401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Harvard Bioscience, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$48M
Total assets Below avg plan size
282
Participants Below avg headcount
85th
Percentile by assets National rank
$169,072
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Harvard Bioscience, Inc. 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Harvard Bioscience, Inc. · Massachusetts · Manufacturing

$48M in assets, 282 participants

Harvard Bioscience, Inc.'s Harvard Bioscience, Inc. 401(k) Plan reported $48M in total assets and 282 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 85th 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.

  • #14,683 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)

Coverage in Massachusetts

Harvard Bioscience, Inc. 401(k) Plan covers 282 participants in Massachusetts, about 43% of the average Massachusetts filer (state average ~659 per filing). Assets: $48M.

#14,683
in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
+16.6%
assets growth YoY
0.5×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

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 2023 · DOL Form 5500

$47,678,412 Top 15% higher than 85% 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

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

Plan-year 2023 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 (282 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Harvard Bioscience, Inc. 401(k) Plan reported net income rose from -$7M in the plan year 2022 filing to $7M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Harvard Bioscience, Inc. 401(k) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $41M in the plan year 2022 filing to $48M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Harvard Bioscience, Inc. 401(k) Plan reported participants fell from 306 in the plan year 2022 filing to 282 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 043306140 · Harvard Bioscience, Inc. PY 2023 · 401(k)

Harvard Bioscience, Inc. 401(k) Plan · $48M · 282 · 85th

  • BOOK $48M
  • VS-ST 282
  • BOY 85th
  • SCH 401(k)
  • EBSA near Siguler Guff & Company Retirement Plan
  • PART ind #14683

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

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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 2023.

Massachusetts filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$41M
Net Assets (End of Year)$48M
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. -20000020000400006000080000 -10010203040 Total assets ($B) Participants Harvard Bioscience, Inc. 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.047678412 · Participants: 282Harvard Bioscience, Inc. 401(k) PlanFidelity Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 28.649852331 · Participants: 62289Fidelity Retirement Savings PlanLiberty Mutual 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 10.556596852 · Participants: 37052Liberty Mutual 401(k) PlanMassachusetts Institute of Technology Supplemental 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 6.829912863 · Participants: 14094Massachusetts Institute of Technology Supplemental 401(k) PlanBoston Scientific Corporation 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.786107181 · Participants: 19881Boston Scientific Corporation 401(k) Retirement Savings PlanPhilips North America 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.779286156 · Participants: 19120Philips North America 401(k) 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 Siguler Guff & Company Retirement Plan in NY ($48M); by covered participants it is The Arcticom Group, LLC 401(k) Plan in CA (282 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (282 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 Harvard Bioscience, Inc. 401(k) Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Harvard Bioscience, Inc. 401(k) Plan grew sharply - up 16.6% during 2023, from $41M to $48M. 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 85th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (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 Siguler Guff & Company Retirement Plan in NY ($48M, 91 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 The Arcticom Group, LLC 401(k) Plan in CA (282 participants, $10M 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 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.