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Spyderco, Inc.401(k)

SPYDERCO 401(K) SAVINGS PLAN · GOLDEN, CO · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.05%

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

Spyderco, Inc. reported $3,546 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.05% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,749 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 0.03% to 0.05%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Colorado (896th of 1,461), and 9,817th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.86 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$7,677,833
Participants with balances123
Active participants148
Employer contributions$258,869
Employee contributions$481,325
Employer contribution per active participant$1,749
Average account balance$62,421
Benefits paid to participants$539,323
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$7.7M · 123 accts · $259K emplr
2023$6.6M · 127 accts · $260K emplr
2022$5.2M · 137 accts · $300K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$3,546
Total administrative$3,546
The Spyderco, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,749
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$1,749 per active participant
2023$1,912 per active participant
2022$2,003 per active participant

Spyderco, Inc.'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 · 20241
STANCORP FINANCIAL GROUP · Claims processing · Recordkeeping$32,799

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024The Standard
2023Securian

This plan has changed recordkeepers within these filings. If you left Spyderco, 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$3,546 · 0.05%
2023$3,015 · 0.05%
2022$1,580 · 0.03%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 840865088 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.