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Steel Equipment Specialists, LLC401(k)

STEEL EQUIPMENT SPECIALISTS, LLC 401(K) PLAN · ALLIANCE, OH · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.36%

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

Steel Equipment Specialists, LLC reported $131,957 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.36% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $4,133 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 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio rose from 0.22% to 0.36%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 1,620 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 777th-largest of 3,295 plans among Ohio employers on file, and the 3,712th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2025, employees put in $2.27 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 166 to 209 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$39,568,469
Participants with balances225
Active participants209
Employer contributions$863,733
Employee contributions$1,957,178
Employer contribution per active participant$4,133
Average account balance$175,860
Benefits paid to participants$2,955,386
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorMALONEY AND NOVOTNY
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$39.6M · 225 accts · $864K emplr
2024$34.7M · 226 accts · $825K emplr
2023$30.5M · 212 accts · $765K emplr
2022$25.5M · 180 accts · $533K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2025
Recordkeeping & contract admin$55,186
Investment management$76,771
Total administrative$131,957
The Steel Equipment Specialists, LLC 401(k) match · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$4,133
Median for plans this size$2,666
2025$4,133 per active participant
2024$3,931 per active participant
2023$4,227 per active participant
2022$3,211 per active participant

Steel Equipment Specialists, LLC's 2025 employer contribution ran above the $2,666 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 2025 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20253
MORGAN STANLEY · Investment advisory (plan)$72,560
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment management$4,211

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

Administrative cost history4
2025$131,957 · 0.36%
2024$123,544 · 0.38%
2023$91,220 · 0.33%
2022$63,943 · 0.22%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 341909310 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.