First Audit Radar Free sample
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A short, ranked list - with everything you need to make the first call

The plans likely heading for their first audit, ranked, with deadline, typical fee range and company details, plus a tracker your colleagues share. Every month by e-mail, online, as PDF and CSV.

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Sound familiar?

First audits rarely reach you first

The recordkeeper already picked someone

By the time a sponsor calls you, their recordkeeper or adviser has often recommended another firm.

You hear about the plan in July

The sponsor discovers the audit requirement when the 5500 is due, and takes whoever has capacity that week.

The data is free, the work is not

Three years of EFAST2 files, the 80-120 rule and plan matching take a staff member several days, every time.

What subscribers receive

Find the plans, reach the employer, follow up as a team

One online list for your firm: priorities, map and deadlines, company details for every plan and a tracker your colleagues share. Plus a monthly e-mail update, a PDF report for partners and CSV files for your CRM.

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1Find

The plans worth a call this month

  • Every plan in your state likely heading for its first audit (plans audited in an earlier year are marked), ranked A/B/C with the reason, the audit deadline and the typical fee range for plans like it
  • Radius search around your office ZIP, map and filters by industry, size, status and new plans
  • Saved views for your territory, with a monthly e-mail of the new plans that match
firstauditradar.com · your listTexas100 mi of 75201
Forecast list for Texas filtered to 100 miles around a Dallas ZIP code: priority, participants, assets, typical audit fee, due date, distance and status for each plan, next to a map with the radius. Company names replaced by placeholders.
The list for Texas, 100 miles around Dallas. Company names replaced by placeholders.
2Reach

Reach the employer

  • Company phone for 99% of plans, business address and industry, straight from the filing
  • The original Form 5500-SF as PDF, plus Google, LinkedIn and EFAST2 search links
  • Who already works with this plan: the plan administrator or recordkeeper, where the filing lists one (18% of plans); the Partners tab shows the firms behind the most plans
  • Outreach templates for the employer and for TPAs, filled in with the plan's figures and fee range
firstauditradar.com · plan detailReach the employer
Plan detail block Reach the employer: industry, business address with copy button, company phone, buttons for the original filing PDF, EFAST2, Google and LinkedIn, and the firms that already work with the plan. Names, address and phone replaced by placeholders.
Plan detail. Company, address, phone and service providers replaced by placeholders.
3Follow up

Follow up as a team

  • Up to 10 team members included, each with a personal login link
  • Status, notes and an owner for every plan, with a “My plans” filter and a history of who changed what
  • Follow-up dates with a reminder e-mail on the day and a “follow-ups due” filter
  • A short guided tour on the first visit; CSV export with status, owner and follow-up
firstauditradar.com · your teamAssigned to Anna
A plan assigned to a team member, with status Meeting, a follow-up date with reminder note, a team note and the history of changes by the owner and by the team member. Company names replaced by placeholders.
Assignment, follow-up and history. Demo team; company names replaced by placeholders.
From: First Audit Radar <hello@firstauditradar.com>
Subject: Texas: 165 plans expected to need their first audit
Monthly Texas update e-mail with key figures, the largest plans on the list and auditor market shares
Monthly e-mail update. Example for Texas with real figures; sponsor names masked here.
PDFsample_TX.pdfPage 1
First page of the free Texas sample report with five plans and the Texas auditor market
State report. The free Texas sample; sponsor names blurred in this preview, shown in full in the PDF. Open the PDF

Plan and sponsor

  • Sponsor name, EIN and plan number
  • Company phone and business address
  • Plan name and type, city, state, ZIP
  • Industry
  • Original filing (PDF) and search links

Why it is on the list

  • Priority A/B/C: call these first
  • Participants with balances, start and end of 2025
  • Net assets at year-end
  • Plan year end
  • Date the 5500-SF was received

Deadlines and fees

  • First audited plan year
  • Audited Form 5500 due date
  • Due date with Form 5558
  • Typical audit fee range for plans like it

Market view

  • Switch candidates: audited plans with a very small auditor, a modified opinion or a sharp fee increase
  • All audited plans with auditor and fee
  • Who won last year's first audits
An audit partner ticking off plans on a printed list
How firms use it

A short list of plans that are about to need you

Reach sponsors first

Contact plan sponsors in your area during their first audited plan year, before engagement letters for the 2027 filing season go out.

Instead of waiting for the call in July

Talk to recordkeepers and TPAs

Bring a concrete list to the advisers and recordkeepers who serve these plans. They need an auditor to recommend.

Instead of a general "we do 401(k) audits" pitch

Plan next year's capacity

The watch list shows the plans at 100-120 participants that are likely to follow a year later.

Instead of guessing how many seniors busy season needs

What arrives each month

A report you can hand to a partner, and a list your team works from

By e-mail

  • New plans in your state or region, with the count
  • Plans matching your saved views
  • Follow-up reminders on the day

Online

  • The full ranked list with map and radius
  • Plan detail with company details and filing
  • Status, owner and notes for up to 10 colleagues

To keep

  • PDF report for partners
  • CSV files for Excel or your CRM
  • Outreach templates in the playbook
Free state sample

See the plans in your state today.

Five real plans with sponsor names, the state count and the auditor market. Free, no sign-up, one click.

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