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Sterling Restaurants, LLC401(k)

STERLING RESTAURANTS, LLC 401K PLAN · ATLANTA, GA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
1.63%

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

Sterling Restaurants, LLC reported $41,233 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 1.63% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $111 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 1.96% to 1.63%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other accommodation & food services employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Georgia (1,843rd of 2,160), and 1,239th of 2,240 in accommodation & food services. In 2024, employees put in $6.84 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 564 to 651 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$2,823,381
Participants with balances247
Active participants651
Employer contributions$72,522
Employee contributions$496,005
Employer contribution per active participant$111
Average account balance$11,431
Benefits paid to participants$246,688
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$2.8M · 247 accts · $73K emplr
2023$2.2M · 229 accts · $70K emplr
2022$1.6M · 218 accts · $68K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$29,614
Investment management$11,619
Total administrative$41,233
The Sterling Restaurants, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$111
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$111 per active participant
2023$126 per active participant
2022$120 per active participant

Sterling Restaurants, LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $1,313 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 · 20243
ADP, INC. · Loan processing · Recordkeeping$29,614
MERRILL LYNCH PIERCE FENNER & SMITH · Recordkeeping · Pension consulting$11,618
ADP BROKER-DEALER · Other servicesindirect comp

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, Bank of America / Merrill
2023ADP, Bank of America / Merrill

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Administrative cost history3
2024$41,233 · 1.63%
2023$35,808 · 1.85%
2022$30,660 · 1.96%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 264622679 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.