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True North Equipment Co.401(k)

TRUE NORTH EQUIPMENT CO. 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · GRAND FORKS, ND · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.22%

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

True North Equipment Co. reported $49,904 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.22% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $3,368 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 fell from 0.25% to 0.22%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 1,620 comparable plans and shown alongside other retail trade employers. By assets it is the 96th-largest of 279 plans among North Dakota employers on file, and the 1,232nd of 5,215 in retail trade. In 2025, employees put in $1.82 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$24,234,679
Participants with balances217
Active participants176
Employer contributions$592,798
Employee contributions$1,080,338
Employer contribution per active participant$3,368
Average account balance$111,681
Benefits paid to participants$2,024,679
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorBRADY MARTZ, PLLC
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$24.2M · 217 accts · $593K emplr
2024$21.1M · 221 accts · $637K emplr
2023$18.6M · 216 accts · $577K emplr
2022$16.1M · 205 accts · $524K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2025
Recordkeeping & contract admin$27,704
Investment management$22,200
Total administrative$49,904
The True North Equipment Co. 401(k) match · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$3,368
Median for plans this size$2,666
2025$3,368 per active participant
2024$3,442 per active participant
2023$3,259 per active participant
2022$3,067 per active participant

True North Equipment Co.'s 2025 employer contribution ran above the $2,666 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 2025 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20254
ALLIANCE PENSION CONSULTANTS, LLC · Recordkeeping · Consulting$27,704
OAKSTREET WEALTH MANAGEMENT · Investment advisory (participants) · Investment advisory (plan)$22,200
CHARLES SCHWAB TRUST BANK · Custodial (securities)indirect comp
CHARLES SCHWAB & CO., INC. · Custodial (securities)indirect comp

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

Recordkeeper by year3
2025ALLIANCE PENSION CONSULTANTS, LLC
2024ALLIANCE PENSION CONSULTANTS, LLC
2023ALLIANCE PENSION CONSULTANTS, LLC

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Administrative cost history4
2025$49,904 · 0.22%
2024$49,458 · 0.25%
2023$50,581 · 0.29%
2022$44,498 · 0.25%
Similar plansRetail Trade · North Dakota
Tfc, Inc. ND$81.6M · 0.20%
W. W. Wallwork, Inc. ND$51.1M · 0.21%
Acme Electric Motor, Inc ND$36.0M · 0.29%
Rydell Auto Center, Inc. ND$22.3M · 0.39%
I. Keating, Inc. ND$19.1M · 0.34%
Northwest Tire, Inc. ND$18.5M · 0.51%
Valley Markets, Inc. ND$18.1M · 0.49%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 450330917 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.