The Employee Ownership 100: America's Largest Majority Employee-Owned Companies
October 2023
The NCEO’s 2023 Employee Ownership 100 list ranks the largest broad-based employee-owned companies in the US. To be on the list, companies must be at least 50% employee-owned; most on the list are 100%. Collectively, these broad-based plans employ close to 685,000 people.
This list includes the largest broad-based employee-owned companies in the US that we could verify using governmental or other credible third-party sources. Most are ESOP-owned, and one is a cooperative. Size is measured by reports of full- and part-time employees in the US compiled by correspondence with companies, corporate websites, and/or by the active participants in the plan according to the company's latest Form 5500 filing. The NCEO compiled this list through a comprehensive analysis of all ESOP filings and our own research to determine ownership percentages. Suggested additions and corrections are warmly welcomed; contact Research Director Nancy Wiefek at [email protected].
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Rank | Company | City | State | Start Date | Business | Employees |
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1 | Publix Super Markets | Lakeland | FL | 1974 | Supermarkets | 250,000 |
2 | WinCo Foods* | Boise | ID | 1985 | Supermarkets | 22,000 |
3 | Houchens Industries* | Bowling Green | KY | 1961 | Supermarkets & other services | 18,000 |
4 | Brookshire Grocery Company* | Lufkin | TX | 2001 | Supermarkets | 15,000 |
5 | Amsted Industries* | Chicago | IL | 1984 | Industrial components | 14,000 |
6 | W.L. Gore & Associates | Newark | DE | 1974 | Manufacturing | 13,000 |
7 | HDR, Inc.* | Omaha | NE | 1996 | Architecture & engineering | 12,476 |
8 | Black & Veatch* | Overland Park | KS | 1998 | Engineering & construction | 12,000 |
9 | Davey Tree Expert* | Kent | OH | 1979 | Tree & environmental services | 11,467 |
10 | Scheels All Sports* | Fargo | ND | 1982 | Retail sporting goods | 10,800 |
11 | Performance Contracting, Inc.* | Lenaxa | KS | 1986 | Construction | 10,300 |
12 | Burns & McDonnell Engineering* | Kansas City | MO | 1985 | Architecture & engineering | 10,000 |
12 | Coborn's, Inc. | St Cloud | MN | 2006 | Grocery retailer | 10,000 |
12 | Schreiber Foods* | Green Bay | WI | 1998 | Dairy company | 10,000 |
15 | Rosendin Electric* | San Jose | CA | 1992 | Electrical contracting | 8,000 |
16 | Austin Industries* | Dallas | TX | 1986 | Construction | 7,200 |
17 | Harp's Food Stores* | Springdale | AR | 1988 | Supermarkets | 7,040 |
18 | Gensler | San Francisco | CA | 1987 | Architecture | 7,000 |
19 | Parsons Corporation | Pasadena | CA | 1974 | Engineering services | 6,739 |
20 | Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories* | Pullman | WA | 1994 | Engineering | 6,460 |
21 | The Berkley Group Inc.* | Fort Lauderdale | FL | 1994 | Real Estate | 6,258 |
22 | HNTB* | Kansas City | MO | 2000 | Architecture & engineering | 6,200 |
23 | Wright Service Corp.* | West Des Moines | IA | 2001 | Environmental services | 6,112 |
24 | Terracon* | Olathe | KS | 1991 | Engineering/consulting | 6,000 |
24 | Chemonics International, Inc.* | Washington | DC | 2001 | International development | 6,000 |
24 | Sammons Enterprises* | Dallas | TX | 1978 | Diversified holding company | 6,000 |
27 | KeHE Distributors | Romeoville | IL | 2001 | Food distribution | 5,500 |
28 | EmpRes Healthcare Management* | Vancouver | WA | 2008 | Post-acute long term care | 5,400 |
29 | Acadian Ambulance | Lafayette | LA | 1993 | Ambulance services | 5,088 |
30 | ACCO Engineered Systems, Inc.* | Glendale | CA | 2007 | Heating & air conditioning services | 5,000 |
31 | Swinerton Builders* | San Francisco | CA | 1962 | Construction | 4,300 |
32 | KPH Healthcare Services, Inc.* | Gouverneur | NY | 1984 | Drugstores | 4,291 |
33 | Jasper Holdings, Inc.* | Jasper | IN | 2009 | Engine & transmission remanufacturing | 4,250 |
34 | Lewis Tree Service, Inc.* | Rochester | NY | 1998 | Tree services | 4,200 |
35 | Recology* | San Francisco | CA | 1985 | Waste management | 3,900 |
36 | S&C Electric* | Chicago | IL | 1989 | Electrical equipment | 3,800 |
37 | Abt Associates* | Cambridge | MA | 1975 | Consulting & research | 3,600 |
38 | J.E. Dunn Construction Group | Kansas City | MO | 2010 | Construction | 3,500 |
39 | McCarthy Holdings* | St. Louis | MO | 1996 | Construction | 3,400 |
40 | Border States Industries* | Fargo | ND | 1984 | Wholesale distributor | 3,200 |
40 | Bi-Mart | Eugene | OR | 2003 | Discount stores | 3,200 |
40 | EVAPCO Inc. | Taneytown | MD | 1984 | Manufacturing | 3,200 |
43 | Homeland Acquisition Corporation* | Oklahoma City | OK | 2011 | Supermarkets | 3,100 |
43 | Westat, Inc.* | Rockville | MD | 1977 | Research firm | 3,100 |
45 | TD Industries* | Dallas | TX | 1989 | Engineering, mechanical construction & service | 3,000 |
45 | Challenge Manufacturing Company | Walker | MI | 1987 | Automotive Manufacturing | 3,000 |
45 | Cianbro* | Pittsfield | ME | 1980 | Construction | 3,000 |
45 | Krueger International, Inc.* | Green Bay | WI | 1991 | Furniture manufacturing | 3,000 |
49 | Miller's Health Systems* | Warsaw | IN | 2006 | Nursing homes | 2,800 |
49 | Sundt Construction* | Tempe | AZ | 1972 | Construction | 2,800 |
51 | FirstBank Holding Company | Lakewood | CO | 1976 | Bank holding company | 2,758 |
52 | Farmers Home Furniture* | Dublin | GA | 2012 | Furniture retail | 2,700 |
53 | Bridges Health* | Oklahoma City | OK | 2021 | Hospital & healthcare | 2,500 |
53 | IMEG* | Rock Island | IL | 2017 | Engineering design firm | 2,500 |
53 | Martin & Bayley, Inc.* | Carmi | IL | 1984 | Convenience stores | 2,500 |
56 | Redner's Warehouse Markets* | Reading | PA | 1975 | Supermarkets | 2,484 |
57 | Mulberry Street Management Services, Inc.* | Morgantown | WV | 2018 | Management consultants | 2,450 |
58 | Davis H. Elliot Company* | Lexington | KY | 2000 | Electrical contracting | 2,400 |
59 | Hypertherm* | Hanover | NH | 2001 | Engineering & manufacturing services | 2,300 |
59 | Mayville Engineering Company, Inc.* | Mayville | WI | 1959 | Engineering & manufacturing services | 2,300 |
59 | Symbria* | Warrenville | OH | 2015 | Health care services | 2,300 |
62 | Buehler's Fresh Foods* | Wooster | OH | 2017 | Supermarkets | 2,200 |
62 | Columbia Forest Products* | Greensboro | NC | 1977 | Plywood | 2,200 |
62 | Johnson, Mirmiran and Thompson, Inc. (JMT)* | Hunt Valley | MD | 1974 | Engineering & architecture | 2,200 |
65 | Woodman's Markets* | Janesville | WI | 1976 | Supermarkets | 2,114 |
66 | MyPath Companies* | Oconomowoc | WI | 2002 | Health & disability services | 2,025 |
66 | Mortenson Dental Partners* | Louisville | KY | 2005 | Dental offices | 2,025 |
68 | Morton Buildings* | Morton | IL | 1990 | Fabrication & Construction | 2,000 |
68 | Paladin Capital* | Nashville | TN | 2004 | Freight transportation | 2,000 |
68 | SRC Holdings Corporation* | Springfield | MO | 1983 | Equipment remanufacturing | 2,000 |
68 | Superior Consolidated (SC2)* | Peoria | IL | 1988 | Supply chain services and solutions | 2,000 |
68 | Garney* | Kansas City | MO | 1986 | Water & wastewater piping systems | 2,000 |
73 | DCS Corporation* | Alexandria | VA | 1986 | Engineering services | 1,970 |
74 | Modern Technology Solutions, Inc.* | Alexandria | VA | 2008 | Engineering services | 1,900 |
74 | Brown and Caldwell* | Walnut Creek | CA | 1962 | Engineering | 1,900 |
76 | Price Cutter* | Springfield | MO | 2004 | Supermarkets | 1,850 |
77 | KCI Technologies* | Sparks | MD | 1990 | Engineering | 1,800 |
77 | McNaughton-McKay Electric Company* | Madison Heights | MI | 2007 | Wholesale electrical distributor | 1,800 |
79 | Holden Industries, Inc.* | Deerfield | IL | 2007 | Manufacturing | 1,750 |
80 | Yoke's Foods, Inc.* | Spokane | WA | 1990 | Grocery store chain | 1,700 |
80 | Greenman-Pedersen, Inc. (GPI)* | Babylon | NY | 2002 | Engineering services | 1,700 |
80 | Manos Home Care* | Oakland | CA | 2021 | In-home disability support | 1,700 |
83 | Envision Radiology* | Colorado Springs | CO | 2017 | Radiology centers | 1,679 |
84 | Cooperative Home Care Associates* (via a worker cooperative) | Bronx | NY | 1995 | Health care | 1,600 |
84 | AlaTrade Foods* | Guntersville | AL | 2021 | Poultry processing | 1,600 |
84 | CCMSI Holdings, Inc.* | Danville | IL | 1990 | Third-party administration | 1,600 |
87 | Medicalodges* | Coffeyville | KS | 1990 | Long-Term healthcare | 1,595 |
88 | Thrifty White Pharmacy* | Plymouth | MN | 1976 | Retail drugstores | 1,549 |
89 | Penn Line Enterprises* | Scottdale | PA | 1979 | Infrastructure maintenance | 1,533 |
90 | American Systems Corp.* | Chantilly | VA | 1990 | Engineering | 1,527 |
91 | Hargrove & Associates Inc.* | Mobile | AL | 2011 | Engineering services | 1,500 |
91 | AirBorn, Inc.* | Addison | TX | 1996 | Electronic connectors | 1,500 |
91 | Applied Research Associates* | Albuquerque | NM | 1993 | Engineering research | 1,500 |
91 | C&K Market* | Medford | OR | 2021 | Grocery stores | 1,500 |
91 | Martin Resource Management Corporation* | Kilgore | TX | 2012 | Distribution & transportation | 1,500 |
91 | Liberty Military Housing | Huntington Beach | CA | 2021 | Property management | 1,500 |
97 | Epsilon Systems* | San Diego | CA | 2018 | Engineering services | 1,417 |
98 | Newport Restaurant Group* | Warwick | RI | 1995 | Hospitality (Hotel & Restaurants) | 1,400 |
99 | D.A. Davidson Companies | Great Falls | MT | 2016 | Investment advising | 1,368 |
100 | North State Grocery* | Cottonwood | CA | 2006 | Supermarkets | 1,200 |
100 | Torch Technologies* | Hunstville | AL | 2012 | Research, development, and engineering services | 1,200 |
*Asterisk indicates 100% ESOP/worker-owned