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Spar Group, Inc401(k)

SPAR GROUP, INC 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · AUBURN HILLS, MI · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
1.10%

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

Spar Group, Inc reported $110,621 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 1.10% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $16 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 1.21% to 1.10%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Michigan (1,508th of 2,619), and 7,849th of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $15.20 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 3,609 to 4,703 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$10,484,182
Participants with balances706
Active participants4,703
Employer contributions$74,140
Employee contributions$1,127,168
Employer contribution per active participant$16
Average account balance$14,850
Benefits paid to participants$1,084,911
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$10.5M · 706 accts · $74K emplr
2023$9.6M · 602 accts · $75K emplr
2022$7.7M · 336 accts · $75K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$88,204
Investment management$22,417
Total administrative$110,621
The Spar Group, Inc 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$16
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$16 per active participant
2023$27 per active participant
2022$21 per active participant

Spar Group, 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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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$110,621 · 1.10%
2023$104,945 · 1.21%
2022$99,720 · 1.21%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 330684451 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.