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Team Carolinas, Inc.401(k)

TEAM CAROLINAS INC. 401(K) PLAN · SALISBURY, NC · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
1.69%

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

Team Carolinas, Inc. reported $30,888 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 1.69% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $342 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 1.44% to 1.69%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 22,307 comparable plans and shown alongside other retail trade employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in North Carolina (1,779th of 2,005), and 4,682nd of 5,215 in retail trade. In 2023, employees put in $1.63 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 69 to 417 since 2020.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$1,969,794
Participants with balances98
Active participants417
Employer contributions$142,484
Employee contributions$232,795
Employer contribution per active participant$342
Average account balance$20,100
Benefits paid to participants$292,711
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2023$2.0M · 98 accts · $142K emplr
2022$1.7M · 100 accts · $119K emplr
2021$1.7M · 80 accts · $80K emplr
2020$1.5M · 46 accts · $73K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$16,014
Investment management$14,874
Total administrative$30,888
The Team Carolinas, Inc. 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$342
Median for plans this size$1,308
2023$342 per active participant
2022$298 per active participant
2021$205 per active participant
2020$1,060 per active participant

Team Carolinas, Inc.'s 2023 employer contribution ran below the $1,308 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 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20234
MERRILL LYNCH PIERCE FENNER & SMITH · Investment advisory (plan)$6,831
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment management$4,036
ROCKEFELLER FINANCIAL LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$4,007

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

Administrative cost history4
2023$30,888 · 1.69%
2022$22,652 · 1.34%
2021$26,509 · 1.64%
2020$20,207 · 1.44%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 561854397 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.