Observed arrival · 2026-10-19
First Audit Radar’s state-by-state retirement-plan forecast
A subscription data service for employee-benefit audit firms, forecasting U.S. retirement plans expected to need their first independent audit.
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- The site says subscribers can see sponsor names, EINs, and plan numbers; free state samples mask sponsor identities.
Field notes
The forecast is based on DOL Form 5500 filings; the page describes three years of EFAST2 files, an 80–120 participant rule, and plan matching. Subscribers are shown sponsor names, EINs, and plan numbers, while free state samples mask sponsor identities. The site reports an 81% back-tested hit rate and says misses are included, but the extracted page does not define that metric. A separate watch list covers 5,627 plans in the 100–120 participant range.
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