401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Great Western Drilling Company 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$25M
Total assets Small plan by assets
45
Participants Small participant base
76th
Percentile by assets National rank
$546,827
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Great Western Drilling Company 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Great Western Drilling Company · Texas · Mining & Oil Extraction

$25M in assets, 45 participants

Great Western Drilling Company's Great Western Drilling Company 401(k) Plan reported $25M in total assets and 45 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 76th 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.

  • #486 in Mining & Oil Extraction (811 peers)

Where Great Western Drilling Company 401(k) Plan sits by assets

Great Western Drilling Company 401(k) Plan sits in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, $25M for 45 participants (~$546,827/participant), up 1.8% in 2023.

#486
in Mining & Oil Extraction (811 peers)
+1.8%
assets growth YoY
0.2×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Great Western Drilling Company 401(k) Plan's outsized position by total assets

Great Western Drilling Company 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500

$24,607,226 Top 24% higher than 76% of 127,068 filed plans

This plan $0 $2,050,000,000 every filed plan with reported assets, bucketed by value

Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.

Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2023

Great Western Drilling Company 401(k) Plan among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Great Western Drilling Company 401(k) Plan is a small filing (45 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Great Western Drilling Company 401(k) Plan reported net income rose from -$5M in the plan year 2022 filing to $430K in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Great Western Drilling Company 401(k) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $24M in the plan year 2022 filing to $25M in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 750397250 · Great Western Drilling Company PY 2023 · 401(k)

Great Western Drilling Company 401(k) Plan · $25M · 45 · 76th

  • PHOTO $25M
  • PHOTO 45
  • PHOTO 76th
  • PHOTO 401(k)
  • PHOTO near The Columbian Employees' Profit Sharing Plan
  • PHOTO ind #486

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 Mining & Oil Extraction retirement plans → · Plans in Texas →

Great Western Drilling Company 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Great Western Drilling Company 401(k) Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Scale-class filing particulars (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$24M
Net Assets (End of Year)$25M
Net Income$430K
Employer EIN750397250
Plan Effective Date1989-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Great Western Drilling Company)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Great Western Drilling Company plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$17M 30.756148598681655% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$15M$20M$25M$30M 202220232024 $24.2M $16.7M ▼ -30.8%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 45 $24M
2023 1 45 $25M
2024 1 46 $17M

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Texas

Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Great Western Drilling Company 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Texas, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 -1001020304050 Total assets ($B) Participants Great Western Drilling Company 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.024607226 · Participants: 45Great Western Drilling Company 401(k) PlanAT&T Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 40.012012 · Participants: 119854AT&T Retirement Savings PlanExxonmobil Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 21.917 · Participants: 23477Exxonmobil Savings PlanCaterpillar 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 16.496476432 · Participants: 41679Caterpillar 401(k) Savings PlanAmerican Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 14.680189879 · Participants: 88792American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) PlanDell Inc. 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 13.529835 · Participants: 45686Dell Inc. 401(k) Plan
Great Western Drilling Company 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Texas, assets vs. participants
Compare Great Western Drilling Company 401(k) Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Great Western Drilling Company 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Texas, the nearest 401(k) by assets is The Columbian Employees' Profit Sharing Plan in WA ($25M); by covered participants it is First National Financial Services 401(k) Plan in MN (45 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($25M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (45 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Great Western Drilling Company 401(k) Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Great Western Drilling Company 401(k) Plan edged up modestly - up 1.8% during 2023, from $24M to $25M. Reported net income was $430K.
How have Great Western Drilling Company plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Great Western Drilling Company's sponsor-wide assets declined 30.8%, from $24M to $17M.
Where does Great Western Drilling Company 401(k) Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Great Western Drilling Company 401(k) Plan ranks in the 76th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets).
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Great Western Drilling Company 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is The Columbian Employees' Profit Sharing Plan in WA ($25M, 114 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Great Western Drilling Company 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is First National Financial Services 401(k) Plan in MN (45 participants, $7M in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2023.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 750397250.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.