Plan Ledger DOL Form 5500 · updated monthly

Southwest Traders, Inc401(k)

SOUTHWEST TRADERS, INC. 401(K) PLAN · TEMECULA, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
1.09%

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

Southwest Traders, Inc reported $126,077 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 1.09% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,854 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 0.71% to 1.09%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other wholesale trade employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in California (4,808th of 9,483), and 2,586th of 4,246 in wholesale trade. In 2024, employees put in $1.54 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$12,821,876
Participants with balances453
Active participants404
Employer contributions$1,152,937
Employee contributions$1,773,701
Employer contribution per active participant$2,854
Average account balance$28,304
Benefits paid to participants$1,569,997
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorDUFFY KRUSPODIN LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$12.8M · 453 accts · $1.2M emplr
2023$10.3M · 448 accts · $960K emplr
2022$7.8M · 452 accts · $265K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$81,547
Investment management$44,530
Total administrative$126,077
The Southwest Traders, Inc 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,854
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$2,854 per active participant
2023$2,388 per active participant
2022$710 per active participant

Southwest Traders, Inc's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 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
ADP, INC. · Loan processing · Recordkeeping$81,547
LPL FINANCIAL CORPORATION RPCP · Recordkeeping · Trustee$44,530

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024ADP, LPL Financial
2023ADP, CAMBRIDGE INVESTMENT RESEARCH, INC., LPL Financial

This plan has changed recordkeepers within these filings. If you left Southwest Traders, Inc before a switch, your account may sit at the earlier firm or in a rollover IRA. Looking for an account from a past job here? How to find an old 401(k).

Administrative cost history3
2024$126,077 · 1.09%
2023$91,019 · 1.01%
2022$60,691 · 0.71%
Same employer
Similar plansWholesale Trade · California
Shock Doctor, Inc. CA$13.0M · 0.04%
Daniels Tire Service, Inc. CA$13.0M · 0.64%
Mar-Val Food Store NO1 Inc CA$12.9M · 0.60%
Ocusun, LLC CA$12.9M · 0.81%
Pjs Lumber, Inc. CA$12.8M · 0.03%
Align Aerospace LLC CA$12.7M · 0.06%
Swaner Hardwood Co., Inc. CA$12.6M · 0.03%
America Chung Nam, LLC. CA$12.5M · 0.34%

Why are you looking at this plan?

Compare

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 330191583 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.