401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
Waste Connections, Inc. 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $552M
- Total assets Above avg plan size
- 14,346
- Participants Very large workforce
- 98th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $38,480
- Avg per participant Low balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Waste Connections, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan · Sponsored by Waste Connections, Inc. · Texas · Administrative & Support Services
$552M in assets, 14,346 participants
Waste Connections, Inc.'s Waste Connections, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan reported $552M in total assets and 14,346 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 98th 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.
- #4,897 in Administrative & Support Services (4,927 peers)
Coverage in Texas
Waste Connections, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan covers 14,346 participants in Texas, 21x the typical Texas plan (state average ~688 per filing). Assets: $552M.
- #4,897
- in Administrative & Support Services (4,927 peers)
- -9.3%
- assets change YoY
- 5.5×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $57M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Waste Connections, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan's outsized position by total assets
Waste Connections, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$552,028,840 Top 2% higher than 98% of 139,123 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2022
Waste Connections, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan's mega-plan peer group by participant headcount
Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Waste Connections, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan is a mega filing (14,346 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
DOL schedule card
Filing strip 680400286 · Waste Connections, Inc. PY 2022 · 401(k)
Waste Connections, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan · $552M · 14,346 · 98th
- 5500 $552M
- 5500 14,346
- 5500 98th
- 5500 401(k)
- 5500 near Serco Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan
- 5500 ind #4897
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 Administrative & Support Services retirement plans → · Plans in Texas →
Waste Connections, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Texas filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $609M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $552M |
| Net Income | -$57M |
| Employer EIN | 680400286 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1997-10-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Waste Connections, Inc.)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Waste Connections, Inc. plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $799M 44.8019559992554% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 14,346 | $552M |
| 2023 | 1 | 16,010 | $684M |
| 2024 | 1 | 16,709 | $799M |
Nearby 401(k) Plans in Texas
Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- AT&T Retirement Savings Plan $37.6B · 144,503
- Exxonmobil Savings Plan $21.3B · 23,619
- Caterpillar 401(k) Savings Plan $13.8B · 38,538
- American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan $12.8B · 85,577
- Dell Inc. 401(k) Plan $12.0B · 47,532
Scale composition for Waste Connections, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan
Waste Connections, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan reports $552M in end-of-year assets across 14,346 participants (0.004% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.015% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $38,480 per participant (28% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$57M.
This plan identity (EIN 680400286, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $552M to $799M (+44.8%) while covered participants moved from 14,346 to 16,709 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 14,346 | $552M | This page |
| 2023 | 16,010 | $684M | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 16,709 | $799M | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:
- Waste Connections, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan (401(k), $799M, 16,709 participants)
Waste Connections, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Texas, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Serco Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan in VA ($552M); by covered participants it is McKinsey & Company, Inc. (Psrp) Profit Sharing Retirement Plan in NY (14,349 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($552M here).
- Serco Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan (VA) $552M · 7,889
- Heritage Group Retirement Savings Plan (IN) $552M · 3,366
- Cohnreznick LLP 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan (NJ) $551M · 3,328
- Mitchell International, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan (CA) $551M · 5,734
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (14,346 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- McKinsey & Company, Inc. (Psrp) Profit Sharing Retirement Plan (NY) 14,349 · 3 off
- Novartis Corporation Investment Savings Plan (NJ) 14,350 · 4 off
- Employees' 401(k) Savings Plan of Bank of Montreal/Harris (IL) 14,312 · 34 off
- Save Mart Companies Retirement Savings Plan (CA) 14,258 · 88 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.