorCARR, RIGGS & INGRAM, P.L.L.C.
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$9.7M · 220 accts · $434K emplr
2023$8.8M · 162 accts · $401K emplr
2022$7.7M · 148 accts · $2K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$3,694
Trustee / custodial$1,496
Total administrative$5,190
The Southco Distributing Company 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,507
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$1,507 per active participant
2023$2,124 per active participant
2022$15 per active participant

Southco Distributing Company's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $1,313 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.

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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 · 20242
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Trustee (directed)$5,190
JANNEY MONTGOMERY SCOTT LLCindirect comp

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$5,190 · 0.06%
2023$4,749 · 0.06%
2022$4,574 · 0.05%
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4C Holding, LLC NC$10.2M · 0.71%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 561295080 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.