Kirby 401(k) and pension plans

Kirby Corporation, Houston, TX. EIN 74-1884980. Annual reports 2009–2024.

Kirby Corporation has 2 active retirement plans on file. The largest is the Kirby 401K Plan, with 6,601 participants and $850 million in assets in 2024. Merrill has been its recordkeeper since 2018.

Active plans: 2
Participants: 8,957
Plan assets: $1.2 billion
401(k) recordkeeper: Merrill
Plans on file: 3
Industry: Transportation and warehousing

All 3 plans

Active plans first

Kirby 401K Plan

401(k)Active

Active. The plan filed its annual report for the 2024 plan year.

Plan number: 004Employer EIN 74-1884980
Participants (2024): 6,601
Net assets (2024): $850 million
Recordkeeper: Merrill2018–2024
Plan administrator: Kirby Corporation
55 Waugh Drive, Suite 1000
Houston, TX 77007
(713) 435-1000As filed for 2024
In effect since: January 1, 1986

Plans merged into this one: K-Sea Transportation Inc. 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan (2011).

Year by year, 2009 to 2024

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2024	6,601	$850 million	Merrill
2023	6,574	$777 million	Merrill
2022	6,478	$688 million	Merrill
2021	6,436	$704 million	Merrill
2020	6,657	$654 million	Merrill
2019	6,712	$610 million	Merrill
2018	6,630	$506 million	Merrill
2017	6,701	$551 million	not listed
2016	4,779	$396 million	not listed
2015	5,065	$370 million	not listed
2014	5,256	$390 million	not listed
2013	5,197	$389 million	not listed
2012	4,913	$280 million	not listed
2011	4,384	$249 million	not listed
2010	3,120	$148 million	not listed
2009	3,338	$128 million	not listed

Kirby Pension Plan

Pension (defined benefit)Active

Active. The plan filed its annual report for the 2024 plan year.

Plan number: 002Employer EIN 74-1884980
Participants (2024): 2,356
Net assets (2024): $373 million
Plan administrator: Administrative Committee
55 Waugh Drive, Suite 1000
Houston, TX 77007
(713) 435-1000As filed for 2024
In effect since: April 1, 1983

Earlier plan names: Kirby Pension Plan Formerly Kirby Retirement Plan for Boatmen.

Year by year, 2009 to 2024

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2024	2,356	$373 million	not listed
2023	2,382	$341 million	not listed
2022	2,850	$316 million	not listed
2021	2,879	$394 million	not listed
2020	2,912	$358 million	not listed
2019	2,956	$319 million	not listed
2017	3,008	$295 million	not listed
2016	3,057	$258 million	not listed
2015	2,931	$244 million	not listed
2014	2,864	$242 million	not listed
2013	3,343	$255 million	not listed
2012	3,239	$218 million	not listed
2011	3,170	$174 million	not listed
2010	3,070	$153 million	not listed
2009	3,145	$126 million	not listed

Kirby Profit-Sharing Plan

Profit-sharing planStopped filing

No annual report since the 2021 plan year, and no final report on record. The plan may have been merged, renamed or re-filed under another number; ask the plan administrator below.

Plan number: 001Employer EIN 74-1884980
Participants (2021): 1,199
Net assets (2021): $146 million
Plan administrator: Administrative Committee Kirby Corporation
55 Waugh Drive, Suite 1100
Houston, TX 77007
(713) 435-1000As filed for 2021
In effect since: May 11, 1996

Year by year, 2009 to 2021

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2021	1,199	$146 million	not listed
2020	1,226	$135 million	not listed
2019	1,176	$124 million	not listed
2018	1,134	$111 million	not listed
2017	1,236	$121 million	not listed
2016	1,228	$115 million	not listed
2015	1,281	$113 million	not listed
2014	1,285	$114 million	not listed
2013	1,225	$105 million	not listed
2012	1,102	$90.8 million	not listed
2011	1,086	$80.4 million	not listed
2010	1,136	$79.7 million	not listed
2009	1,297	$69.9 million	not listed

If you had money in one of these plans

Call Merrill (benefits.ml.com), which runs the Kirby 401K Plan. With your Social Security number and the plan name, it can tell you whether you still have a balance and, if not, where it went.
Or call the plan administrator listed on the plan below ((713) 435-1000). That number was filed for 2024; ask for the benefits or retirement plan office.
If your plan closed, unclaimed balances usually went to an IRA in your name, to the PBGC's missing participants program, or to state unclaimed property. Here is how to check each one.
Still stuck? The Department of Labor's benefits advisers help for free: askebsa.dol.gov or 1-866-444-3272. Never pay anyone to find your own money.

What these numbers are

They come from the Form 5500 annual reports each plan files with the Department of Labor, as the plan filed them. A plan year is usually a calendar year.
Participants counts everyone in the plan at year end: current employees, former employees who still have a balance or a pension coming, and retirees or beneficiaries being paid.
The recordkeeper is the service provider whose Schedule C entry says it keeps the plan's records. Small plans do not file Schedule C, so some plans show none.
We cannot see anyone's account. Only the plan or its recordkeeper can tell you your balance.

Sources: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 datasets and PBGC trusteed plans. How we read them.