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Become an NCEO member

Join a community rooted in education and support.

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How membership serves your needs

Employee-owned companies

Member access for your employees, ready-to-adapt resources on ESOP basics and communcation, and more.

Those considering employee ownership

If you are not sure what form of employee ownership is best for you, see our Who Should Own Your Business After You? booklet. If an ESOP is the best candidate for you, our ESOP pre-feasibility toolkit and tax advantage calculator will get you started on your journey.

Professional advisors

Priority access to speaking & sponsorship opportunities and referrals through listings in our Service Provider Directory.

Advocates and academics

Begin or continue your research with expertly-conducted data and research, and stay up-to-date with the field with our newsletters.

Membership that matters

NCEO membership connects you with the employee ownership community and provides practical resources that empower you to make informed decisions about adopting, maintaining and getting the most out of employee ownership.

As an NCEO member, you and your company will benefit from our decades of supporting employee-owned businesses and employee ownership experts. Join us to experience how membership makes it easy to stay connected, inspired, and up-to-date.

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NCEO members get the support to help employee ownership thrive.

Membership connects the EO community

Customizable communication materials
  • Our monthly communications resource, The Download, makes communicating about your EO plan with employee-owners easy.
Live and recorded webinars on crucial topics presented by experts in the field
  • Professional advisors, company insiders, and NCEO staff present one-hour member-only webinars most Tuesdays.
  • Topics range from feasibility and basic administration to advanced issues like repurchase obligation, board governance, and communication / culture.
Peer networking groups
  • Join NCEO members from employee-owned companies in facilitated discussions about communications, finance, HR, and more.

Leadership cohorts gather CEOs and leaders from employee-owned companies in select industries

Personalized support
  • Call or email our expert staff with employee ownership questions.

Actionable data from our research team

The best and most reliable information available

We help members learn about EO and stay updated with practical resources.

The Employee Ownership Report
New and up-to-the-minute articles and resources - searchable online and delivered to your inbox monthly. Find answers and inspiration with quick-read ESOP company stories, updated best practices, news, and more.

Resource-rich curated toolkits

Sample documents and checklists from trusted sources

Captive insurance group eligibility and other benefits from affiliated groups

Preferential prices on all other resources
Members get discounts on event registrations, research reports, publications,  employee surveys, and more.

Networking

Supercharge your ESOP practices and performance. Meet your NCEO company peers to discuss engagement, finance, leadership, and more.

Connect with peers

Continuing education

Continuing Education opportunities abound with our webinars & live events.

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Connect with EO experience

NCEO Service Provider members can list in our publicly available Service Provider Directory.

Find an independent board member with experience in employee-owned companies or list yourself for candidate opportunities with the Board Candidate Directory

Lender Directory of lenders with experience working with ESOP companies.

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Ready-to-use resources

Save time and energy by adapting sample materials from trusted sources, with topics ranging from communicating to employee-owners to governance guidance.

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Curated solutions

ESOP-specific advice on crucial topics anchored with sample documents, videos, data from the NCEO research team, and great ideas shared by NCEO member companies.

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What members are saying...

Thousands of companies and experts get valuable support from NCEO membership.

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Setting up, administering, and maintaining an ESOP can be challenging. The extensive resources available with NCEO membership have helped Metcalf for more than a decade to identify potential pitfalls in plan design and administration and, just as importantly, have helped us to see where we got things right.
Patrick O'Brien, Metcalf Archeology
We have found our NCEO membership to be an invaluable resource, from an educational standpoint through articles, newsletters and webinars, to specific, one-on-one insight provided through emails and phone conversations directly with staff members.
Shelly Wells, Cornerstone Credit Services, LLC
Along with being a very strong advocate for ESOPs, the NCEO maintains an impressive library of publications that are extremely helpful in communicating to participants and assisting in plan administration.  We refer to these sources often and the NCEO monthly newsletter keeps us aware of current trends, laws, and court cases that impact ESOPs.
Melvin DeLacerda, Johnny's Pizza House, Inc.

Plans for All Types of Business

Individual

$310 / 12 months

  • 12 months of membership benefits for one individual
  • Do you work in the academic, nonprofit, or government field? Contact us for a Community Partner membership.

Service Provider

$700 / 12 months

6-Month Introductory

$90 / 6 months

  • 6 months of membership benefits for one individual
  • For those new to the NCEO
  • Excellent for those considering employee ownership

Company

$310-$975
/ 12 months

  • Company uses or is considering employee ownership
  • 12 months of membership benefits
  • Company-exclusive peer groups, communications tools, and more
  • Company membership extends to all employees
  • Sliding scale member dues based on number of employees

Select company size first

Frequently Asked Questions

Your username is your email address. Log in by clicking “Login” at the upper right of the screen. You can reset your password by clicking "Forgot password?" on the login page. If you're a current member and are finding your login isn't working, try resetting your password--we recently upgraded our website and replaced our previous user account system. 
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You can find the members' area by logging in and going to Member Home at the top of any of our web pages.
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After you purchase a digital book, you'll receive an email with a download link, and can also download it immediately from the order confirmation page. You can also download it later anytime by going to My Orders within your account page.
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To switch membership types (for example, from an individual to a company membership), please contact membership@nceo.org.