401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Harvard Bioscience, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$41M
Total assets Below avg plan size
306
Participants Below avg headcount
86th
Percentile by assets National rank
$133,613
Avg per participant Near avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Harvard Bioscience, Inc. 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Harvard Bioscience, Inc. · Massachusetts · Manufacturing

$41M in assets, 306 participants

Harvard Bioscience, Inc.'s Harvard Bioscience, Inc. 401(k) Plan reported $41M in total assets and 306 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 86th 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.

  • #16,457 in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)

Coverage in Massachusetts

Harvard Bioscience, Inc. 401(k) Plan covers 306 participants in Massachusetts, about 46% of the average Massachusetts filer (state average ~659 per filing). Assets: $41M.

#16,457
in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)
-14.8%
assets change YoY
0.4×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $7M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Harvard Bioscience, Inc. 401(k) Plan's outsized position by total assets

Harvard Bioscience, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$40,885,715 Top 14% higher than 86% 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

Harvard Bioscience, Inc. 401(k) Plan among mid-size filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Harvard Bioscience, Inc. 401(k) Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (306 participants).

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 043306140 · Harvard Bioscience, Inc. PY 2022 · 401(k)

Harvard Bioscience, Inc. 401(k) Plan · $41M · 306 · 86th

  • BOY $41M
  • BOY 306
  • BOY 86th
  • BOY 401(k)
  • BOY near Woodside Group, LLC 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
  • BOY ind #16457

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 Manufacturing retirement plans → · Plans in Massachusetts →

Harvard Bioscience, Inc. 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Harvard Bioscience, Inc. 401(k) PlanHarvard Bioscience, Inc. 401…$41MKing Kullen 401 (K) Savings and Investment PlanKing Kullen 401 (K) Savings …$41MWoodside Group, LLC 401(k) Retirement Savings PlanWoodside Group, LLC 401(k) R…$41MRosenstein Fist & Ringold 401(k) Profit Sharing PlanRosenstein Fist & Ringold 40…$41M9dot 401(k) Plan$41M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Harvard Bioscience, Inc. 401(k) Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

Massachusetts filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$48M
Net Assets (End of Year)$41M
Net Income-$7M
Employer EIN043306140
Plan Effective Date1996-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Harvard Bioscience, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Harvard Bioscience, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$50M 21.466355669700285% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$40M$45M$50M$55M 202220232024 $40.9M $49.7M ▲ +21.4%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 306 $41M
2023 1 282 $48M
2024 1 262 $50M

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Massachusetts

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

Harvard Bioscience, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Massachusetts, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -200000200004000060000 -100102030 Total assets ($B) Participants Harvard Bioscience, Inc. 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.040885715 · Participants: 306Harvard Bioscience, Inc. 401(k) PlanFidelity Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 22.953563448 · Participants: 52036Fidelity Retirement Savings PlanLiberty Mutual 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 8.79802945 · Participants: 32843Liberty Mutual 401(k) PlanMassachusetts Institute of Technology Supplemental 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.810585521 · Participants: 13690Massachusetts Institute of Technology Supplemental 401(k) PlanPhilips North America 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.180251859 · Participants: 19750Philips North America 401(k) PlanBoston Scientific Corporation 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.853752256 · Participants: 18359Boston Scientific Corporation 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
Harvard Bioscience, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Massachusetts, assets vs. participants
Compare Harvard Bioscience, Inc. 401(k) Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Harvard Bioscience, Inc. 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Massachusetts, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Woodside Group, LLC 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan in UT ($41M); by covered participants it is Anderson Dahlen, Inc. 401(k) & Profit Sharing Plan in MN (306 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (306 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 Harvard Bioscience, Inc. 401(k) Plan assets move in 2022? ▼
Harvard Bioscience, Inc. 401(k) Plan pulled back noticeably - down 14.8% during 2022, from $48M to $41M. Reported net income was -$7M.
How have Harvard Bioscience, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Harvard Bioscience, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 21.5%, from $41M to $50M.
Where does Harvard Bioscience, Inc. 401(k) Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Harvard Bioscience, Inc. 401(k) Plan ranks in the 86th percentile by end-of-year assets among 139,126 plans that reported assets for plan year 2022 (in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets).
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Harvard Bioscience, Inc. 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Woodside Group, LLC 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan in UT ($41M, 512 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Harvard Bioscience, Inc. 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Anderson Dahlen, Inc. 401(k) & Profit Sharing Plan in MN (306 participants, N/A 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 043306140.

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.