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The Employee Ownership 100

America's Largest Majority Employee-Owned Companies
May 2007

Companies must be at least 50% owned by current and former employees through a broad-based employee ownership plan, either a qualified plan or a non-qualified plan in which most employees participate. Employment data are from most recent published sources available or information provided by the company. Additions or corrections are appreciated and will be used to update this list. Contact NCEO Executive Director Corey Rosen at crosen@nceo.org.

Key to Plan Types:

ESOP: Employee Stock Ownership Plan
PS: Profit Sharing Trust
SP: Stock Purchase Plan

Company	City	State	Plan	Industry	No. of Emp's
Publix Supermarkets	Lakeland	FL	ESOP, SP	supermarkets	143,000
Hy-Vee	W. Des Moines	IA	PS	supermarkets	46,000
SAIC	San Diego	CA	ESOP/others	R&D & computer systems	44,000
Price Chopper dba Golub Corp.	Schenectady	NY	ESOP	supermarkets	22,000
Tribune Co.*	Chicago	IL	ESOP	media	21,000
CH2M Hill, Inc.	Denver	CO	SP	engineering, construction	19,089
Lifetouch	Minneapolis	MN	ESOP	photography studios	18,000
Nypro	Clinton	MA	ESOP	plastics manufacturer	15,000
Houchens Industries	Bowling Green	KY	ESOP	supermarkets	11,487
Parsons Corp.	Pasadena	CA	ESOP	engineering, construction	10,000
Amsted Industries	Chicago	IL	ESOP	industrial manufacturer	9,233
Black & Veatch	Kansas City	MO	PS/401(k) plan	engineering	8,500
WinCo Foods	Boise	ID	ESOP	supermarkets	8,100
W.L. Gore Associates	Newark	DE	ESOP	manufacturing (Gore-Tex)	8,000
Graybar Electric	St. Louis	MO	SP	electrical equipment wholesaler	8,000
Tharaldson Lodging	Fargo	ND	ESOP	hotel management	7,000
Austin Industries	Dallas	TX	ESOP	construction	6,733
MWH Americas	Bloomfield	CO	SP	engineering	6,100
Davey Tree Expert Co.	Kent	OH	ESOP	tree service	6,000
Brookshire Brothers	Lufkin	TX	ESOP	supermarkets	5,800
Journal Communications	Milwaukee	WI	SP	newspapers & communications	5,700
Performance Contracting Group	Lenexa	KS	ESOP	specialty contractor	5,700
HDR, Inc.	Omaha	NE	ESOP	architecture & engineering	5,000
Schreiber Foods	Green Bay	WI	ESOP	cheese manufacturer	5,000
Guckenheimer Enterprises	Redwood City	CA	ESOP	food distribution	5,000
KI	Green Bay	WI	PS	furniture manufacturer	4,100
Herff Jones	Indianapolis	IN	ESOP	manufacturer of awards & gifts	4,000
Piggly Wiggly Carolina	Charleston	SC	ESOP	supermarkets	4,000
Ferrellgas Partners	Liberty	MO	ESOP	gas distribution	3,750
Vance International	Oakton	VA	ESOP	security	3,700
Alion Science and Technology	McLean	VA	ESOP	technology services	3,700
Columbia Forest Products	Portland	OR	ESOP	plywood	3,500
American Cast Iron Pipe	Birmingham	AL	stock trust	manufacturer	3,100
Appleton	Appleton	WI	ESOP	paper manufacturer	3,100
HNTB	Kansas City	MO	ESOP	architecture & engineering	3,100
Round Table Pizza	Walnut Creek	CA	ESOP	franchiser	3,000
Harps Food Stores, Inc.	Springdale	AR	ESOP	supermarkets	3,000
Bi-Mart	Eugene	OR	ESOP	discount stores	3,000
Miller's Health Systems	Warsaw	IN	ESOP	nursing homes	3,000
Terracon	Lenexa	KS	ESOP	engineering & consulting	2,715
Scheels All Sport	Fargo	ND	ESOP	retail sporting goods	2,700
Hensel Phelps Construction Co.	Greeley	CO	ESOP	construction	2,500
Medicalodges	Coffeyville	KS	ESOP	nursing homes	2,500
McCarthy Building Companies	St. Louis	MO	ESOP	construction	2,500
Lewis Tree Service	Rochester	NY	ESOP	tree service	2,500
Burns & McDonnell Engr. Co.	Kansas City	MO	ESOP	architecture & engineering	2,400
Omaha World-Herald Company	Omaha	NE	SP	newspaper	2,323
Gensler	San Francisco	CA	ESOP	architecture	2,300
Norcal Waste Systems	San Francisco	CA	ESOP	waste disposal	2,267
National Spinning Company	New York	NY	ESOP	textiles	2,250
U.S. Sugar	Clewiston	FL	ESOP	sugar	2,200
Cianbro Corp.	Pittsfield	ME	ESOP	construction	2,100
Stiefel Labs	Coral Gables	FL	ESOP	pharmaceuticals	2,000
Kleinfelder	San Diego	CA	ESOP	engineering	2,000
Centimark Corp.	Canonsburg	PA	ESOP	roof repair	2,000
Kinney Drugs	Gouverneur	NY	ESOP	drug stores	2,000
Woodman's Food Market	Janesville	WI	ESOP	supermarkets	1,950
Osmose Holdings, Inc.	Buffalo	NY	ESOP	wood preservatives & utility services	1,942
Crucible Materials	Syracuse	NY	ESOP	steel manufacturer	1,900
Weston Solutions	West Chester	PA	ESOP	environmental engineering.	1,900
Dunn-Edwards	Los Angeles	CA	ESOP	paint manufacturer	1,810
Martin & Bayley	Carmi	IL	ESOP	convenience stores	1,800
Bureau of National Affairs	Washington	DC	SP	publisher	1,728
Ramey Price Cutter Stores	Springfield	MO	ESOP	supermarkets	1,710
Acadian Ambulance	Lafayette	LA	ESOP	ambulance services	1,600
Greenheck Fan	Schofield	WI	ESOP	industrial fans	1,600
The Sundt Companies	Tucson	AZ	ESOP	construction	1,575
DeRosa Corporation	Eau Claire	WI	ESOP	restaurants	1,550
TDIndustries, Inc.	Dallas	TX	ESOP	HVAC supplies	1,500
Brown and Caldwell	Walnut Creek	CA	ESOP	engineering	1,500
STV Group	Douglassville	PA	ESOP	engineering & architecture	1,500
Rosendin Electric	San Jose	CA	ESOP	electrical work	1,500
Pinnacle Builders	W. Sacramento	CA	ESOP	framing	1,500
FBG Service Corporation	Omaha	NE	ESOP	facilities mgt	1,420
Hot-Dog-on-a-Stick	Carlsbad	CA	ESOP	fast food outlets	1,400
American Systems Corp.	Chantilly	VA	ESOP	engineering	1,335
Charles Machine Works	Perry	OK	ESOP	backhoes	1,315
Camber Corp.	Huntsville	AL	ESOP	technology services	1,300
Thrifty White Drug Stores	Maple Grove	MN	ESOP	drug stores	1,300
Swinerton	San Francisco	CA	ESOP	construction	1,300
Bradford White	Ambler	PA	ESOP	water heaters	1,219
Border States Electric	Fargo	ND	ESOP	wholesale electrical supplies	1,300
Fred Weber	Maryland Hts.	MO	ESOP	contractor	1,200
Branch Group	Roanoke	VA	ESOP	construction	1,200
Zandex	Zanesville	OH	ESOP	nursing homes	1,200
Ebby Halliday Realtors	Dallas	TX	ESOP	real estate	1,200
Bollman Hat	Adamstown	PA	ESOP	hat maker	1,200
Scitor Corporation	Herndon	VA	ESOP	aerospace/systems engineering	1,200
Riesbeck Food Markets	St. Clairsville	OH	ESOP	supermarkets	1,200
Anson Industries	Melrose Park	IL	SP	construction	1,200
Pizzagalli Construction	S. Burlington	VT	ESOP	construction	1,200
Yoke's Foods, Inc.	Spokane Valley	WA	ESOP	grocery stores	1,200
Okonite Cables Inc.	Santa Maria	CA	ESOP	electrical wire & cable mfr	1,150
Edwards and Kelcey	Morristown	NJ	ESOP	engineering	1,110
Besser Co.	Alpena	MI	ESOP	concrete manufacturer	1,100
Cooperative Home Care Associates	Bronx	NY	Cooperative	health care	1,100
Abt Associates	Cambridge	MA	ESOP	consulting and research	1,050
Wilbur Smith Associates	Columbia	SC	ESOP	professional services	1,050
David Evans & Associates	Portland	OR	ESOP	engineering	1,050
Walman Optical	Minneapolis	MN	ESOP	optical supplies	1,000

**Pending regulatory approval.

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