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Sweetwater Sound, LLC401(k)

SWEETWATER 401(K) AND PROFIT SHARING PLAN · FORT WAYNE, IN · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.31%

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

Sweetwater Sound, LLC reported $290,948 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.31% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,261 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 0.34% to 0.31%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other retail trade employers. By assets it is the 141st-largest of 1,562 plans among Indiana employers on file, and the 361st of 5,215 in retail trade. In 2024, employees put in $2.94 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 2,265 to 2,746 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$105,773,197
Participants with balances2,804
Active participants2,746
Employer contributions$3,463,854
Employee contributions$10,181,876
Employer contribution per active participant$1,261
Average account balance$37,722
Benefits paid to participants$7,069,483
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorKATZ SAPPER AND MILLER LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$105.8M · 2,804 accts · $3.5M emplr
2023$84.3M · 2,869 accts · $3.5M emplr
2022$64.1M · 2,618 accts · $4.8M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$199,762
Investment management$91,186
Total administrative$290,948
The Sweetwater Sound, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,261
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$1,261 per active participant
2023$1,438 per active participant
2022$2,101 per active participant

Sweetwater Sound, LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $3,635 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
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$199,762
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SM · Investment advisory (plan)$64,000
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$27,186

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$290,948 · 0.31%
2023$240,986 · 0.32%
2022$223,808 · 0.34%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 352023299 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.