Brown Stove Works 401(k) match, vesting and fees

Plan year 2024 filingBrown Stove Works, Inc. 401(k) Plan · Plan 002 · EIN 62-0142150Updated Oct 2026

What Brown Stove Works' 401(k) plan says about matching contributions

The match terms have not been published from this plan's filing yet.
The plan year 2024 filing reports $75K in employer contributions, about $1,360 per participant. That total includes any match and profit-sharing; it is not a match formula. Plan year 2024 Form 5500 ↗
$227,727
Average account balance
57
Participants (end of year)
$12.5M
Plan assets (end of year)
<0.01%
Admin expenses ÷ assets

Plan features

Match, vesting and enrollment details have not been published from this plan's audit report yet. The figures below come from the structured filing.

RecordkeeperThe Vanguard Group, Inc.Schedule C ↗
Independent auditorMauldin & Jenkins, LLC (unmodified opinion, limited scope)Schedule H ↗
Plan type and status401(k) · ActiveForm 5500 ↗

How the plan compares

Plan year 2024 medians for 58,980 defined-contribution plans in manufacturing with fewer than 100 participants.

Brown Stove Works: employer contribution per participant$1,360
Peer median$1,774
Brown Stove Works: average balance$227,727
Peer median$61,061
Brown Stove Works: admin expenses ÷ assets<0.01%
Peer median0.43%

Admin expenses are the plan's reported administrative expenses divided by its assets; they do not include fund expense ratios.

Plan history

Plan assets went from $12.3M at the end of plan year 2021 to $12.5M at the end of plan year 2024.

$12.3M2021$10.4M2022$11.6M2023$12.5M2024
End-of-year figures from each plan year's Form 5500 filing for the Brown Stove Works plan.
Plan yearParticipantsAssetsEmployer contributionsPer participantAdmin expense ratioMatch formulaFiling
202457$12.5M$75K$1,360<0.01%Not publishedForm 5500 ↗
202377$11.6M$73K$1,229<0.01%Not publishedForm 5500 ↗
202277$10.4M$80K$1,378<0.01%Not publishedForm 5500 ↗
202173$12.3M$60K$1,2770.03%Not publishedForm 5500 ↗

Common questions

Does Brown Stove Works match 401(k) contributions?

The match terms for the Brown Stove Works, Inc. 401(k) Plan have not been published from its filing yet. The plan year 2024 filing reports $75K in employer contributions, about $1,360 per participant. That total includes any match and profit-sharing; it is not a match formula.

When is the Brown Stove Works 401(k) match vested?

The vesting schedule for the Brown Stove Works, Inc. 401(k) Plan is not in the data published so far. Your Summary Plan Description states it.

Who manages the Brown Stove Works 401(k)?

The recordkeeper listed on Schedule C of the plan year 2024 filing is The Vanguard Group, Inc.. The plan administrator is Brown Stove Works, Inc..

I left Brown Stove Works. How do I find my old 401(k)?

Your account stays in the plan until you move it. Contact the plan administrator (Brown Stove Works, Inc., (423) 476-6544) or the recordkeeper, The Vanguard Group, Inc.. The Brown Stove Works old 401(k) page lists the contacts from every plan filing. Find an old Brown Stove Works 401(k)

Data from the public Form 5500 annual reports Brown Stove Works filed with the U.S. Department of Labor (plan years 2021 and 2022 and 2023 and 2024) and, where noted, the attached independent auditor's report. Plan terms may have changed since the filing; check your current Summary Plan Description. PlanFacts is not affiliated with Brown Stove Works. Not financial advice. Report a correction · Methodology