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The Alinea Group LLC401(k)

THE ALINEA GROUP 401(K) PLAN · CHICAGO, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.07%

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

The Alinea Group LLC reported $2,685 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.07% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $916 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 0.12% to 0.07%. 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 Illinois (3,058th of 3,702), and the 981st of 2,240 in accommodation & food services. In 2024, employees put in $1.72 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 331 to 296 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$4,230,996
Participants with balances203
Active participants296
Employer contributions$271,149
Employee contributions$467,709
Employer contribution per active participant$916
Average account balance$20,842
Benefits paid to participants$321,157
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$4.2M · 203 accts · $271K emplr
2023$3.3M · 198 accts · $288K emplr
2022$2.2M · 192 accts · $257K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$2,685
Total administrative$2,685
The The Alinea Group LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$916
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$916 per active participant
2023$931 per active participant
2022$776 per active participant

The Alinea Group LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $1,313 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.

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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 · 20241
THE VANGUARD GROUP, INC. · Loan processing · Recordkeeping$2,685

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Vanguard
2023Vanguard

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Administrative cost history3
2024$2,685 · 0.07%
2023$2,640 · 0.10%
2022$2,640 · 0.12%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 201272395 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.