Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Textron Inc. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$2.3B
Total assets Very large vs avg
2,671
Participants Above avg headcount
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$872,163
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Bell Helicopter Textron Master Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Textron Inc. · Rhode Island · Manufacturing

$2.3B in assets, 2,671 participants

Textron Inc.'s Bell Helicopter Textron Master Retirement Plan reported $2.3B in total assets and 2,671 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 99th 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.

  • #17,563 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)

Where Bell Helicopter Textron Master Retirement Plan sits by assets

Bell Helicopter Textron Master Retirement Plan sits among the largest 1% of all filed plans, $2.3B for 2,671 participants (~$872,163/participant), up 3.9% in 2024.

#17,563
in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
+3.9%
assets growth YoY
23×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Bell Helicopter Textron Master Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets

Bell Helicopter Textron Master Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500

$2,329,548,169 Top 1% higher than 99% of 123,620 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 2024

Bell Helicopter Textron Master Retirement Plan's large-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Bell Helicopter Textron Master Retirement Plan lands in the large band (2,671 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Bell Helicopter Textron Master Retirement Plan reported net income fell from $105M in the plan year 2023 filing to $83M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Bell Helicopter Textron Master Retirement Plan reported participants fell from 2,800 in the plan year 2023 filing to 2,671 in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Bell Helicopter Textron Master Retirement Plan end-of-year assets rose from $2.2B in the plan year 2023 filing to $2.3B in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 050315468 · Textron Inc. PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Bell Helicopter Textron Master Retirement Plan · $2.3B · 2,671 · 99th

  • EBSA $2.3B
  • EBSA 2,671
  • EBSA 99th
  • EBSA Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • EBSA near Time Warner Cable Pension Plan
  • EBSA ind #17563

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 Rhode Island →

Bell Helicopter Textron Master Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($B) among Bell Helicopter Textron Master Retirement Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Scale-class filing particulars (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$2.2B
Net Assets (End of Year)$2.3B
Net Income$83M
Employer EIN050315468
Plan Effective Date1942-12-31
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Textron Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Textron Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$14.4B 15.259876876730171% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$12B$13B$14B$15B 202220232024 $12.5B $14.4B ▲ +15.2%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 5 46,672 $12.5B
2023 5 46,843 $13.6B
2024 5 45,819 $14.4B

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Rhode Island

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

Bell Helicopter Textron Master Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Rhode Island, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -200000200004000060000 05101520 Total assets ($B) Participants Bell Helicopter Textron Master Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.329548169 · Participants: 2671Bell Helicopter Textron Master Retirement PlanThe Bank of America Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 19.041232839 · Participants: 53831The Bank of America Pension PlanTextron Master Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.458240388 · Participants: 6888Textron Master Retirement PlanFactory Mutual Insurance Company Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.028187818 · Participants: 3656Factory Mutual Insurance Company Pension PlanAmica Pension Fund, Total assets ($B): 1.66403358 · Participants: 2172Amica Pension FundCfg Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.200889518 · Participants: 2962Cfg Pension Plan
Bell Helicopter Textron Master Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Rhode Island, assets vs. participants
Compare Bell Helicopter Textron Master Retirement Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Bell Helicopter Textron Master Retirement Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Rhode Island, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Time Warner Cable Pension Plan in NC ($2.3B); by covered participants it is Cooperative Pension Plan in IN (2,673 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($2.3B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (2,671 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Bell Helicopter Textron Master Retirement Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Bell Helicopter Textron Master Retirement Plan edged up modestly - up 3.9% during 2024, from $2.2B to $2.3B. Reported net income was $83M.
How have Textron Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Textron Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 15.3%, from $12.5B to $14.4B.
Where does Bell Helicopter Textron Master Retirement Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Bell Helicopter Textron Master Retirement Plan ranks in the 99th percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (among the largest 1% of all filed plans).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Bell Helicopter Textron Master Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Time Warner Cable Pension Plan in NC ($2.3B, 15,757 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Bell Helicopter Textron Master Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Cooperative Pension Plan in IN (2,673 participants, $229M in assets).

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 050315468.

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.