Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Barnes Group Inc. Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $5M
- Total assets Small plan by assets
- N/A
- Participants Small participant base
- 43rd
- Percentile by assets National rank
Official DOL plan name: Kar Products Retirement Income Plan · Sponsored by Barnes Group Inc. · Connecticut · Manufacturing
$5M in assets, N/A participants
Barnes Group Inc.'s Kar Products Retirement Income Plan reported $5M in total assets and N/A participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 43rd 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.
- #4,579 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
Barnes Group Inc. multi-year trail
Barnes Group Inc.'s plans moved -51.4% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows Kar Products Retirement Income Plan at $5M / N/A participants.
- #4,579
- in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
- -7.6%
- assets change YoY
The plan reported a net loss of $436K for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Kar Products Retirement Income Plan's mid-pack asset rank among Manufacturing and all filers
Kar Products Retirement Income Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$5,189,302 43rd percentile higher than 43% of 123,620 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2024
Filed plans by participant headcount
Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets.
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- Kar Products Retirement Income Plan reported net income fell from -$145K in the plan year 2023 filing to -$436K in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Kar Products Retirement Income Plan end-of-year assets fell from $6M in the plan year 2023 filing to $5M in the plan year 2024 filing.
Form 5500 schedule snapshot
Filing strip 060247840 · Barnes Group Inc. PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Kar Products Retirement Income Plan · $5M · N/A · 43rd
- PHOTO $5M
- PHOTO N/A
- PHOTO 43rd
- PHOTO Defined Benefit (Pension)
- PHOTO near Air Express International USA, Inc. Chicago Clerical Employees
- PHOTO ind #4579
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 Connecticut →
Kar Products Retirement Income Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Barnes Group Inc. multi-year asset trail
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Barnes Group Inc. plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $300M 51.41966266463092% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7 | 2,050 | $618M |
| 2023 | 7 | 2,261 | $652M |
| 2024 | 5 | 237 | $300M |
Barnes Group Inc. filing trail (2024)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $6M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $5M |
| Net Income | -$436K |
| Employer EIN | 060247840 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1964-05-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Connecticut
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Rtx Consolidated Pension Plan $41.6B · 36,180
- The Citigroup Pension Plan $10.0B · 15,906
- Eversource Pension Plan $5.8B · 3,428
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- The Hartford Retirement Plan for U.S. Employees $3.4B · 7,034
Kar Products Retirement Income Plan's closest out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets
Outside Connecticut, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by end-of-year assets is Air Express International USA, Inc. Chicago Clerical Employees in FL at $5M (this filing: $5M).
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($5M here).
- Air Express International USA, Inc. Chicago Clerical Employees (FL) $5M · 5
- C & C Jewelry, Mfg., Inc. Defined Benefit Pension Plan (CA) $5M · 70
- Pension Plan for Union Employees of Johanna Foods, Inc., Lacto Milk Products Division (NJ) $5M · 56
- Solov and Teitell, a Professional Corporation Pension Plan (CA) $5M · 29
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.