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The Baran Company, LLC401(k)

MERCEDES-BENZ OF BUCKHEAD 401(K) PLAN · ATLANTA, GA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.27%

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

The Baran Company, LLC reported $14,430 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.27% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $750 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 0.272%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other retail trade employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Georgia (1,557th of 2,160), and 3,548th of 5,215 in retail trade. In 2024, employees put in $6.70 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$5,778,597
Participants with balances178
Active participants177
Employer contributions$132,779
Employee contributions$889,880
Employer contribution per active participant$750
Average account balance$32,464
Benefits paid to participants$532,294
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$5.8M · 178 accts · $133K emplr
2023$4.8M · 172 accts · $130K emplr
2022$3.6M · 156 accts · $64K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$7,484
Investment management$6,946
Total administrative$14,430
The The Baran Company, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$750
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$750 per active participant
2023$697 per active participant
2022$379 per active participant

The Baran Company, 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.

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
SENTRY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Loan processing$7,484
MORNINGSTAR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT$6,946

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$14,430 · 0.27%
2023$11,921 · 0.28%
2022$9,283 · 0.27%
Same employer
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Onecoast, LLC GA$6.3M · 0.34%
Pittman Enterprises GA$5.8M · 0.05%
Gregory M. Parker, Inc. GA$5.8M · 1.09%
J. K. Holding Corporation GA$5.6M · 0.19%
1915 South Co. GA$5.3M · 1.03%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 651179820 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.