Watco Companies 401(k) and retirement plans

Watco Companies, L.L.C., Pittsburg, KS. EIN 48-1199475. Annual reports 2009–2025. Also filed as Watco Companies, Inc.

Watco Companies, L.L.C. has one active retirement plan on file, the Watco Companies, L.L.C. 401(k) Plan, with 4,865 participants and $225 million in assets in 2025. BOK Financial has been its recordkeeper since 2010. No traditional pension plan appears in Watco Companies's filings since 2009.

Active plans
1
Participants
4,865
Plan assets
$225 million
401(k) recordkeeper
BOK Financial
Plans on file
2
Industry
Transportation and warehousing

All 2 plans

Active plans first

Watco Companies, L.L.C. 401(k) Plan

401(k)Active

Active. The plan filed its annual report for the 2025 plan year.

Plan number
001Employer EIN 48-1199475
Participants (2025)
4,865
Net assets (2025)
$225 million
Recordkeeper
BOK FinancialEarlier: Bank of Oklahoma (2009)
Plan administrator
Watco Companies, L.L.C.
315 West 3RD Street
Pittsburg, KS 66762
(620) 231-2230As filed for 2025
In effect since
October 1, 1986

Earlier plan names: Watco Companies,inc. 401(k) Plan.

Year by year, 2009 to 2025
Plan yearParticipantsNet assetsRecordkeeper
20254,865$225 millionBOK Financial
20244,853$188 millionBOK Financial
20235,022$157 millionBOK Financial
20224,949$128 millionBOK Financial
20215,136$152 millionBOK Financial
20204,603$130 millionBOK Financial
20195,028$110 millionBOK Financial
20184,720$81.8 millionBOK Financial
20173,159$63.0 millionBOK Financial
20163,103$45.6 millionBOK Financial
20153,022$38.5 millionBOK Financial
20143,514$48.5 millionBOK Financial
20133,242$40.5 millionBOK Financial
20122,644$27.9 millionBOK Financial
20112,118$23.6 millionBOK Financial
20101,552$23.3 millionBOK Financial
20091,369$19.1 millionBank of Oklahoma

Watco Companies, L.L.C. 401(k) Plan for Certain Collectively Bargained Employees

401(k)Merged

Merged. In 2015 its assets moved to the GBW Railcar Services, LLC 401(k) Plan, sponsored by GBW Railcar Services, LLC (EIN 47-1041817, plan 001). Accounts moved with them, so that plan is the one to contact.

Plan number
002Employer EIN 48-1199475
Participants (2014)
118
Net assets (2014)
$1.3 million
Recordkeeper
BOK Financial2011–2015
Plan administrator
Watco Companies, L.L.C.
315 West Third Street
Pittsburg, KS 66762
(620) 231-2230As filed for 2015
In effect since
November 1, 1984

Earlier plan names: Watco Companies, Inc. 401(k) Plan for Certain Collectively Bargained Employees.

Year by year, 2009 to 2015
Plan yearParticipantsNet assetsRecordkeeper
20150$0BOK Financial
2014118$1.3 millionBOK Financial
2013123$1.2 millionBOK Financial
2012150$1.2 millionBOK Financial
2011177$1.8 millionBOK Financial
2010173$1.8 millionnot listed
2009222$1.6 millionnot listed

If you had money in one of these plans

  1. Call BOK Financial, which runs the Watco Companies, L.L.C. 401(k) 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.
  2. Or call the plan administrator listed on the plan below ((620) 231-2230). That number was filed for 2025; ask for the benefits or retirement plan office.
  3. If your plan was merged, your account moved with it. Follow the link on the plan to the plan it went into, and contact that one.
  4. 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

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

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