401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Waste Connections, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$799M
Total assets Above avg plan size
16,709
Participants Very large workforce
98th
Percentile by assets National rank
$47,839
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

$799M in assets, 16,709 participants

Waste Connections, Inc.'s Waste Connections, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan reported $799M in total assets and 16,709 participants in its 2024 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.

  • #4,337 in Administrative & Support Services (4,368 peers)

Coverage in Texas

Waste Connections, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan covers 16,709 participants in Texas, 24x the typical Texas plan (state average ~688 per filing). Assets: $799M.

#4,337
in Administrative & Support Services (4,368 peers)
+16.9%
assets growth YoY
8.0×
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 2024 · DOL Form 5500

$799,348,558 Top 2% higher than 98% of 123,620 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 2024

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

Plan-year 2024 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 (16,709 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Waste Connections, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan end-of-year assets rose from $684M in the plan year 2023 filing to $799M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Waste Connections, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan reported net income fell from $132M in the plan year 2023 filing to $115M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Waste Connections, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan reported participants rose from 16,010 in the plan year 2023 filing to 16,709 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 680400286 · Waste Connections, Inc. PY 2024 · 401(k)

Waste Connections, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan · $799M · 16,709 · 98th

  • 5500 $799M
  • 5500 16,709
  • 5500 98th
  • 5500 401(k)
  • 5500 near Medical Mutual of Ohio Employees' Retirement Savings Plan
  • 5500 ind #4337

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

Schaeffler Group USA Savings Retirement PlanSchaeffler Group USA Savings…$800MMedical Mutual of Ohio Employees' Retirement Savings PlanMedical Mutual of Ohio Emplo…$799MWaste Connections, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing PlanWaste Connections, Inc. 401(…$799MWilliams-Sonoma, Inc. 401(k) PlanWilliams-Sonoma, Inc. 401(k)…$798MWintrust Financial Corporation Retirement Savings PlanWintrust Financial Corporati…$798M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Waste Connections, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Texas filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$684M
Net Assets (End of Year)$799M
Net Income$115M
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): 0.799348558 · Participants: 16709Waste Connections, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing PlanAT&T Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 43.121795 · Participants: 109889AT&T Retirement Savings PlanExxonmobil Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 23.711 · Participants: 21990Exxonmobil Savings PlanChevron Employee Savings Investment Plan, Total assets ($B): 20.378704663 · Participants: 21505Chevron Employee Savings Investment PlanCaterpillar 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 18.81200478 · Participants: 43873Caterpillar 401(k) Savings PlanSouthwest Airlines Co. Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 16.991748637 · Participants: 67820Southwest Airlines Co. Retirement Savings 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 $799M in end-of-year assets across 16,709 participants (0.006% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.018% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $47,839 per participant (35% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was $115M.

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 Open filing
2024 · index core 16,709 $799M This page

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 Medical Mutual of Ohio Employees' Retirement Savings Plan in OH ($799M); by covered participants it is Nextera Energy, Inc. Employee Retirement Savings Plan in FL (16,678 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (16,709 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. 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 2024? ▼
Waste Connections, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan grew sharply - up 16.9% during 2024, from $684M to $799M. Reported net income was $115M.
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 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (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 Medical Mutual of Ohio Employees' Retirement Savings Plan in OH ($799M, 3,049 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 Nextera Energy, Inc. Employee Retirement Savings Plan in FL (16,678 participants, $5.5B in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2024.

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.