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The Great Lakes Brewing Co.401(k)

THE GREAT LAKES BREWING CO. 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · CLEVELAND, OH · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.43%

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

The Great Lakes Brewing Co. reported $80,978 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.43% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $541 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 0.02% to 0.43%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 1,620 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 1,343rd-largest of 3,295 plans among Ohio employers on file, and the 6,021st of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2025, employees put in $7.77 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 281 to 177 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$19,514,203
Participants with balances245
Active participants177
Employer contributions$95,804
Employee contributions$744,128
Employer contribution per active participant$541
Average account balance$79,650
Benefits paid to participants$2,573,465
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorHOBE & LUCAS, CPA'S
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$19.5M · 245 accts · $96K emplr
2024$18.4M · 265 accts · $387K emplr
2023$17.7M · 295 accts · $772K emplr
2022$14.6M · 387 accts · $743K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2025
Recordkeeping & contract admin$80,978
Total administrative$80,978
The The Great Lakes Brewing Co. 401(k) match · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$541
Median for plans this size$2,666
2025$541 per active participant
2024$1,986 per active participant
2023$3,675 per active participant
2022$2,643 per active participant

The Great Lakes Brewing Co.'s 2025 employer contribution ran below the $2,666 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 2025 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20253
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$80,978
LINCOLN FINANCIAL ADVISORS CORPORAT · Investment advisory (plan)indirect comp
OSAIC WEALTH INC · Investment advisory (plan)indirect comp

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

Administrative cost history4
2025$80,978 · 0.43%
2024$80,806 · 0.45%
2023$29,798 · 0.18%
2022$2,675 · 0.02%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 341554625 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.