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Southwest Dealer Services, Inc.401(k)

SOUTHWEST DEALER SERVICES 401(K) PLAN · IRVINE, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.64%

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

Southwest Dealer Services, Inc. reported $143,130 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.64% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $926 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 0.60% to 0.64%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other information & media employers. By assets it is the 3,291st-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and the 941st of 2,199 in information & media. In 2024, employees put in $4.82 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 327 to 382 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$22,927,427
Participants with balances225
Active participants382
Employer contributions$353,787
Employee contributions$1,704,853
Employer contribution per active participant$926
Average account balance$101,900
Benefits paid to participants$3,341,023
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$22.9M · 225 accts · $354K emplr
2023$21.7M · 197 accts · $308K emplr
2022$17.9M · 199 accts · $262K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$86,068
Investment management$57,062
Total administrative$143,130
The Southwest Dealer Services, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$926
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$926 per active participant
2023$849 per active participant
2022$801 per active participant

Southwest Dealer Services, Inc.'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.

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.

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MORNINGSTAR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT L · Investment advisory (participants)indirect 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$143,130 · 0.64%
2023$120,909 · 0.61%
2022$111,540 · 0.60%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 330453377 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.