Four Employee-Owned Firms Named to Forbes 25 Small Giants List

ESOP companies Dansko (shoes), Essential Ingredients (personal care products ingredients), H.B. McClure (HVAC contracting), and SRC Holdings (diversified manufacturing) have all been named to the 2017 Forbes Small Giants list. The 25-company list, created by Bo Burlingham, a former keynoter for the NCEO conference, is comprised of firms that "have sound models, strong balance sheets and steady profits—all privately owned and closely held. They contribute to their communities. They have been acknowledged as outstanding by others in their field. And they do things any business can learn from." All four of the ESOP companies are majority-owned by their plans, and all are NCEO members.