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Ta Operating LLC401(k)

TA OPERATING LLC 401(K) SAVINGS PLAN · WESTLAKE, OH · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.44%

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

Ta Operating LLC reported $776,582 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.44% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $146 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 has held roughly steady near 0.44%. 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 227th-largest of 3,295 plans among Ohio employers on file, and the 234th of 5,215 in retail trade. In 2024, employees put in $9.85 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$183,097,457
Participants with balances17,337
Active participants15,096
Employer contributions$2,204,153
Employee contributions$21,708,734
Employer contribution per active participant$146
Average account balance$10,561
Benefits paid to participants$33,148,912
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorCIUNI & PANICHI
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$183.1M · 17,337 accts · $2.2M emplr
2023$170.3M · 17,167 accts · $2.7M emplr
2022$147.3M · 16,777 accts · $2.0M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$708,151
Investment management$68,431
Total administrative$776,582
The Ta Operating LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$146
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$146 per active participant
2023$176 per active participant
2022$135 per active participant

Ta Operating 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 · 20242
RAYMOND JAMES · Investment advisory (plan)$68,431

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$776,582 · 0.44%
2023$688,101 · 0.43%
2022$705,953 · 0.45%
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Jo-Ann Stores, LLC OH$182.7M · 0.11%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 341747077 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.