Baron Management Services 401(k) match, vesting and fees

Plan year 2024 filingThe Baron/Essex Retirement Savings Plan · Plan 001 · EIN 83-1848091Updated Oct 2026

What Baron Management Services' 401(k) plan says about matching contributions

The match terms have not been published from this plan's filing yet.
The plan year 2024 filing reports $426K in employer contributions, about $2,436 per participant. That total includes any match and profit-sharing; it is not a match formula. Plan year 2024 Form 5500 ↗
$57,450
Average account balance
179
Participants (end of year)
$10.1M
Plan assets (end of year)
0.40%
Admin expenses ÷ assets

Plan features

Match, vesting and enrollment details have not been published from this plan's audit report yet. The figures below come from the structured filing.

RecordkeeperStancorp Financial GroupSchedule C ↗
Independent auditorPlante & Moran, PLLC (unmodified opinion, limited scope)Schedule H ↗
Plan type and status401(k) · ActiveForm 5500 ↗

How the plan compares

Plan year 2024 medians for 1,379 defined-contribution plans in real estate and rental and leasing with 100 to 499 participants.

Baron Management Services: employer contribution per participant$2,436
Peer median$1,680
Baron Management Services: average balance$57,450
Peer median$52,722
Baron Management Services: admin expenses ÷ assets0.40%
Peer median0.39%

Admin expenses are the plan's reported administrative expenses divided by its assets; they do not include fund expense ratios.

Plan history

Plan assets went from $8.4M at the end of plan year 2021 to $10.1M at the end of plan year 2024.

$8.4M2021$7M2022$8.6M2023$10.1M2024
End-of-year figures from each plan year's Form 5500 filing for the Baron Management Services plan.
Plan yearParticipantsAssetsEmployer contributionsPer participantAdmin expense ratioMatch formulaFiling
2024179$10.1M$426K$2,4360.40%Not publishedForm 5500 ↗
2023182$8.6M$409K$2,2970.40%Not publishedForm 5500 ↗
2022168$7M$379K$2,4450.46%Not publishedForm 5500 ↗
2021175$8.4M$327K$1,9940.41%Not publishedForm 5500 ↗

Common questions

Does Baron Management Services match 401(k) contributions?

The match terms for the The Baron/Essex Retirement Savings Plan have not been published from its filing yet. The plan year 2024 filing reports $426K in employer contributions, about $2,436 per participant. That total includes any match and profit-sharing; it is not a match formula.

When is the Baron Management Services 401(k) match vested?

The vesting schedule for the The Baron/Essex Retirement Savings Plan is not in the data published so far. Your Summary Plan Description states it.

Who manages the Baron Management Services 401(k)?

The recordkeeper listed on Schedule C of the plan year 2024 filing is Stancorp Financial Group. The plan administrator is Baron Management Services Inc..

I left Baron Management Services. How do I find my old 401(k)?

Your account stays in the plan until you move it. Contact the plan administrator (Baron Management Services Inc., (303) 796-9006) or the recordkeeper, Stancorp Financial Group. The Baron Management Services old 401(k) page lists the contacts from every plan filing. Find an old Baron Management Services 401(k)

Data from the public Form 5500 annual reports Baron Management Services filed with the U.S. Department of Labor (plan years 2021 and 2022 and 2023 and 2024) and, where noted, the attached independent auditor's report. Plan terms may have changed since the filing; check your current Summary Plan Description. PlanFacts is not affiliated with Baron Management Services. Not financial advice. Report a correction · Methodology