Twenty-five of the largest private companies as ranked by Forbes (219 in all) are employee-owned. Twenty-one of these have ESOPs, two have profit sharing plans that work like ESOPs, one is owned by a trust for employees, and one provides phantom stock to all employees. The companies are ranked by sales. Nine of the companies are supermarket or convenience store chains, and six are in construction. Companies had to have $2 billion or more in sales to be in the list.
|
Company |
Industry |
Rank |
Employees |
|
Publix |
Supermarkets |
5 |
207,000 |
|
H-E-B* |
Supermarkets |
9 |
135,000 |
|
Wawa |
Convenience stores |
23 |
37,000 |
|
QuikTrip |
Convenience stores |
29 |
24,000 |
|
Hy-Vee* |
Supermarkets |
38 |
85,000 |
|
Winco |
Supermarkets |
53 |
20,000 |
|
Graybar** |
Electrical supply |
55 |
4,700 |
|
Sheetz |
Convenience stores |
67 |
19,700 |
|
DPR Construction*** |
Construction |
70 |
6,500 |
|
Sammons Enterprises |
Holding company |
73 |
4,600 |
|
Hensel Phelps |
Construction |
74 |
3,000 |
|
Schreiber Foods |
Dairy products |
86 |
7,000 |
|
McCarthy Holdings |
Construction |
94 |
4,800 |
|
Swinerton |
Construction |
96 |
4,600 |
|
Kehe Distributors |
Food distribution |
97 |
5,500 |
|
D&H Distributing |
Technology distributor |
103 |
1,350 |
|
JE Dunn |
Construction |
105 |
3,000 |
|
Amsted |
Industrial products |
108 |
18,000 |
|
W.L. Gore |
Materials manufacturer |
119 |
11,000 |
|
Black & Veatch |
Engineering |
123 |
10,600 |
|
Great Lakes Cheese |
Dairy products |
139 |
3,000 |
|
Houchens |
Supermarkets and other businesses |
159 |
15,600 |
|
Brookshire Grocery |
Supermarkets |
173 |
16,000 |
|
Andersen |
Windows |
178 |
8,000 |
|
Austin Industries |
Construction |
179 |
6,000 |
*Profit sharing plan primarily invested in company stock
**Trust owns shares for employees
***Provides phantom stock to all employees