List of employee-owned companies

This is a list of notable employee-owned companies by country. These are companies totally or significantly owned (directly or indirectly) by their employees.[1]

Employee ownership takes different forms and one form may predominate in a particular country. For example, in the U.S. over 5,700 of the roughly 6,400 employee-owned companies have an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP).[2] An ESOP is an employee-owner method that provides a company's workforce with an ownership interest in the company. In an ESOP, companies provide their employees with ownership interests in the company's business, often at no up-front cost to the employees. ESOP shares, however, are part of employees' remuneration for work performed. Shares are allocated to employees and may be held in an ESOP trust until the employee retires or leaves the company. The shares are then sold.

Worker cooperatives are another form of employee ownership wherein workers are exclusive owners and managers of the firm, with one vote per employee in democratic decision-making.

Canada

• EllisDon
• Friesens
• Hatch Ltd
• Morrison Hershfield
• PCL Construction

India

• Aavin
• Adarsh Co-operative Bank
• Amul
• Banas Dairy
• Co-optex
• Dabbawala
• Horticultural Producers' Cooperative Marketing and Processing Society
• Indian Coffee House
• Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative
• Indian Potash Limited
• J Thomas & Co. Pvt. Ltd.

Japan

• Nikkei, Inc.[3]

Scandinavia

• Kantega

Spain

• IDOM
• Mondragon Corporation

United Kingdom

• Aardman Animations
• Agilisys
• Allford Hall Monaghan & Morris
• Arup
• Boydell & Brewer
• Central Surrey Health
• Donald Insall Associates
• Hayes Davidson
• Gripple Ltd.
• John Lewis Partnership
• MJP Architects
• Mott MacDonald
• PA Consulting Group
• Richer Sounds

United States

• Acadian Ambulance
• Applied Research Associates
• Arizmendi Bakery
• Bi-Mart
• Black & Veatch
• Bob's Red Mill
• Brookshire Brothers
• Burns & McDonnell
• Carter's Foods
• Casino Queen
• CDM Smith
• Certain Affinity
• CH2M Hill
• Corgan

See also

• List of co-operative federations
• List of cooperatives
• List of energy cooperatives
• List of food cooperatives
• List of retailers' cooperatives
• List of worker cooperatives
• Lists of companies – company-related list articles on Wikipedia

External links

• The NCEO's Employee Ownership 100 (United States)
• The ESOP Association (United States)
• ESOPB2B.com ESOP Registry (United States)