401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Wachter, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$66M
Total assets Below avg plan size
1,300
Participants Near avg headcount
88th
Percentile by assets National rank
$51,009
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Wachter Employees' 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan · Sponsored by Wachter, Inc. · Kansas · Other Services

$66M in assets, 1,300 participants

Wachter, Inc.'s Wachter Employees' 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan reported $66M in total assets and 1,300 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 88th 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.

  • #7,473 in Other Services (7,857 peers)

Coverage in Kansas

Wachter Employees' 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan covers 1,300 participants in Kansas, 3.6x the typical Kansas plan (state average ~360 per filing). Assets: $66M.

#7,473
in Other Services (7,857 peers)
+23.1%
assets growth YoY
0.7×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Wachter Employees' 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan's outsized position by total assets

Wachter Employees' 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$66,312,131 Top 12% higher than 88% 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

Wachter Employees' 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan's large-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Wachter Employees' 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan lands in the large band (1,300 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Wachter Employees' 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan reported net income rose from -$7M in the plan year 2022 filing to $12M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Wachter Employees' 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan end-of-year assets rose from $54M in the plan year 2022 filing to $66M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Wachter Employees' 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan reported participants rose from 1,234 in the plan year 2022 filing to 1,300 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 481238438 · Wachter, Inc. PY 2023 · 401(k)

Wachter Employees' 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan · $66M · 1,300 · 88th

  • BOY $66M
  • BOY 1,300
  • BOY 88th
  • BOY 401(k)
  • BOY near Nutreco USA 401(k) Plan
  • BOY ind #7473

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 Other Services retirement plans → · Plans in Kansas →

Wachter Employees' 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Schmidbauer Lumber Sawmills 401(k) PlanSchmidbauer Lumber Sawmills …$66MMoseley Architects, P.C. 401(k) PlanMoseley Architects, P.C. 401…$66MWachter Employees' 401(k) Profit Sharing PlanWachter Employees' 401(k) Pr…$66MNutreco USA 401(k) Plan$66MDakota Electric Association Employee 401(k) PlanDakota Electric Association …$66M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Wachter Employees' 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Kansas filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$54M
Net Assets (End of Year)$66M
Net Income$12M
Employer EIN481238438
Plan Effective Date1993-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Wachter, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Wachter, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$80M 48.19548311219802% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$50M$60M$70M$80M$90M 202220232024 $53.9M $79.9M ▲ +48.2%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 1,234 $54M
2023 1 1,300 $66M
2024 1 1,469 $80M

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Kansas

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

Wachter Employees' 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Kansas, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 050001000015000 -1012345 Total assets ($B) Participants Wachter Employees' 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.066312131 · Participants: 1300Wachter Employees' 401(k) Profit Sharing PlanKoch Employees' Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.870107696 · Participants: 11911Koch Employees' Savings PlanPerformance Contracting Group, Inc. ESOP/401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.90283952 · Participants: 1223Performance Contracting Group, Inc. ESOP/401(k) PlanBlack & Veatch Retirement Program, Total assets ($B): 2.732675203 · Participants: 6890Black & Veatch Retirement ProgramGarmin International, Inc. Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.784810901 · Participants: 6332Garmin International, Inc. Retirement PlanSpirit Aerosystems Holdings, Inc. Retirement & Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.15584277 · Participants: 7704Spirit Aerosystems Holdings, Inc. Retirement & Savings Plan
Wachter Employees' 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Kansas, assets vs. participants
Compare Wachter Employees' 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Wachter Employees' 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Kansas, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Nutreco USA 401(k) Plan in IL ($66M); by covered participants it is Rgnext 401(k) Plan in FL (1,300 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($66M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (1,300 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 Wachter Employees' 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Wachter Employees' 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan grew sharply - up 23.1% during 2023, from $54M to $66M. Reported net income was $12M.
How have Wachter, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Wachter, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 48.2%, from $54M to $80M.
Where does Wachter Employees' 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Wachter Employees' 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan ranks in the 88th 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 Wachter Employees' 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Nutreco USA 401(k) Plan in IL ($66M, 669 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Wachter Employees' 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Rgnext 401(k) Plan in FL (1,300 participants, $95M 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 481238438.

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.