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Sparc Group LLC401(k)

THE SPARC GROUP LLC 401(K) INVESTMENT AND SAVINGS PLAN · LYNDHURST, NJ · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.20%

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

Sparc Group LLC reported $638,509 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.20% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $777 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 0.10% to 0.20%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 2,883 comparable plans and shown alongside other retail trade employers. By assets it is the 160th-largest of 2,419 plans among New Jersey employers on file, and the 149th of 5,215 in retail trade. In 2024, employees put in $2.75 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 7,576 to 11,662 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$341,842,203
Participants with balances17,435
Active participants11,662
Employer contributions$9,065,062
Employee contributions$24,959,710
Employer contribution per active participant$777
Average account balance$19,607
Benefits paid to participants$34,203,455
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$341.8M · 17,435 accts · $9.1M emplr
2023$294.0M · 13,818 accts · $4.9M emplr
2022$232.5M · 7,031 accts · $8.3M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$560,791
Investment management$25,089
Total administrative$638,509
The Sparc Group LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$777
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$777 per active participant
2023$424 per active participant
2022$1,092 per active participant

Sparc Group LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $4,294 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.

Service providers · 20242
VOYA RETIREMENT ADVISORS, LLC · Investment advisory (participants)$23,462

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$638,509 · 0.20%
2023$518,447 · 0.20%
2022$150,188 · 0.10%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 813795831 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.