White Castle System 401(k) and pension plans

White Castle System, Inc., Columbus, OH. EIN 31-4340520. Annual reports 2009–2024.

White Castle System, Inc. has 3 active retirement plans on file. The largest is the White Castle Profit Sharing Plan, with 4,819 participants and $176 million in assets in 2024.

Active plans: 3
Participants: 10,978
Plan assets: $441 million
401(k) recordkeeper: Vanguard
Plans on file: 3
Industry: Hotels and restaurants

All 3 plans

Active plans first

White Castle Profit Sharing Plan

Profit-sharing planActive

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

Plan number: 001Employer EIN 31-4340520
Participants (2024): 4,819
Net assets (2024): $176 million
Plan administrator: White Castle System, Inc.
P. O. Box 1498, 555 Edgar Waldo Way
Columbus, OH 43216
(614) 228-5781As filed for 2024
In effect since: December 29, 1949

Year by year, 2009 to 2024

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2024	4,819	$176 million	not listed
2023	5,975	$174 million	not listed
2022	5,798	$172 million	not listed
2021	6,042	$220 million	not listed
2020	6,225	$208 million	not listed
2019	5,784	$209 million	not listed
2018	6,967	$195 million	not listed
2017	7,617	$217 million	not listed
2016	10,891	$206 million	not listed
2015	10,332	$208 million	not listed
2014	10,056	$225 million	not listed
2013	10,696	$232 million	not listed
2012	10,557	$214 million	not listed
2011	10,544	$213 million	not listed
2010	10,568	$233 million	not listed
2009	10,287	$223 million	not listed

White Castle Pension Plan and Trust

Pension (defined benefit), frozenActive

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

Plan number: 002Employer EIN 31-4340520
Participants (2024): 3,951
Net assets (2024): $168 million
Plan administrator: White Castle System, Inc.
P. O. Box 1498, 555 Edgar Waldo Way
Columbus, OH 43216
(502) 758-3551As filed for 2024
In effect since: December 15, 1942

Year by year, 2009 to 2024

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2024	3,951	$168 million	not listed
2023	4,094	$180 million	not listed
2022	4,374	$172 million	not listed
2021	4,777	$253 million	not listed
2020	5,186	$247 million	not listed
2019	5,526	$231 million	not listed
2018	5,850	$201 million	not listed
2017	6,070	$229 million	not listed
2016	6,702	$212 million	not listed
2015	6,681	$195 million	not listed
2014	7,011	$200 million	not listed
2013	7,628	$204 million	not listed
2012	7,733	$172 million	not listed
2011	7,727	$161 million	not listed
2010	7,927	$170 million	not listed
2009	7,877	$144 million	not listed

White Castle 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan

401(k)Active

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

Plan number: 003Employer EIN 31-4340520
Participants (2024): 2,208
Net assets (2024): $96.7 million
Recordkeeper: Vanguard2016–2024
Plan administrator: White Castle System, Inc.
555 Edgar Waldo Way
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 228-5781As filed for 2024
In effect since: September 20, 2015

Year by year, 2015 to 2024

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2024	2,208	$96.7 million	Vanguard
2023	2,167	$81.7 million	Vanguard
2022	2,150	$63.4 million	Vanguard
2021	2,233	$66.6 million	Vanguard
2020	2,155	$54.0 million	Vanguard
2019	2,266	$41.9 million	Vanguard
2018	2,214	$28.3 million	Vanguard
2017	2,141	$21.8 million	Vanguard
2016	1,950	$10.8 million	Vanguard
2015	1,696	$2.2 million	not listed

If you had money in one of these plans

Call Vanguard (investor.vanguard.com), which runs the White Castle 401(k) Retirement Savings 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 ((614) 228-5781). That number was filed for 2024; ask for the benefits or retirement plan office.
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.

All 3 plans

White Castle Profit Sharing Plan

White Castle Pension Plan and Trust

White Castle 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan

If you had money in one of these plans

What these numbers are

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