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Southern States Automotive Mgmt. Gr LLC401(k)

SOUTHERN STATES AUTOMOTIVE MGMT. GROUP LLC 401(K) PLAN · RALEIGH, NC · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.92%

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

Southern States Automotive Mgmt. Gr LLC reported $47,290 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.92% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,411 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 0.75% to 0.92%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other retail trade employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in North Carolina (1,392nd of 2,005), and 3,564th of 5,215 in retail trade. In 2024, employees put in $2.11 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 130 to 166 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$5,721,874
Participants with balances222
Active participants166
Employer contributions$234,277
Employee contributions$494,368
Employer contribution per active participant$1,411
Average account balance$25,774
Benefits paid to participants$543,255
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$5.7M · 222 accts · $234K emplr
2023$4.6M · 204 accts · $239K emplr
2022$3.9M · 148 accts
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$25,191
Investment management$22,099
Total administrative$47,290
The Southern States Automotive Mgmt. Gr LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,411
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$1,411 per active participant
2023$1,733 per active participant

Southern States Automotive Mgmt. Gr LLC'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.

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 · 20242
THE VANGUARD GROUP, INC. · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$25,191
FTB ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$22,063

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Vanguard
2023Vanguard

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Administrative cost history3
2024$47,290 · 0.92%
2023$39,811 · 0.94%
2022$32,863 · 0.75%
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Office Environments, Inc. NC$5.4M · 0.40%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 820793290 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.