401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
Kirby Corporation 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $688M
- Total assets Above avg plan size
- 5,033
- Participants Above avg headcount
- 98th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $136,793
- Avg per participant Near avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Kirby 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Kirby Corporation · Texas · Transportation & Warehousing
$688M in assets, 5,033 participants
Kirby Corporation's Kirby 401(k) Plan reported $688M in total assets and 5,033 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.
- #3,785 in Transportation & Warehousing (3,876 peers)
Coverage in Texas
Kirby 401(k) Plan covers 5,033 participants in Texas, 7.3x the typical Texas plan (state average ~688 per filing). Assets: $688M.
- #3,785
- in Transportation & Warehousing (3,876 peers)
- -2.2%
- assets change YoY
- 6.9×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $162M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Kirby 401(k) Plan's outsized position by total assets
Kirby 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$688,480,918 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
Kirby 401(k) Plan's large-plan peer group by participant headcount
Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Kirby 401(k) Plan lands in the large band (5,033 participants).
Published 5500 schedule card
Filing strip 741884980 · Kirby Corporation PY 2022 · 401(k)
Kirby 401(k) Plan · $688M · 5,033 · 98th
- TYPE $688M
- NET 5,033
- BOOK 98th
- VS-ST 401(k)
- BOY near Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Employee Savings Plan
- SCH ind #3785
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 Transportation & Warehousing retirement plans → · Plans in Texas →
Kirby 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Texas filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $704M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $688M |
| Net Income | -$162M |
| Employer EIN | 741884980 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1986-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Kirby Corporation)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Kirby Corporation plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $1.2B 21.682442032615445% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 6,281 | $1.0B |
| 2023 | 2 | 6,106 | $1.1B |
| 2024 | 2 | 6,154 | $1.2B |
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 Kirby 401(k) Plan
Kirby 401(k) Plan reports $688M in end-of-year assets across 5,033 participants (0.006% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.005% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $136,793 per participant (99% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$162M.
This plan identity (EIN 741884980, plan #004) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $688M to $850M (+23.5%) while covered participants moved from 5,033 to 5,102 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5,033 | $688M | This page |
| 2023 | 4,954 | $777M | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 5,102 | $850M | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 2 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- Kirby 401(k) Plan (401(k), $850M, 5,102 participants)
- Kirby Pension Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $373M, 1,052 participants)
Kirby 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Texas, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Employee Savings Plan in MN ($689M); by covered participants it is Group Management Services, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan & Trust in OH (5,033 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($688M here).
- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Employee Savings Plan (MN) $689M · 3,024
- Alaska Airlines, Inc. Cops, Mrp & Dispatch 401(k) Plan (WA) $689M · 6,637
- Ptc 401(k) Savings Plan (MA) $689M · 2,379
- Michael Baker International 401(k) Plan (PA) $687M · 3,250
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (5,033 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Group Management Services, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan & Trust (OH) 5,033 · 0 off
- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina 401(k) Plan (NC) 5,029 · 4 off
- Fareway Stores, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan (IA) 5,028 · 5 off
- Hntb Ownership Plan (MO) 5,027 · 6 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.