401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Barlow Research Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$4M
Total assets Small plan by assets
16
Participants Small participant base
46th
Percentile by assets National rank
$254,974
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Barlow Research Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Barlow Research Associates, Inc. · Minnesota · Professional & Technical Services

$4M in assets, 16 participants

Barlow Research Associates, Inc.'s Barlow Research Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan reported $4M in total assets and 16 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 46th percentile by assets among filed plans. Figures are as reported by the plan sponsor to the Department of Labor, not audited or endorsed by PlainRetire.

  • #9,480 in Professional & Technical Services (21,562 peers)

Barlow Research Associates, Inc. multi-year trail

Barlow Research Associates, Inc.'s plans moved +44.5% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows Barlow Research Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan at $4M / 16 participants.

#9,480
in Professional & Technical Services (21,562 peers)
-24.9%
assets change YoY

The plan reported a net loss of $1M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Barlow Research Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan's mid-pack asset rank among Professional & Technical Services and all filers

Barlow Research Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500

$4,079,579 46th percentile higher than 46% of 139,123 filed plans

This plan $0 $2,050,000,000 every filed plan with reported assets, bucketed by value

Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.

Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2022

Barlow Research Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Barlow Research Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan is a small filing (16 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 411688448 · Barlow Research Associates, Inc. PY 2022 · 401(k)

Barlow Research Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan · $4M · 16 · 46th

  • PHOTO $4M
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  • PHOTO near Mid-America Pet Food 401(k) Plan
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Stamps derive from this plan's Form 5500 line items (assets, participants, type, EIN, cohort placement) - not a quality rating of the sponsor. Read with Professional & Technical Services retirement plans → · Plans in Minnesota →

Barlow Research Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Barlow Research Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

Barlow Research Associates, Inc. multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Barlow Research Associates, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$6M 44.468534620851806% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$3M$4M$5M$6M$7M 202220232024 $4.08M $5.89M ▲ +44.4%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 16 $4M
2023 1 20 $5M
2024 1 19 $6M

Barlow Research Associates, Inc. filing trail (2022)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$5M
Net Assets (End of Year)$4M
Net Income-$1M
Employer EIN411688448
Plan Effective Date1993-03-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Minnesota

Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Barlow Research Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Minnesota, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -1000000100000200000300000400000500000 -505101520 Total assets ($B) Participants Barlow Research Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.004079579 · Participants: 16Barlow Research Associates, Inc. 401(k) PlanUnitedhealth Group 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 18.576379778 · Participants: 176886Unitedhealth Group 401(k) Savings PlanMedtronic Savings and Investment Plan (Also Known as the Medtronic 401(k) Plan), Total assets ($B): 12.198295 · Participants: 38825Medtronic Savings and Investment Plan (Also Known as the Medtronic 401(k) Plan)Target Corporation 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 11.216824857 · Participants: 400422Target Corporation 401(k) Plan3M Voluntary Investment Plan and Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 11.138527656 · Participants: 371593M Voluntary Investment Plan and Employee Stock Ownership PlanU.S. Bank 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 8.266408521 · Participants: 67646U.S. Bank 401(k) Savings Plan
Barlow Research Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Minnesota, assets vs. participants
Compare Barlow Research Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Barlow Research Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Minnesota, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Mid-America Pet Food 401(k) Plan in TX ($4M); by covered participants it is Williams, Robinson Et Al 401(k) Plan & Trust in MO (16 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($4M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (16 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Barlow Research Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan assets move in 2022? ▼
Barlow Research Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan declined sharply - down 24.9% during 2022, from $5M to $4M. Reported net income was -$1M.
How have Barlow Research Associates, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Barlow Research Associates, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 44.5%, from $4M to $6M.
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Barlow Research Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Mid-America Pet Food 401(k) Plan in TX ($4M, 178 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Barlow Research Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Williams, Robinson Et Al 401(k) Plan & Trust in MO (16 participants, $2M in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2022.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 411688448.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.