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Unifirst Corporation401(k)

UNIFIRST RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · WILMINGTON, MA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.16%

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

Unifirst Corporation reported $859,476 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.16% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,573 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 has held roughly steady near 0.16%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 2,883 comparable plans and shown alongside other other services employers. By assets it is the 106th-largest of 2,726 plans among Massachusetts employers on file, and the 22nd of 3,341 in other services. In 2024, employees put in $1.30 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$554,152,256
Participants with balances9,976
Active participants12,174
Employer contributions$19,149,911
Employee contributions$24,987,369
Employer contribution per active participant$1,573
Average account balance$55,549
Benefits paid to participants$62,406,010
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$554.2M · 9,976 accts · $19.1M emplr
2023$509.7M · 9,435 accts · $18.0M emplr
2022$451.4M · 9,127 accts · $16.6M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$674,885
Investment management$111,592
Audit (IQPA)$29,400
Total administrative$859,476
The Unifirst Corporation 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,573
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$1,573 per active participant
2023$1,527 per active participant
2022$1,443 per active participant

Unifirst Corporation'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 · 20244
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER AND S · Recordkeeping$674,885
CAPFINANCIAL PARTNERS, LLC.$110,912
OGLETREE, DEAKINS, NASH, SMOAK & ST · Legal$44,385
BAKER NEWMAN & NOYES LLC · Accounting / audit$29,400

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Bank of America / Merrill
2023Bank of America / Merrill

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Administrative cost history3
2024$859,476 · 0.16%
2023$784,612 · 0.16%
2022$823,046 · 0.17%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 042103460 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.