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The Grove Inc401(k)

THE GROVE INC. 401K PLAN · WESTCHESTER, IL · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.01%

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

The Grove Inc reported $756 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.01% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $255 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 has held roughly steady near 0.015%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 22,307 comparable plans and shown alongside other retail trade employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Illinois (2,945th of 3,702), and 3,723rd of 5,215 in retail trade. In 2023, employees put in $1.95 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$5,125,999
Participants with balances77
Active participants709
Employer contributions$180,847
Employee contributions$353,377
Employer contribution per active participant$255
Average account balance$66,571
Benefits paid to participants$959,099
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorWIPFLI
Plan history2
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2023$5.1M · 77 accts · $181K emplr
2022$5.0M · 78 accts · $192K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$756
Total administrative$756
The The Grove Inc 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$255
Median for plans this size$1,308
2023$255 per active participant
2022$307 per active participant

The Grove Inc's 2023 employer contribution ran below the $1,308 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.

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Annual cost at the plan's reported 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20231
AMERICAN UNITED LIFE INSURANCE CO · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$1,206

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

Administrative cost history2
2023$756 · 0.01%
2022$759 · 0.01%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 720902131 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.