Department of Labor filing

DAKOTA SPECIALTY ENTERPRISES

DAKOTA SPECIALTY ENTERPRISES RETIREMENT PLAN · For the plan year ended Dec 31, 2024

Public filing 2024 · received Oct 14, 2025Verified current terms Not available

Plan at a glance

How good does the filing look?

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out of 100

The filing looks somewhat better than typical peers on the measures we can compare. This is a filing comparison, not a complete benefits score.

$Employer support

$3,269

Reported employer contributions per active participant.

Higher than about 81% of comparable plans

#People in the filing

187

Active participants reported for 2024.

The filing does not say how many employees are currently contributing.

¢Visible plan-paid fees

$140 / participant

Reported administrative expense—not every fee an employee may pay.

Lower cost than about 49% of comparable plans

↗Investment performance

Not available

Plan assets changed 1.0%, but that includes contributions, withdrawals, and market movement.

Asset change is not investment performance.

What we still need to judge the benefit

Current match formula, vesting, eligibility, investment choices, fund expense ratios, and employee-level fees.

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Filing comparison · 202471out of 100 among similar-size plans in the same industry when enough peers exist

How this filing compares

Reported employer contributions81st percentileTypical peer $1,858 · based on 574 comparable plans

Lower reported administrative expense49th percentileTypical peer $136 · based on 586 comparable plans

This comparison uses historical filing figures. It does not compare current match formulas, vesting, investments, or employee fees.

The short version

What the latest filing tells us

For the plan year ended Dec 31, 2024, DAKOTA SPECIALTY ENTERPRISES reported $611,322 in employer contributions across the plan and 187 active participants. That works out to $3,269 per active participant. It is useful context, but it is not the current match formula and it does not show what any one employee received.

Participation proxy76%

Active participants divided by all end-of-year plan participants. This is not the company participation rate because the filing does not report every eligible employee.

Employer money trendDown 14.6%

Change in reported employer contribution per active participant across the filing history shown.

Expense trendUp 4377.0%

Change in reported administrative expense per participant. Investment expenses may not be included.

Peer context71/100

A filing comparison among similar-size plans in the same industry when enough peers exist.

Where the public filing stops

Current match, vesting, eligibility, employee fees, and investment choices require a dated plan document. Until we have one, those details stay blank.

Latest financial record

Contributions, assets, and expenses

These figures are reported totals for the plan—not individual account balances or promises to any employee.

Employer contributions: $611,322
Participant contributions: $642,091
Other contributions: $2,484
Employer share of reported contributions: 48.8%
Beginning assets: $27,396,605
Ending assets: $27,677,687
Ending net assets: $27,677,687
Ending liabilities: $0
Total income: $3,978,554
Total expenses: $3,697,472
Administrative expenses: $36,087
Participant loans: Not reported

Three-year filing history

How the reported figures changed

Each chart uses its own scale and starts at zero. When the filing has no value, the chart says so rather than turning it into a zero.

Employer contributions reported per active participant

2022

$3,830

2023

$3,405

2024

$3,269

Plan-paid administrative expenses per participant

2022

2023

2024

$140

Active participants

2022

151

2023

169

2024

187

Detailed filing history
Plan year	Per active participant	Active participants	Plan assets	Filing ID
2024	$3,269	187	27.7M	20251014085514NAL0005172098001
2023	$3,405	169	27.4M	20241011134832NAL0021973393001
2022	$3,830	151	25.8M	20231013092307NAL0022383139001

Changes in plan assets are not the same as investment performance. Each row uses the selected public filing for that year.

Plan operations

Details worth knowing

Participant loans as a share of plan assets: Not stated in the filing
Independent accountant’s opinion: Unqualified opinion Code 1
Late participant contributions reported: Not stated in the filing
Public plan identifier: 810953937-001

Reported plan details

Identity and filing status

Plan type: Retirement plan
Employer arrangement: Single-employer plan
Plan effective date: Jun 1, 1998
Industry: Manufacturing
Amended filing: No
Final filing for this plan: No
Short plan year: No
401(k) feature reported: Yes
Show DOL characteristic codes
2E2F2G2J2K2S2T3F

Reported service providers

Organizations named in the latest filing

The public dataset does not always identify a provider’s exact role. Compensation stays blank when it was not separately reported.

Provider	Plan year	Direct compensation	Indirect compensation
AMERICAN FUNDS	2024	Not reported	unknown
COHEN & STEERS	2024	Not reported	unknown
DODGE AND COX	2024	Not reported	unknown
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INST	2024	Not reported	unknown
GOLDMAN SACHS	2024	Not reported	unknown
HARTFORD FUNDS	2024	Not reported	unknown
JP MORGAN	2024	Not reported	unknown
LEGG MASON FUNDS	2024	Not reported	unknown
VANGUARD MARKETING CORP	2024	Not reported	unknown

Current plan terms

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Filing ACK_ID20251014085514NAL0005172098001

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