Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Textron Inc. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-07-24

$2.3B
Total assets: 2,671
Participants: 99th
Percentile by assets: $872,163
Avg per participant

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.

99th percentile by assets (of 116,472 plans)

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.

$2.3B
total plan assets (2024 EOY): 2,671
covered participants: 99th
percentile by assets (of 116,472 plans): $872,163
avg assets per participant

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 →

State

Rhode Island

Industry

Manufacturing

Bell Helicopter Textron Master Retirement Plan vs the 2024 asset distribution

By assets, Bell Helicopter Textron Master Retirement Plan outranks 99% of the 116,472 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2024 plan year, and holds roughly 23x the national average plan size of $100M (730 average participants).

Scale-class filing particulars (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)	$2.2B
Net Assets (End of Year)	$2.3B
Net Income	$83M
Employer EIN	050315468
Plan Effective Date	1942-12-31
Filing Status	FILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Textron Inc.)

Total plan assets by year, all Textron Inc. plans on file

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

The Bank of America Pension Plan $19.0B · 53,831
Textron Master Retirement Plan $5.5B · 6,888
Factory Mutual Insurance Company Pension Plan $3.0B · 3,656
Amica Pension Fund $1.7B · 2,172
Cfg Pension Plan $1.2B · 2,962

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Similar-Sized Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans Nationally

Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states closest to Bell Helicopter Textron Master Retirement Plan by total assets, not by location.

Time Warner Cable Pension Plan (NC) $2.3B · 15,757
Duke Energy Legacy Pension Plan (NC) $2.4B · 300
Local 804 I.B.T. and Local 447 I.a.M. - UPS Multi-Employer Retirement Plan (GA) $2.4B · 5,814
Southern California Gas Company Pension Plan (CA) $2.4B · 8,518

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 116,472 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).

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By total assets, Bell Helicopter Textron Master Retirement Plan ranks among the largest 1% of all filed plans. See the largest plans
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Textron Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets have grown 15.3% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Manufacturing plans

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.