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
Industry
Manufacturing

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 Type401(k)
Employer EIN250900168
Plan Effective Date1977-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Kennametal Inc.)

$1.08B$1.1B$1.12B$1.14B$1.16B 202220232024 $1.09B $1.13B ▲ +3.7%
Total plan assets by year, all Kennametal Inc. 401(k) plans on file
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 4 3,364 $1.1B
2023 4 3,416 $1.1B
2024 4 3,194 $1.1B

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the Kennametal Thrift Plus Plan?
As of the 2024 Form 5500 filing, Kennametal Thrift Plus Plan holds $595M in total assets with 2,621 participants. It is sponsored by Kennametal Inc..
What type of plan is Kennametal Thrift Plus Plan?
Kennametal Thrift Plus Plan is a 401(k) plan. It has been effective since 1977-01-01. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 250900168.
Who sponsors the Kennametal Thrift Plus Plan?
Kennametal Thrift Plus Plan is sponsored by Kennametal Inc., located in South Carolina. The sponsor's EIN is 250900168 and the plan operates in the Manufacturing industry.
How did Kennametal Thrift Plus Plan perform in 2024?
Kennametal Thrift Plus Plan edged up modestly - up 3.9% during 2024, moving from $572M to $595M in total assets. Net income was $22M.

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.

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

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.