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Barnes Group, Inc.401(k)

BARNES GROUP INC. RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · BRISTOL, CT · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.09%

Peer grade: C+ · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works

Barnes Group, Inc. reported $265,572 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.09% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $3,838 per active participant. This ratio covers administrative expenses reported on the plan's Schedule H only; fund-level expense ratios are not included in public structured data — see methodology.

Across the 1 year on file its reported administrative ratio rose from 0.07% to 0.09%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 2,601 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 74th-largest of 1,106 plans among Connecticut employers on file, and the 812th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2023, employees put in $1.63 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$320,112,360
Participants with balances2,454
Active participants1,586
Employer contributions$6,086,857
Employee contributions$9,892,455
Employer contribution per active participant$3,838
Average account balance$130,445
Benefits paid to participants$49,673,831
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorFIONDELLA, MILONE & LASARACINA
Plan history2
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2023$320.1M · 2,454 accts · $6.1M emplr
2022$299.3M · 2,801 accts · $6.7M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$132,634
Total administrative$265,572
The Barnes Group, Inc. 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$3,838
Median for plans this size$4,362
2023$3,838 per active participant
2022$3,821 per active participant

Barnes Group, Inc.'s 2023 employer contribution ran below the $4,362 median for plans its size. Filings report dollars actually contributed, not the match formula; the formula itself (for example, 50% of the first 6% of pay) lives in the plan's summary plan description from HR.

What these fees cost you

Annual cost at the plan's reported 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

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Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.

Administrative cost history2
2023$265,572 · 0.09%
2022$187,876 · 0.07%
All plans at this employer2
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 060247840 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.