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The Denver Beer Company, LLC401(k)

THE DENVER BEER COMPANY, LLC 401(K) PLAN · DENVER, CO · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.85%

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

The Denver Beer Company, LLC reported $16,020 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.85% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $966 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 1.33% to 0.85%. 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 Colorado (1,261st of 1,461), and 1,417th of 2,240 in accommodation & food services. In 2024, employees put in $2.52 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 113 to 155 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$2,110,642
Participants with balances178
Active participants155
Employer contributions$149,672
Employee contributions$377,203
Employer contribution per active participant$966
Average account balance$11,858
Benefits paid to participants$275,639
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$2.1M · 178 accts · $150K emplr
2023$1.6M · 212 accts · $123K emplr
2022$1.1M · 143 accts · $113K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$12,422
Investment management$3,598
Total administrative$16,020
The The Denver Beer Company, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$966
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$966 per active participant
2023$734 per active participant
2022$998 per active participant

The Denver Beer 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.

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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
BETTERMENT FOR BUSINESS, LLC$16,019

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$16,020 · 0.85%
2023$15,129 · 1.11%
2022$14,549 · 1.33%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 271982149 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.