401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Waste Connections, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$684M
Total assets Above avg plan size
16,010
Participants Very large workforce
98th
Percentile by assets National rank
$42,725
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Waste Connections, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan · Sponsored by Waste Connections, Inc. · Texas · Administrative & Support Services

$684M in assets, 16,010 participants

Waste Connections, Inc.'s Waste Connections, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan reported $684M in total assets and 16,010 participants in its 2023 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.

  • #4,343 in Administrative & Support Services (4,372 peers)

Coverage in Texas

Waste Connections, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan covers 16,010 participants in Texas, 23x the typical Texas plan (state average ~688 per filing). Assets: $684M.

#4,343
in Administrative & Support Services (4,372 peers)
+23.9%
assets growth YoY
6.9×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

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 2023 · DOL Form 5500

$684,026,629 Top 2% higher than 98% 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

Waste Connections, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan's mega-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2023 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 (16,010 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Waste Connections, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan reported net income rose from -$57M in the plan year 2022 filing to $132M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Waste Connections, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan end-of-year assets rose from $552M in the plan year 2022 filing to $684M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Waste Connections, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan reported participants rose from 14,346 in the plan year 2022 filing to 16,010 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 680400286 · Waste Connections, Inc. PY 2023 · 401(k)

Waste Connections, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan · $684M · 16,010 · 98th

  • IND $684M
  • EOY 16,010
  • 5500 98th
  • ASSETS 401(k)
  • PCT near Hawaiian Electric Industries Retirement Savings Plan
  • EIN ind #4343

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

Corelogic, Inc. 401(k) Savings PlanCorelogic, Inc. 401(k) Savin…$686MDentsply Sirona Inc. 401(k) Savings and Employee Stock Ownership PlanDentsply Sirona Inc. 401(k) …$685MSignet Jewelers Retirement Savings PlanSignet Jewelers Retirement S…$685MHawaiian Electric Industries Retirement Savings PlanHawaiian Electric Industries…$685MWaste Connections, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing PlanWaste Connections, Inc. 401(…$684M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Waste Connections, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Texas filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$552M
Net Assets (End of Year)$684M
Net Income$132M
Employer EIN680400286
Plan Effective Date1997-10-01
Filing StatusFILING 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
$500M$600M$700M$800M$900M 202220232024 $552M $799M ▲ +44.8%
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.

Waste Connections, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Texas, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 050000100000150000 -1001020304050 Total assets ($B) Participants Waste Connections, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.684026629 · Participants: 16010Waste Connections, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing 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
Waste Connections, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Texas, assets vs. participants
Compare Waste Connections, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Waste Connections, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan

Waste Connections, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan reports $684M in end-of-year assets across 16,010 participants (0.006% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.017% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $42,725 per participant (31% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $132M.

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 Open filing
2023 16,010 $684M This page
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's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Texas, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Hawaiian Electric Industries Retirement Savings Plan in HI ($685M); by covered participants it is Bright Horizons 401(k) Plan in MA (15,998 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (16,010 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 Waste Connections, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Waste Connections, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan grew sharply - up 23.9% during 2023, from $552M to $684M. Reported net income was $132M.
How have Waste Connections, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Waste Connections, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 44.8%, from $552M to $799M.
Where does Waste Connections, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Waste Connections, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan ranks in the 98th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets).
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Waste Connections, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Hawaiian Electric Industries Retirement Savings Plan in HI ($685M, 2,679 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Waste Connections, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Bright Horizons 401(k) Plan in MA (15,998 participants, $410M 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 680400286.

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.