Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

L.B. Foster Company Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$4M
Total assets Small plan by assets
20
Participants Small participant base
40th
Percentile by assets National rank
$201,079
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: L.B. Foster Company Merged Retirement Plan · Sponsored by L.B. Foster Company · Pennsylvania · Wholesale Trade

$4M in assets, 20 participants

L.B. Foster Company's L.B. Foster Company Merged Retirement Plan reported $4M in total assets and 20 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 40th 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.

  • #1,859 in Wholesale Trade (6,309 peers)

L.B. Foster Company multi-year trail

L.B. Foster Company's plans moved +22.7% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows L.B. Foster Company Merged Retirement Plan at $4M / 20 participants.

#1,859
in Wholesale Trade (6,309 peers)
+5.9%
assets growth YoY

L.B. Foster Company Merged Retirement Plan's mid-pack asset rank among Wholesale Trade and all filers

L.B. Foster Company Merged Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500

$4,021,580 40th percentile higher than 40% of 127,068 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 2023

L.B. Foster Company Merged Retirement Plan among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. L.B. Foster Company Merged Retirement Plan is a small filing (20 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • L.B. Foster Company Merged Retirement Plan reported net income rose from -$949K in the plan year 2022 filing to $206K in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • L.B. Foster Company Merged Retirement Plan reported participants fell from 24 in the plan year 2022 filing to 20 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • L.B. Foster Company Merged Retirement Plan end-of-year assets rose from $4M in the plan year 2022 filing to $4M in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 251324733 · L.B. Foster Company PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

L.B. Foster Company Merged Retirement Plan · $4M · 20 · 40th

  • PART $4M
  • PART 20
  • PART 40th
  • PART Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • PART near Anemone Corp Defined Benefit Pension Plan
  • PART ind #1859

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 Wholesale Trade retirement plans → · Plans in Pennsylvania →

L.B. Foster Company Merged Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among L.B. Foster Company Merged Retirement Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

L.B. Foster Company multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All L.B. Foster Company plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$94M 22.658106261401368% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$70M$80M$90M$100M 202220232024 $76.4M $93.7M ▲ +22.7%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 3 740 $76M
2023 3 868 $89M
2024 3 839 $94M

L.B. Foster Company filing trail (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$4M
Net Assets (End of Year)$4M
Net Income$206K
Employer EIN251324733
Plan Effective Date1969-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Pennsylvania

Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

L.B. Foster Company Merged Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Pennsylvania, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -20000020000400006000080000 -5051015 Total assets ($B) Participants L.B. Foster Company Merged Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.00402158 · Participants: 20L.B. Foster Company Merged Retirement PlanNational Elevator Industry Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 11.224377797 · Participants: 27434National Elevator Industry Pension PlanSteelworkers Pension Trust, Total assets ($B): 6.602912146 · Participants: 47052Steelworkers Pension TrustThe PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.63715 · Participants: 63680The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Pension PlanConstellation Retirement Program, Total assets ($B): 5.323012123 · Participants: 5080Constellation Retirement ProgramThe Bank of New York Mellon Corporation Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.257223708 · Participants: 7374The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation Pension Plan
L.B. Foster Company Merged Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Pennsylvania, assets vs. participants
Compare L.B. Foster Company Merged Retirement Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

L.B. Foster Company Merged Retirement Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Pennsylvania, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Anemone Corp Defined Benefit Pension Plan in CA ($4M); by covered participants it is Dedert Corporation Employees' Pension Plan in IL (20 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (20 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did L.B. Foster Company Merged Retirement Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
L.B. Foster Company Merged Retirement Plan grew at a solid clip - up 5.9% during 2023, from $4M to $4M. Reported net income was $206K.
How have L.B. Foster Company plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), L.B. Foster Company's sponsor-wide assets grew 22.7%, from $76M to $94M.
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to L.B. Foster Company Merged Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Anemone Corp Defined Benefit Pension Plan in CA ($4M, 6 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to L.B. Foster Company Merged Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Dedert Corporation Employees' Pension Plan in IL (20 participants, N/A in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2023.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 251324733.

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.