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BISON LABORATORIES, INC. 401(K) RETIREMENT PLAN · For the plan year ended Dec 31, 2025
Public filing 2025 · received Jun 4, 2026Verified current terms Not available
Plan summary
The numbers that matter first
On the filing measures we can compare, this plan trails many peers on employer contributions and/or administrative costs.
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$1,700 was reported per active participant, but this is not a match limit.
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Plan-paid administrative cost per participant; fund and employee fees may be separate.
The public filing does not provide a current, complete fund menu.
A current plan document is needed.
The selected official filing does not establish a current default rate.
The reviewed official source does not establish current Roth availability.
Up 0.0% over the filing history shown.
Participation up 0.0% · assets up 0.0%
What this tells you: company-wide scale, reported employer support, participation activity, visible administrative cost, and historical direction.
Keep in mind: public filings do not show employee investment returns. Current match, vesting, eligibility, investments, and employee-paid fees still require a current plan document.
Filing comparison · 202536out of 100 among similar-size plans in the same industry when enough peers exist
How this filing compares
Reported employer contributions38th percentileTypical peer $2,235 · based on 14,690 comparable plans
Lower reported administrative expense29th percentileTypical peer $139 · based on 13,539 comparable plans
This comparison uses historical filing figures. It does not compare current match formulas, vesting, investments, or employee fees.
Peer-group method: industry size. The comparison used the most specific peer group with enough valid filings.
The short version
What employees should know
For the year ended Dec 31, 2025, BISON LABORATORIES, INC. reported $30,603 in employer contributions across this plan, or $1,700 per active participant. This is the best company-wide filing average available—not a promise of what any one employee receives.
Up 0.0% across the filing years shown. The filing does not report every employee who was eligible.
Change in employer contributions per active participant.
Change in reported administrative cost per participant. Fund expenses may be separate.
Compared with similarly sized plans in the same industry.
What this public record cannot answer
For the current match, vesting rules, eligibility, employee fees, and investment choices, we need a recent plan document. We leave those details blank until we have one.
Money and scale
Contributions, assets, and expenses
These are plan-wide totals. They are not individual account balances.
- Employer contributions
- $30,603 $1,700 per active participant
- Participant contributions
- $148,604
- Other contributions
- Not reported Amounts not classified as employer or participant contributions
- Employer share of contributions
- 17.1%
- Active participants
- 18 Small plan
- Total participants
- 24 26 at the beginning of the year
- Ending assets
- $4,024,111 $167,671 per participant
- Net-asset change
- Up 0.0% Not the same as investment performance
- Beginning net assets
- $3,528,559
- Ending net assets
- $4,024,111
- Beginning liabilities
- Not reported
- Ending liabilities
- Not reported
- Total income
- $540,318
- Total expenses
- $44,766
- Administrative expenses
- $9,981 $416 per active participant
- Participant loans
- Not reported Not reported of plan assets
Three-year filing history
How the reported figures changed
Each chart uses the selected public filing for that year. Missing values remain blank rather than becoming zero.
2025
$1,700
2025
$416
2025
18
2025
$4,024,111
2025
Not reported
| Plan year | Employer money per active participant | Active participants | Plan assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,700 | 18 | 4M |
Changes in plan assets are not the same as investment performance.
Plan health
Operational signals worth checking
- Participant loans as a share of plan assets
- Not reported
- Independent accountant’s opinion
- Not stated in the filing
- Late participant contributions reported
- Not reportedA “yes” needs context and is not, by itself, proof of wrongdoing.
- Loan defaults reported
- Not reported
- Lease defaults reported
- Not reportedOnly a small number of filings report these events.
- Nonexempt transactions reported
- Not reported
- Public plan identifier
- 160715916-001
Reported plan details
Identity and filing status
- Plan type
- Retirement plan
- Employer arrangement
- 1
- Plan effective date
- Jul 1, 1995
- Industry
- Wholesale trade
- Amended filing
- No
- Final filing for this plan
- No
- Short plan year
- No
- 401(k) feature reported
- Yes
Show DOL characteristic codes
2A2E2F2G2J2K2S2T3D
Current plan terms
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Filing ACK_ID20260604075422NAL0000726065001
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