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Ulta Salon Cosmetics & Fragrance, Inc.401(k)

ULTA SALON COSMETICS & FRAGRANCE 401(K) RETIREMENT PLAN · BOLINGBROOK, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.17%

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

Ulta Salon Cosmetics & Fragrance, Inc. reported $847,773 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.17% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $388 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 0.21% to 0.17%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 2,883 comparable plans and shown alongside other retail trade employers. By assets it is the 143rd-largest of 3,702 plans among Illinois employers on file, and the 106th of 5,215 in retail trade. In 2024, employees put in $2.18 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 58,144 to 67,118 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$541,973,703
Participants with balances13,602
Active participants67,118
Employer contributions$26,051,130
Employee contributions$56,916,993
Employer contribution per active participant$388
Average account balance$39,845
Benefits paid to participants$49,329,166
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$542.0M · 13,602 accts · $26.1M emplr
2023$435.0M · 12,943 accts · $24.5M emplr
2022$319.1M · 11,903 accts · $20.7M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$847,773
Total administrative$847,773
The Ulta Salon Cosmetics & Fragrance, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$388
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$388 per active participant
2023$389 per active participant
2022$356 per active participant

Ulta Salon Cosmetics & Fragrance, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $4,294 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 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20241
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$847,773

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$847,773 · 0.17%
2023$661,677 · 0.18%
2022$686,504 · 0.21%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 363685240 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.