401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Kennametal Inc. 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-07-24
- $595M
- Total assets
- 2,621
- Participants
- 98th
- Percentile by assets
- $226,831
- Avg per participant
Official DOL plan name: Kennametal Thrift Plus Plan · Sponsored by Kennametal Inc. · South Carolina · Manufacturing
$595M in assets, 2,621 participants
Kennametal Inc.'s Kennametal Thrift Plus Plan reported $595M in total assets and 2,621 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 98th 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.
- 98th percentile by assets (of 116,472 plans)
What the 2024 filing shows
Kennametal Thrift Plus Plan holds $595M for 2,621 participants - about $226,831 per participant, in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, up 3.9% over the 2024 plan year.
- $595M
- total plan assets (2024 EOY)
- 2,621
- covered participants
- 98th
- percentile by assets (of 116,472 plans)
- $226,831
- avg assets per participant
401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
What the Filing Says About Kennametal Thrift Plus Plan
Kennametal Thrift Plus Plan is a 401(k) retirement plan sponsored by Kennametal Inc., headquartered in South Carolina. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2024 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $595M in total end-of-year assets and covers 2,621 participants across the Manufacturing industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 250900168, and the plan has been effective since 1977-01-01. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.
Year over year, total assets edged up modestly from $572M at the beginning of 2024 to $595M at year-end - up 3.9%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $595M, with reported net income of $22M driven by investment returns, contributions received, and benefit payments during the period. These figures reflect what the plan administrator certified on Schedule H or Schedule I of the Form 5500 annual return and can be compared against 2 prior plan-year filings from the same sponsor shown below.
Across the 3 plan years Kennametal Inc. has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $1.1B to $1.1B, a gain of 4.3%, while reported participants moved from 3,364 to 3,194 (-5.1%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2023 at $1.1B; the softest was 2022 at $1.1B. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $1.1B in assets across 4 plans covering 3,364 participants; 2023 - $1.1B in assets across 4 plans covering 3,416 participants; 2024 - $1.1B in assets across 4 plans covering 3,194 participants.
By assets, Kennametal Thrift Plus Plan outranks 98% of the 116,472 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2024 plan year, and holds roughly 5.9x the national average plan size of $100M and 730 average participants.
Asset totals and participant counts reflect a single plan year snapshot and can change materially with market conditions, plan mergers, or workforce changes. Fields such as "net income" include both realized investment performance and contribution/distribution flows, a single-year figure does not by itself indicate plan health or participant outcomes. This page summarizes public DOL disclosures for research and educational purposes only and is not retirement, tax, legal, or financial advice. Before making decisions about your own retirement benefits or evaluating an employer's plan, verify the underlying filing directly via the DOL EFAST2 system and consult a qualified professional.
How the percentile is calculated: we count every plan that filed a 2024 Form 5500 with a reported end-of-year asset figure (116,472 plans), rank Kennametal Thrift Plus Plan against all of them by total assets, and report the share of those plans it outranks. A plan reporting no asset figure for the year is excluded from the ranking rather than assumed to be zero.
Financial Summary (2024)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $572M |
|---|---|
| Total Assets (End of Year) | $595M |
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $595M |
| Net Income | $22M |
| Plan Type | 401(k) |
| Employer EIN | 250900168 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1977-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Kennametal Inc.)
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | 3,364 | $1.1B |
| 2023 | 4 | 3,416 | $1.1B |
| 2024 | 4 | 3,194 | $1.1B |
Nearby 401(k) Plans in South Carolina
Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
Kennametal Thrift Plus Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in South Carolina, assets vs. participants
- Michelin 401(k) Savings Plan $4.5B · 15,095
- The Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC Defined Contribution Plan $2.8B · 9,296
- Sonoco Retirement & Savings Plan $1.7B · 11,813
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Sc Employee Savings and Salary Reduction Plan $1.5B · 11,878
- The Milliken Retirement Plan $1.4B · 5,733
Similar-Sized 401(k) Plans Nationally
401(k) plans in other states closest to Kennametal Thrift Plus Plan by total assets, not by location.
- Axalta Coating Systems, LLC Retirement Savings Plan (PA) $594M · 3,102
- Bentley Systems, Incorporated Profit Sharing/401(k) Plan (PA) $595M · 1,582
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine 403(b) Retirement Income Plan (NY) $594M · 2,020
- Bombardier 401(k) Savings Plan (KS) $593M · 2,318
Frequently Asked Questions
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What this filing means
Ways to act on Kennametal Thrift Plus Plan's numbers.
- By total assets, Kennametal Thrift Plus Plan ranks in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets. See the largest plans
- Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar 401(k) plans in South Carolina. Compare plans
- Kennametal Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets have grown 4.3% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Manufacturing plans
- A 401(k) plan works differently from other retirement plan types, understand the structural differences before comparing. Compare plan types
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2024.
Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 250900168.
Reference: IRS Publication 560, Retirement Plans for Small Business, contribution-limit rules.
Reference: IRS Publication 590-B, Distributions from IRAs, RMD rules under SECURE Act 2.0.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Every figure on PlainRetire is rendered directly from the Department of Labor's Form 5500 annual return filings, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-07-24.