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The Farmer's Dog, Inc.401(k)

THE FARMER'S DOG 401(K) PLAN · NEW YORK, NY · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.23%

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

The Farmer's Dog, Inc. reported $39,850 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.23% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,777 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 0.62% to 0.23%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other retail trade employers. By assets it is the 2,469th-largest of 5,648 plans among New York employers on file, and the 1,405th of 5,215 in retail trade. In 2024, employees put in $2.42 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 516 to 632 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$20,936,013
Participants with balances912
Active participants632
Employer contributions$1,754,992
Employee contributions$4,247,837
Employer contribution per active participant$2,777
Average account balance$22,956
Benefits paid to participants$1,082,294
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorRUSSON AND JOHNSTON, CPAS
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$20.9M · 912 accts · $1.8M emplr
2023$13.0M · 733 accts · $1.6M emplr
2022$5.8M · 593 accts · $1.1M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$39,850
Total administrative$39,850
The The Farmer's Dog, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,777
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$2,777 per active participant
2023$2,848 per active participant
2022$2,170 per active participant

The Farmer's Dog, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 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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Service providers · 20241
THE VANGUARD GROUP, INC. · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$39,850

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$39,850 · 0.23%
2023$44,160 · 0.47%
2022$23,083 · 0.62%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 471576351 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.