List of employee-owned companies
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This is a list of notable employee-owned
companies. "Notable" is defined as having an article in Wikipedia, or obviously qualifying for one according to WP:CORP.
Employee-owned corporation
An employee share ownership plan is the practice of companies giving staff members shares in their company as part of their salary....
companies. "Notable" is defined as having an article in Wikipedia, or obviously qualifying for one according to WP:CORP.
- Acadian AmbulanceAcadian AmbulanceAcadian Ambulance is an ambulance service that covers most of the state of Louisiana.Headquartered in Lafayette, Louisiana, Acadian Ambulance maintains a fleet of more than 200 ground ambulances, as well as eight medical transport helicopters and five fixed-wing aircraft that provide aerial...
- Alion Science and TechnologyAlion Science and TechnologyAlion Science and Technology is an employee-owned technology solutions company delivering technical expertise and operational support to the United States Department of Defense, civilian government agencies and commercial customers....
- ArupArupArup is a global professional services firm headquartered in London, United Kingdom which provides engineering, design, planning, project management and consulting services for all aspects of the built environment. The firm is present in Africa, the Americas, Australasia, East Asia, Europe and the...
- ASCASC-Australia:* Australian Sports Commission* Australian Submarine Corporation, a naval equipment manufacturer in Adelaide, South Australia-Canada:* Advertising Standards Canada* Association des Scouts du Canada* Airsoft Canada-Republic of China :...
- Avis Rent a Car SystemAvis Rent A Car SystemAvis Rent a Car System, LLC is a car rental company headquartered in Parsippany-Troy Hills Township, New Jersey, United States. Avis, Budget Rent a Car and Budget Truck Rental are all units of Avis Budget Group....
- employee-owned 1987-1996; sold to HFS, which became CendantCendantCendant Corporation was a New York-based provider of business and consumer services, primarily within the real estate and travel industries. In 2005 and 2006, Cendant broke up and spun off or sold its constituent businesses... - Bi-MartBi-Mart- External links :**, a December 2004 article from The Oregonian...
- Black & Veatch CorporationBlack & Veatch CorporationBlack & Veatch is a global engineering, consulting, construction and operations company specializing in infrastructure development in energy, water, telecommunications, management consulting, federal and environmental markets. Black & Veatch is the 11th largest majority Employee-Owned company in...
- Bob's Red MillBob's Red MillBob's Red Mill is a brand produced by Bob's Red Mill Natural Foods of Milwaukie, Oregon, United States. The company was established in 1978 by Bob Moore Bob's Red Mill is a brand produced by Bob's Red Mill Natural Foods of Milwaukie, Oregon, United States. The company was established in 1978 by Bob...
- Brookshire BrothersBrookshire BrothersBrookshire Brothers Grocery is a supermarket retailer headquartered in Lufkin, Texas.Brookshire Brothers operates 70 stores under the names Brookshire Brothers and B&B Foods, and seven stand-alone pharmacies in a market area covering Texas and Louisiana...
- Bureau of National AffairsBureau of National AffairsThe Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. — known as BNA — is an independent, privately owned publisher of specialized online and print news and information for professionals in business and government, headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, USA...
- sold to Bloomberg L.P.Bloomberg L.P.Bloomberg L.P. is an American privately held financial software, media, and data company. Bloomberg makes up one third of the $16 billion global financial data market with estimated revenue of $6.9 billion. Bloomberg L.P...
in 2011 - Burns & McDonnell EngineeringBurns & McDonnell EngineeringBurns & McDonnell is an engineering design firm headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri.Burns & McDonnell is one of the leading design firms in the United States. The company provides engineering, architecture, construction, environmental and consulting services for the aviation, defense,...
- Carter's FoodsCarter's FoodsCarter'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 Charlotte. In 2006, the chain declared bankruptcy, with its...
- Certain AffinityCertain AffinityCertain Affinity is an American video game development studio based in Austin, Texas, in the USA. It was founded in 2006 by Max Hoberman and a small number of other ex-Bungie employees and other industry veterans.-History:...
- CH2M HillCH2M HillCH2M Hill is an American-based global provider of engineering, construction, and operations services for corporations, nonprofits, and federal, state, and local governments. The firm is headquartered in Meridian, an unincorporated area of Douglas County, Colorado in the Denver-Aurora Metropolitan...
- Chicago and North Western RailwayChicago and North Western RailwayThe Chicago and North Western Transportation Company was a Class I railroad in the Midwest United States. It was also known as the North Western. The railroad operated more than of track as of the turn of the 20th century, and over of track in seven states before retrenchment in the late 1970s...
- sold to Union Pacific RailroadUnion Pacific RailroadThe Union Pacific Railroad , headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, is the largest railroad network in the United States. James R. Young is president, CEO and Chairman....
in 1995 - Columbia Forest ProductsColumbia Forest ProductsColumbia 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 panels that are used in high-end cabinetry, fine...
- Dahl's FoodsDahl's FoodsDahl's Foods is a grocery store headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa with 13 stores in the Des Moines area.-History:Dahl's Foods was founded by W.T. Dahl in 1931. The first store was a facility located on Des Moines' east side...
- Davey Tree Expert CompanyDavey Tree Expert CompanyThe Davey Tree Expert Company is a privately held company that provides tree and lawn care services throughout the United States and Canada. It is the largest residential tree care company in North America. It was incorporated in 1909 in Kent, Ohio by John Davey, who is considered the father of the...
- DreamHostDreamHostDreamHost is a Los Angeles-based web hosting provider and domain name registrar. It is the web hosting branch of New Dream Network, LLC, founded in 1996 by Dallas Bethune, Josh Jones, Michael Rodriguez and Sage Weil, undergraduate students at Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, California, and...
- Ebby Halliday Realtors
- Ferrellgas Partners
- Food Giant
- Frontline Test EquipmentFrontline Test EquipmentFrontline Test Equipment, Inc is a communication trouble-shooting software solution company based in Charlottesville, Virginia, USA. Founded in 1985, Frontline became employee-owned company in 2009. Frontline is well known for its expertise in Bluetooth wireless communication technology and is...
- Full Sail Brewing CompanyFull Sail Brewing CompanyFull Sail Brewing Company is a craft brewery in Hood River, Oregon, United States. Founded in 1987, Full Sail was the first commercially successful craft brewery to bottle beer in the Pacific Northwest for retail sale, and one of Oregon's early microbreweries...
- GenslerGenslerGensler is an American design and architecture firm headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded in 1965 by Art Gensler, Drue Gensler, and James Follett, and originally focused on corporate interiors...
- Golder AssociatesGolder AssociatesGolder Associates is an employee-owned, multi-disciplinary global group of companies specializing in ground engineering and environmental services. Its nearly 7,000 employees operate from more than 160 offices in over 30 countries in Africa, Asia, Australasia, Europe, North America and South America...
- Graybar
- Greene Plastics CorpGreene Plastics CorpGreene Plastics Corporation is an employee-owned company located in Hope Valley, Rhode Island. The main office, manufacturing facility, engineering, design and shipping warehouse are located in a facility in the village of Canonchet.-History:...
- HuaweiHuaweiHuawei is a Chinese multinational networking and telecommunications equipment and services company headquartered in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China...
- HDR, Inc.HDR, Inc.HDR Inc. is an employee-owned architectural, engineering and consulting firm based in Omaha, Nebraska, USA. HDR has worked on projects in all 50 U.S. states and in 60 countries, including notable projects such as the Hoover Dam Bypass, TD Ameritrade Park Omaha, and the The Roslin Institute building...
- Hensel Phelps ConstructionHensel Phelps ConstructionHensel Phelps Construction Co. is one of the largest general contractors and construction managers in the United States, ranked consistently among ENR's top 20 Contractors....
- Herff JonesHerff JonesHerff Jones Company manufactures and sells educational recognition and achievement products and motivational materials, and has been in continuous operation for 90 years. Herff Jones maintains production facilities across the United States as well as in Canada....
- Hot Dog on a StickHot Dog on a StickHDOS Enterprises, commonly known as Hot Dog on a Stick, is a fast food company originating in Santa Monica, California, originally founded by Dave Barham.-History:...
- Houchens IndustriesHouchens IndustriesHouchens Industries, is an American employee-owned company, in business since 1918 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 company runs about 425 grocery and convenience stores...
- Hypertherm
- Hy-VeeHy-VeeHy-Vee is an employee-owned chain of supermarkets located in the Midwestern United States. Over 100 of its supermarkets are located in Iowa, with additional stores in Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota and now Madison, Wisconsin...
- John J. McMullen & AssociatesJohn J. McMullen & AssociatesJohn J. McMullen Associates, Incorporated was one of the largest naval architecture firms in the United States, specializing in ship design and marine-related technical consulting between 1957 and 2005. Founded in 1957 in New York City by Dr. John J...
- now part of Alion Science and TechnologyAlion Science and TechnologyAlion Science and Technology is an employee-owned technology solutions company delivering technical expertise and operational support to the United States Department of Defense, civilian government agencies and commercial customers.... - John Lewis PartnershipJohn Lewis PartnershipThe John Lewis Partnership is an employee-owned UK partnership which operates John Lewis department stores, Waitrose supermarkets and a number of other services...
- Journal CommunicationsJournal CommunicationsJournal Communications, Inc. is a publicly traded media company based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It publishes the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, a daily newspaper, and it also owns television stations, radio stations and weekly newspapers, among other businesses.-History:The Milwaukee Journal was...
- KantegaKantegaKantega is a Norwegian software corporation founded in 2003 with headquarters in Oslo. Kantega primarily develops bespoke software based on Java and lightweight application frameworks, identity management and digital signature solutions based on PKI and Web Services technology.Kantega is a sponsor...
- King Arthur Flour
- Landmark EducationLandmark EducationLandmark Education LLC is a personal training and development company which offers educational programs in approximately 115 locations in more than 20 countries worldwide....
- LifetouchLifetouchLifetouch, originally named National School Studios, is a photography company founded in 1936 by Bruce Reinecker and Eldon Rothgeb. Lifetouch has its corporate headquarters in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, with production plants in Chesapeake, Virginia; Chico, California; Ohio; Muncie, Indiana;...
- LPKLPKLPK is an international design agency headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA with five additional locations in Geneva, Switzerland; Frankfurt, Germany; Guangzhou, China; London, England; and Singapore, Singapore...
- Mast General StoreMast General StoreThe Mast General Store is a store modeled after the general store concept from the 19th century. Today there are ten locations, including the original store located in Valle Crucis, North Carolina, which is widely recognized as a historical landmark...
- Mathematica Policy Research
- Mercedes HomesMercedes HomesMercedes Homes is a home building company headquartered in Melbourne, Florida. Mercedes Homes was founded in 1983 and currently builds new homes and communities throughout Florida, Texas, North Carolina, and South Carolina. It has since built homes for over 40,000 families...
- Mott MacdonaldMott MacDonaldThe Mott MacDonald Group is an employee-owned company management, engineering and development consultancy serving the public and private sectors world-wide...
- MushkinMushkinMushkin is best known for producing computer memory modules . Located in Englewood, Colorado, United States, Mushkin provides performance enhanced computer products to users worldwide, with customers including gamers and industry professionals, and the firm claims to have supplied Apple Inc...
- New Belgium Brewing CompanyNew Belgium Brewing CompanyNew Belgium Brewing Company is a regional brewery located in Fort Collins, Colorado. It opened in 1991 after Jeff Lebesch, the brewery's founder, took his home-brewing passion commercial. In 2009, it produced over 582,000 barrels of its various labels...
- Niemann FoodsNiemann FoodsNiemann Foods is a company headquartered in Quincy, Illinois that owns and operates about 90 supermarkets, convenience, pet and hardware stores mostly under the County Market, County Market Express, Cub Foods, ACE Hardware, Pet Supplies Plus, Pick-A-Dilly and Save-A-Lot banners in Illinois, Iowa,...
- North Highland
- Omaha World-HeraldOmaha World-HeraldThe Omaha World-Herald, based in Omaha, Nebraska, is the primary daily newspaper of Nebraska, as well as portions of southwest Iowa. For decades it circulated daily throughout Nebraska, and in parts of Kansas, South Dakota, Missouri, Colorado and Wyoming. In 2008, distribution was reduced to the...
- Osmose
- Parsons CorporationParsons CorporationParsons Corporation is an engineering, construction, and technical and management services firm headquartered in Pasadena, California. Founded in 1944 by engineer Ralph M. Parsons, Parsons Corporation is currently one of the largest such companies in the United States, with revenues exceeding...
- PCL ConstructionPCL ConstructionThe PCL family of companies is the largest general contracting organization in Canada and the sixth largest in the US. The organization is active in the commercial, institutional, multi-family residential, heavy industrial and civil construction sectors. The company's North American Headquarters...
- Peter Kiewit Sons'Peter Kiewit Sons'Kiewit Corporation, an employee-owned, private company, is a Fortune 500 contractor based in Omaha, Nebraska. It is one of the largest contractors in the world. Recent projects have included several bridge retrofittings in the San Francisco Bay Area, Interstate H-3 project in Hawaii, and building...
- Phelps County Bank
- Price Chopper (New York) (Golub Corp.)
- PublixPublixPublix Super Markets, Inc. is an American supermarket chain based in Lakeland, Florida.Founded in 1930 by George W. Jenkins, it is an employee-owned, privately held corporation. Publix is currently ranked No. 86 on Fortune magazine's list of 100 Best Companies to Work For 2010 and was ranked No...
Super Markets - Raycom MediaRaycom Media- History :Although Raycom Media dates its birth to 1996, the core of the company was formed in 1992 when Atlanta native Bert Ellis formed Ellis Communications. He eventually controlled 13 television stations and two radio stations....
- RecologyRecologyRecology, Inc.is an integrated resource recovery company headquartered in San Francisco, California. The company collects and processes municipal solid waste, reclaiming useful materials that would have otherwise been buried in a landfill. The company also runs transfer stations, materials recovery...
- Rosendin ElectricRosendin ElectricRosendin Electric is an electrical contractor headquartered in San Jose, California, with close to 3,300 employees nationwide and an annual revenue of approximately $800 million...
- Schreiber FoodsSchreiber FoodsSchreiber Foods Inc., is a dairy company which produces and distributes cheese, process cheese, cream cheese and yogurt It is an employee-owned customer brand dairy company headquartered in Green Bay, Wisconsin...
- Schweitzer Engineering LaboratoriesSchweitzer Engineering LaboratoriesSchweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. designs, manufactures, and supports products and services ranging from generator and transmission protection to distribution automation and control systems. Founded in 1982 by Edmund O. Schweitzer III, SEL shipped the world's first digital protective relay...
- Springfield ReManufacturingSpringfield ReManufacturingSpringfield ReManufacturing Corp was established in 1983 when 13 employees of International Harvester purchased a part of that company that rebuilt big-vehicle engines, with $100,000 of their own money and $8.9 million in loans. By 1988, SRC's debt to equity ratio was down to 1.8 to 1, and the...
- Stiefel Labs
- STV Group
- Swales Aerospace
- Talis GroupTalis GroupTalis Group Ltd. is a software company based in Birmingham, England that develops a Semantic Web application platform and a suite of applications for the education, research and library sectors...
- TerraconTerraconTerracon is an action-adventure video game released in August 2000 for the Sony PlayStation in Europe only.-Plot:The evil Terracon is mercilessly wiping out the galaxy, planet by planet...
- Tidyman'sTidyman'sTidyman's was a chain of grocery stores founded and based in Spokane, Washington. At its peak, Tidyman's was operating over 20 stores in Washington, Idaho and Montana under the Tidyman's, Dissmore's IGA, Northwest Fresh Marketplace, and County Market banners...
- Tribune CompanyTribune CompanyThe Tribune Company is a large American multimedia corporation based in Chicago, Illinois. It is the nation's second-largest newspaper publisher, with ten daily newspapers and commuter tabloids including Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Hartford Courant, Orlando Sentinel, South Florida...
- Twin City Fan Companies, LtdTwin City FanTwin City Fan Companies, Ltd. is a group of fan companies that manufacture and sell a complete range of centrifugal and axial propeller fans, power roof ventilators, and related equipment. The Minneapolis headquarters is home to all corporate, sales, engineering, accounting, marketing, and...
- WestatWestatWestat is an employee-owned corporation providing research services to agencies of the U.S. Government, as well as businesses, foundations, and state and local governments....
- WinCo FoodsWinCo FoodsWinCo Foods is an employee-owned supermarket business headquartered in Boise, Idaho. The company's name was decided by the employees both in the stores and the distribution centers in a contest to rename the company, settling on "WinCo," for the five states in which the company operates its...
- W. L. Gore & Associates
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Woodman's Food MarketWoodman's Food MarketWoodman's Food Market is an employee-owned supermarket chain in Wisconsin and northern Illinois, operating thirteen warehouse stores. Supermarket News ranked Woodman's No. 75 in the 2009 list "Top 75 North American Food Retailers" based on revenue generated in the 2008 fiscal year...