Vardiman Black Holdings, LLC dba Specialty Dental Brands401(k)
SPECIALTY DENTAL BRANDS 401(K) PLAN · NASHVILLE, TN · plan year 2024
Peer grade: C · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works
Vardiman Black Holdings, LLC dba Specialty Dental Brands reported $506,979 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.83% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,130 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 1.19% to 0.83%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other health care & social assistance employers. By assets it is the 223rd-largest of 1,496 plans among Tennessee employers on file, and the 1,428th of 11,911 in health care & social assistance. In 2024, employees put in $1.77 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 1,964 to 2,467 since 2022.
Vardiman Black Holdings, LLC dba Specialty Dental Brands's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $3,635 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.
Annual cost at the plan's reported 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.
Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 814851714 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.