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GBQ PARTNERS

7 known aliases resolved via the canonical alias map

Market position · 2024

Plans served21+6 YoYRank #734 of mapped providers
Assets under administration$6.6B0.0%Market share · rank #1535
Fees received$364,682Median $15,500/planSum across Schedule C direct + indirect
Net wins YoY+68 won · 2 lostPlan-level switch detection
Plans served · 5-year trajectory
Market-share plans percent annotated. Bar height is raw plan count.
Customer-base shape
What does a typical GBQ PARTNERS plan look like?
Service mix · median fees per plan
Count of plans where GBQ PARTNERS ships each service code, and the median compensation they report under it.
ServicePlansMedian feesDistribution
Direct payment from the plan; Accounting (including auditing)Code 10
18$14,650
Valuation (appraisals, etc.); Direct payment from the planCode 34
2$18,500
Trustee (discretionary); Direct payment from the plan; Valuation (appraisals, etc.)Code 24
1$61,082
Competitor overlap
Percent of GBQ PARTNERS's plans that also list each competitor on Schedule C. High numbers = co-living partners; low numbers = direct displacement targets.
Plans won in 2024
Appeared this year; did not appear last year under GBQ PARTNERS.
SponsorFromAssets
BRICKER GRAYDON, LLPOH · 314359739-002
MERRILL LYNCH PIERCE FENNER & SMITH$199M
STANLEY ELECTRIC HOLDING COMPANY OF AMERICAOH · 383518760-001
AMERICAN FUNDS$187M
ERMCO, INC.IN · 351071084-004
GREATBANC TRUST COMPANY$151M
THE DISPATCH PRINTING COMPANYOH · 314166990-334
TRANSAMERICA RETIREMENT SOLUTIONS$61M
LAKE SHORE CRYOTRONICS, INC.OH · 310914553-001
HIGHLAND CONSULTING ASSOCIATES$47M
COLUMBUS SCHOOL FOR GIRLSOH · 314379452-001
LPL FINANCIAL$35M
YUSA CORPORATIONOH · 311208849-001
PKF O'CONNOR DAVIES, LLP$22M
WODA-COOPER COMPANIES, INC.OH · 260430251-001
(new plan)$20M
Plans lost in 2024
Appeared last year under GBQ PARTNERS; not this year.
SponsorToAssets
WHITE CASTLE SYSTEM, INC.OH · 314340520-003
AON CONSULTING$82M
Top plans by assets
Searchable full list lands with the commercial layer.
PlanAssetsParticipantsFeesTenureFlags
NETJETS AVIATION, INC.OH · 310682096-001
$2.5B4,530$17,50010y1
ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, INC.OH · 510105665-001
$1.1B6,207$36,5008y-
NETJETS INC.OH · 510383060-001
$836M4,194$16,00010y1
FIRST SOLAR, INC.OH · 204623678-001
$361M5,081$15,7502y-
FIVES INC.MI · 383503183-001
$314M2,231$20,5002y-
BRICKER GRAYDON, LLPOH · 314359739-002
$199M490$10,2505y-
STANLEY ELECTRIC HOLDING COMPANY OF AMERICAOH · 383518760-001
$187M2,299$19,4009y-
WHITE CASTLE SYSTEM, INC.OH · 314340520-001
$176M4,819$14,80010y-
WHITE CASTLE SYSTEM, INC.OH · 314340520-002
$168M3,951$14,50010y-
TS TECH AMERICAS, INC.OH · 311437701-001
$162M3,418$13,5009y-
Flag exposure
85.7%Market: 89.2%
This provider
Market baseline

Share of this provider's plans tripping any deterministic red flag this year. Lower than market baseline = better risk surface.

Aliases resolved (7)
Raw Schedule C names collapsed into GBQ PARTNERS.
  • GBQ
  • GBQ PARNERS LLC
  • GBQ PARTNERS
  • GBQ PARTNERS INC.
  • GBQ PARTNERS LLC
  • GBQ PARTNERS, LLC
  • GBQ, PARTNERS, LLC
Book composition by plan size
Bars stack to total plans served; segments use the same asset cutoffs as the /retirement size filter. Up-and-to-the-right on the bigger segments = moving up-market.
Under $5M$5-50M$50-250M$250M-1B$1B+
Compliance posture vs market
Per-flag share for GBQ PARTNERS's book against the same flag's overall prevalence across all filings. Negative delta = under-indexed (cleaner book); positive = elevated risk surface.
FlagPlans flaggedProvider %Market %Delta
Recently terminated00.00%7.76%-7.76 pp
Fidelity bond gap00.00%26.94%-26.94 pp
Late contributions00.00%1.71%-1.71 pp
Failed to provide benefit00.00%0.14%-0.14 pp
Corrective distributions419.05%1.76%+17.29 pp
Loss discovered00.00%0.00%-0.00 pp
New-plan formation share
Share of plans filing for the first time each year that landed with GBQ PARTNERS. Compare to the incumbent market share (0.0%) - higher = winning new business, lower = coasting on existing relationships.
0.0%-0.0 pp vs incumbent
Geographic penetration index
(Provider plans in state / state plans) divided by the provider's overall share of the market. Index 1.00 = average; > 1 = over-indexed (winning more than their fair share); < 1 = under-indexed (white space).
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