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This is a list of notable employee-owned companies by country. These are companies totally or significantly owned (directly or indirectly) by their
employee Employment is a relationship between two parties regulating the provision of paid labour services. Usually based on a contract, one party, the employer, which might be a corporation, a not-for-profit organization, a co-operative, or any ot ...
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Employee ownership Employee stock ownership, or employee share ownership, is where a company's employees own shares in that company (or in the parent company of a group of companies). US employees typically acquire shares through a share option plan. In the UK, Emp ...
takes different forms and one form may predominate in a particular country. For example, in the U.S. most of the estimated 4,000 majority employee-owned companies have an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). An ESOP is an employee-owner method that provides a
company A company, abbreviated as co., is a legal entity representing an association of people, whether natural, legal or a mixture of both, with a specific objective. Company members share a common purpose and unite to achieve specific, declared ...
's workforce with an ownership interest in the company. In an ESOP, companies provide their employees with
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ownership, often at no up-front cost to the employees. ESOP shares, however, are part of employees' remuneration for work performed. Shares are allocated to employees and may be held in an ESOP trust until the employee retires or leaves the company. The shares are then sold.


Canada

* EllisDon * Friesens *
Golder Associates Golder Associates Inc., branded as just Golder, is an international company that provides consulting, design, and construction services in earth, environment, and related areas of energy. The company has 7,000 employees in offices in Africa, As ...
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Hatch Ltd Hatch is a global multidisciplinary management, engineering and development consultancy. Its group companies have more than 9,000 staff in 70+ offices. In 2015, Hatch was ranked as a top 20 International Design Firm according to the Engineering N ...
* Morrison Hershfield *
PCL Construction The PCL family of companies is a group of independent general contracting construction companies in Canada, the United States, Australia and the Caribbean. PCL has headquarters in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, with the United States head office in D ...


India

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Aavin Aavin is a state government cooperative under the ownership of Tamil Nadu Cooperative Milk Producers Federation Limited, Ministry of Cooperation, Government of Tamil Nadu and the trademark of Tamil Nadu Co-operative Milk Producers' Federatio ...
* Adarsh Co-operative Bank *
Amul Anand Milk Union Limited (AMUL) is an Indian dairy state government cooperative society, based in Anand, Gujarat. Formed in 1946, it is a cooperative brand managed by Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd. (GCMMF), which today is ...
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Banas Dairy Banas Dairy ( gu, બનાસ ડેરી) (Banaskantha District Cooperative Milk Federation, Palanpur) is a division of Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation which is under the ownership of Ministry of Cooperation, Government of Guj ...
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Co-optex The Tamil Nadu Handloom Weavers' Cooperative Society, popularly known as Co-optex, is a cooperative of traditional handloom weavers of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. This is under the control of Department of Handlooms, Handicrafts, Textiles a ...
* Dabbawala * Horticultural Producers' Cooperative Marketing and Processing Society *
Indian Coffee House Indian Coffee House is a restaurant chain in India, run by a series of worker co-operative societies. It has strong presence across India with nearly 400 coffee houses. It has been a hub for Communist and Socialist movements for generations. ...
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Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited, also known as IFFCO, is a multi-state cooperative society. IFFCO is wholly owned by Cooperative Societies of India. The society is engaged in the business of manufacturing and marketing of fertilize ...
* Indian Potash Limited * J Thomas & Co. Pvt. Ltd. * Kaira District Co-operative Milk Producers' Union * Karnataka Milk Federation * Kerala Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation *
Krishak Bharati Cooperative Krishak Bharati Cooperative Limited (KRIBHCO) is a Central government cooperative under the ownership of Ministry of Cooperation, Government of India that manufactures fertilizers, mainly urea. The society was set up by the Government of India ...
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Larsen & Toubro Larsen & Toubro Ltd, commonly known as L&T, is an Indian multinational conglomerate company, with business interests in engineering, construction, manufacturing, technology, information technology and financial services, headquartered in Mumba ...
* Mother Dairy * National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India * Orissa State Cooperative Milk Producers' Federation * Pratibha Mahila Sahakari Bank * Rehwa Society *
Sant Muktabai Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana Sant Muktabai Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana (SMSSK ) known as Sant Muktabai Cooperative Sugar Factory is a cooperative factory founded in 1988 by Pratibha Patil and others. The factory is situated at Muktainagar in Jalgaon district in Maharashtra. I ...
* The Totgars' Cooperative Sale Society Limited *
Working Women's Forum The Working Women's Forum (WWF) is a women's organisation in southern India. It was founded in 1978 by Jaya Arunachalam in Madras (Chennai). The WWF aims to empower poor women in southern India by providing microcredit, a trade union, health ca ...


Japan

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Nikkei, Inc. Nikkei, Inc. is a Japanese media company which owns ''The Nikkei'' and the ''Financial Times''. Its first publication was in 1876 with the publication of ''The Chugai Bukka Shimpo (Domestic and Foreign Prices News)''. In 1946, the company name wa ...


Scandinavia

* Kantega


Spain

* IDOM *
Mondragon Corporation The Mondragon Corporation is a corporation and federation of worker cooperatives based in the Basque region of Spain. It was founded in the town of Mondragon in 1956 by José María Arizmendiarrieta and a group of his students at a technic ...


United Kingdom

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Aardman Animations Aardman Animations Limited (also known as Aardman Studios, simply Aardman or Aardman Animation and stylised as AARDMAN as of 2022) is a British animation studio based in Bristol, England. It is known for films made using stop-motion and clay ani ...
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Agilisys Agilisys is an IT software and business services provider which has its headquarters in London, United Kingdom with a focus in local government and citizen-centric technology products. Employing around 1,500 staff, it provides customer services, ...
* Allford Hall Monaghan & Morris * Arup *
Boydell & Brewer Boydell & Brewer is an academic press based in Woodbridge, Suffolk, England, that specializes in publishing historical and critical works. In addition to British and general history, the company publishes three series devoted to studies, editio ...
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Central Surrey Health Central Surrey Health, also known as CSH Surrey, was the first employee-owned community healthcare social enterprise to be “spun out” of the NHS, in 2006. It is one of the 11 health and social care providers who are known as the Surrey Heartla ...
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Donald Insall Associates Donald Insall Associates is a firm of architects, designers and historic building consultants. They have worked on contemporary and historic listed buildings, monuments and sites throughout Britain, and at UNESCO World Heritage Sites including ...
* Hayes Davidson *
John Lewis Partnership The John Lewis Partnership plc (JLP) is a British company which operates John Lewis & Partners department stores, Waitrose & Partners supermarkets, its banking and financial services, and other retail-related activities. The privately-held pub ...
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MJP Architects MJP Architects is an employee-owned British architectural practice established in 1972 by Sir Richard MacCormac, and based in Spitalfields, London. The practice officially changed its name from MacCormac Jamieson Prichard to MJP Architects in June ...
* Mott MacDonald * PA Consulting Group *
Richer Sounds Richer Sounds is a British home entertainment retailer that operates through a chain of 51 stores and through online, mainly in England. The business was 100% owned by Julian Richer, the founder and managing director of the company, who in 2 ...
* Riverford * Talis Group * Team Consulting *
Tullis Russell Tullis Russell Group is an employee-owned business which specializes in coating and converting a range of paper and filmic products for use in various applications. Tullis Russell has two major manufacturing sites, Bollington, Cheshire East and A ...
* West Highland Free Press


United States

* Acadian Ambulance * Applied Research Associates * Arizmendi Bakery * Bi-Mart *
Black & Veatch Black & Veatch (BV) is the largest engineering firm in the Kansas City metropolitan area. Founded in 1915 in Kansas City, Missouri it is now headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas It is a global engineering, procurement, construction ( EPC) ...
* Bob's Red Mill *
Brookshire Brothers Brookshire Brothers, is an employee-owned American supermarket chain headquartered in Lufkin, Texas, founded in 1921 by brothers Austin and Tom Brookshire. Brookshire Brothers is a private corporation that is wholly owned by employees. Brookshir ...
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Carter's Foods Carter's Foods, more commonly known as Carter's, was an employee-owned supermarket chain based in Charlotte, Michigan, United States. Founded in 1952, Carter's grew to over 30 stores throughout Michigan's Lower Peninsula, including two in Charlo ...
* Casino Queen * CDM Smith * Certain Affinity *
CH2M Hill CH2M, earlier CH2M Hill, was an engineering company that provided consulting, design, construction, and operations services for corporations and governments. The company was organized in Corvallis, Oregon, and headquartered at 9191 South Jamaic ...
* The Cheese Board Collective *
Chicago and North Western Railway The Chicago and North Western was a Class I railroad in the Midwestern United States. It was also known as the "North Western". The railroad operated more than of track at the turn of the 20th century, and over of track in seven states bef ...
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Union Pacific Railroad The Union Pacific Railroad , legally Union Pacific Railroad Company and often called simply Union Pacific, is a freight-hauling railroad that operates 8,300 locomotives over routes in 23 U.S. states west of Chicago and New Orleans. Union Paci ...
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Columbia Forest Products Columbia Forest Products is the largest manufacturer of hardwood veneer and hardwood plywood in the United States. Founded in 1957, it is headquartered in Greensboro, North Carolina. It specializes in decorative, interior veneers and plywood pane ...
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Dahl's Foods Dahl's Foods was a grocery store chain headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa that had multiple locations in central Iowa between its founding in 1931 and its demise in 2015. History Dahl's Foods was founded by Wolverine Thilbert ("W.T.") Dahl in 193 ...
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Davey Tree Expert Company The Davey Tree Expert Company, also known as Davey Tree, is an American multinational employee owned corporation. The company's main services are tree care, commercial grounds, utility and consulting. It has employees throughout the United Sta ...
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Dynetics Dynetics is an American applied science and information technology company headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama. Its primary customers are the United States Department of Defense (DoD), the United States Intelligence Community, and National Ae ...
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Ebby Halliday Realtors Berkshire Hathaway Home Services is a residential real estate services company. The company provides real estate brokerage services, mortgage loan origination, franchising, title insurance/escrow and closing services, home warranties, property ...
* Edgewood Management, LLC * Eureka Casino Resort * Evergreen Cooperatives * Ferrellgas Partners * Food Giant *
Frontline Test Equipment Frontline Test Equipment, Inc is a communication trouble-shooting software company based in Charlottesville, Virginia, USA. Founded in 1985, Frontline became an employee-owned company in 2009. On April 7, 2016, Teledyne LeCroy announced it had a ...
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Gardener's Supply Company Gardener's Supply Company is an employee-owned company providing environmentally friendly gardening products and information through its website, catalogs, and retail stores. The Gardener’s Supply Company headquarters in Burlington, Vermont inc ...
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Gensler Gensler is a global design and architecture firm founded in San Francisco, California, in 1965. In 2021, Gensler generated $1.235 billion in revenue, the most of any architecture firm in the U.S. As of 2021, Gensler operated offices in 49 citi ...
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Golden Artist Colors Golden Artist Colors, or simply Golden, is an U.S. manufacturing company that focuses on paints used in fine art, decoration, and crafts. Based in New Berlin, New York, the company produces a line of acrylic paints that includes some recreations ...
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Graybar Graybar is an United States of America, American employee-owned corporation, based in Clayton, Missouri, Clayton, Missouri. It conducts a wholesale distribution business for electrical, communications and data networking products, and is a provi ...
* Great Lakes Brewing Company * Greatland Corporation * Harps Food Stores * HDR, Inc. *
Hensel Phelps Construction Hensel Phelps Construction Co. is one of the largest general contractors and construction managers in the United States, ranked consistently among ENR's (Engineering News-Record) top 20 Contractors by revenue. Founded in 1937 as a small, local bu ...
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Herff Jones Herff Jones is an American company that manufactures and sells educational recognition and achievement products and motivational materials, and has been in continuous operation since 1920. Herff Jones maintains production facilities across the Un ...
* Herman Miller *
Houchens Industries Houchens Industries is an American employee-owned company, in business since 1917 when it began as a small grocery operated by founder Ervin Houchens in rural Barren County, Kentucky. The company is headquartered in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The co ...
* Huck's Food & Fuel * Hy-Vee * John J. McMullen & Associates - now part of
Alion Science and Technology Alion may refer to any of the following: * Leon Tomșa, Prince of Wallachia * Ion Buzdugan, Romanian writer * Alión, a Spanish winery * Alion Science and Technology, a defense contractor {{disambig ...
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Journal Communications Journal Media Group (formerly Journal Communications) was a Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based newspaper publishing company. The company's roots were first established in 1882 as the owner of its namesake, the ''Milwaukee Journal'', and expanded into br ...
* Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. *
King Arthur Flour The King Arthur Baking Company, formerly The King Arthur Flour Company, is an American supplier of flour, ingredients, baking mixes, cookbooks, and baked goods. The company was founded in Boston, Massachusetts in 1790, and is now based in Norwi ...
* Lampin Corporation * Landmark Education *
Lifetouch Lifetouch Inc. is an American-based photography company headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, Eden Prairie, Minnesota, with its Canadian operations based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. It was founded as National School Studios (NSS) in 1936 by Eldon ...
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Mast General Store __NOTOC__ The Mast General Store is a general store located in Historic Valle Crucis, North Carolina. It is recognized by the National Register of Historic Places as one of the best remaining examples of the type. It is still the center of the ...
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Mathematica Policy Research Mathematica, formerly Mathematica Policy Research, is an American research organization and consulting company headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey. The company provides data science, social science, and technological services for social polic ...
* Mercedes Homes * Mushkin *
MWH Global MWH Global Inc. is a global water and natural resources firm providing technical engineering, construction services and consulting services. In 2016, MWH was acquired by Stantec Consulting Inc. The firm provided planning, design and construction ...
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New Belgium Brewing Company New Belgium Brewing Company is a nationally distributed brewery in the United States. The brand produces Fat Tire Amber Ale, Voodoo Ranger IPA, Mural Agua Fresca Cerveza, and La Folie Sour Brown Ale, among other regular and seasonal beer varieti ...
* Neuberger Berman *
Niemann Foods Niemann Foods, Inc. (NFI) is a company headquartered in Quincy, Illinois, United States, that owns and operates over 100 supermarkets, pharmacies, convenience, pet and hardware stores mostly under the County Market, County Market Express, Harvest ...
* Oliver Winery *
Peter Kiewit Sons' Kiewit Corporation is an American privately held construction company based in Omaha, Nebraska founded in 1884. In 2021, it was ranked 243rd on the Fortune 500. private company, Privately held, it is one of the largest construction and engineeri ...
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Phelps County Bank The National Bank of Rolla Building was opened in March 1931 at 8th and Pine Streets in Rolla, Missouri, midway between St. Louis and Springfield. Because of its architectural character and its importance in the life of the city and history of U.S ...
* Publix *
Raycom Media Raycom Media, Inc. was an American television broadcasting company based in Montgomery, Alabama. Raycom owned and/or provided services for 65 television stations and two radio stations across 44 markets in 20 states. Raycom, through its Communi ...
* Recology * Robert McNeel & Associates *
Rosendin Electric Rosendin Electric is an employee-owned electrical contractor headquartered in San Jose, California, with more than 8,500 employees nationwide and annual revenues of approximately $3 billion.http://www.hoovers.com/rosendin-electric/--ID__42058--/f ...
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Scheels Scheels () is an American privately held, employee-owned and operated sporting goods and entertainment chain store headquartered in Fargo, North Dakota. Scheels operates thirty-three store locations in fifteen U.S. states. Its slogan is "Gear. Pa ...
* Schreiber Foods * Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories * Springfield ReManufacturing *
Southern Exposure Seed Exchange Southern Exposure Seed Exchange (SESE) is a cooperatively-owned seed company. SESE is a source for heirloom seeds and other open-pollinated (non-hybrid) seeds with an emphasis on vegetables, flowers, and herbs that grow well in the Mid-Atlantic r ...
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Stewart's Shops Stewart's Shops is an American chain of convenience stores located primarily in eastern Upstate New York and southwestern Vermont, owned by the Dake family and the employees through an ESOP plan. Headquartered in Ballston Spa (with a Sarat ...
* Stiefel Labs *
STV Group STV Group plc (formerly known as Scottish Television plc, Scottish Media Group plc and SMG plc) is a media company based in Glasgow, Scotland. Beginning as a television broadcaster in 1957, the company expanded into newspapers, advertising and r ...
* Swales Aerospace * Taylor Guitars * Tidyman's * Torch Technologies * W. L. Gore & Associates * W. W. Norton & Company *
Westat Westat is an employee-owned professional services corporation located in Rockville, Maryland, USA. It provides research services to agencies of the U.S. Government, as well as businesses, foundations, and state and local governments. The corpora ...
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Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo Wimberly, Allison, Tong & Goo, also known as WATG, is an architectural firm with offices in London, Singapore, Istanbul, Honolulu, Irvine, Los Angeles, New York, Seattle and Chicago. They have designed projects in 160 countries across six contine ...
* WinCo Foods *
Woodman's Food Market Woodman's Markets is an employee-owned American regional supermarket chain based in Janesville, Wisconsin. Founded in 1919 as a produce stand, Woodman's has grown to operate nineteen stores in Wisconsin and northern Illinois. Woodman's appeare ...


See also

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List of co-operative federations This is a list of co-operative federations. For a list of individual Co-operative Enterprises, please see List of cooperatives. International * Africa Confederation of Co-operative Savings and Credit Associations (ACCOSCA) * International Co ...
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List of cooperatives This is a list of notable co-operative enterprises by country. Co-operatives are business organizations owned and operated by a group of individuals for their mutual benefit. For a list of Co-operative Federations, please see List of co-operative ...
* List of energy cooperatives * List of food cooperatives * List of retailers' cooperatives *
List of utility cooperatives This is a list of utility cooperatives. Canada Energy * Ag Energy Co-operative * Blue Mountain Power Co-op * Lac La Biche Gas Co-Op * SPARK: Green Energy Alberta Telecommunications * Access Communications Co-operative (Saskatchewan) * ...
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List of worker cooperatives This is a list of worker cooperatives by country. Asia India * Amul * Indian Coffee House * Lijjat * Milma * Uralungal Labour Contract Co-operative Society - A worker co-operative in the state of Kerala that builds infrastructure projects * ...
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Lists of companies A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby unio ...
– company-related list articles on Wikipedia


References


External links


The NCEO's Employee Ownership 100 (United States)

The ESOP Association (United States)

ESOPB2B.com ESOP Registry (United States)
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