| 1 | Publix Super Markets | Lakeland | FL | ESOP & Stock Purchase | 1974 | Supermarkets | 190,000 |
| 2 | Penmac* | Springfield | MO | ESOP | 2010 | Staffing | 25,250 |
| 3 | WinCo Foods | Boise | ID | ESOP | 1985 | Supermarkets | 20,000 |
| 4 | Amsted Industries* | Chicago | IL | ESOP | 1986 | Industrial components | 18,000 |
| 4 | Houchens Industries* | Bowling Green | KY | ESOP | 1961 | Supermarkets & other services | 18,000 |
| 6 | Parsons* | Pasadena | CA | ESOP | 1974 | Engineering & construction | 14,000 |
| 7 | Black & Veatch | Overland Park | KS | KSOP | 1998 | Engineering & construction | 10,420 |
| 8 | HDR, Inc.* | Omaha | NE | ESOP | 1996 | Architecture & engineering | 10,000 |
| 8 | EmpRes Healthcare Management* | Vancouver | WA | ESOP | 2009 | Post-acute long term care | 10,000 |
| 10 | Alliance Holdings* | Abington | PA | ESOP | 1995 | Holding company | 9,840 |
| 11 | W.L. Gore & Associates | Newark | DE | ESOP | 1974 | Manufacturing | 9,600 |
| 12 | Davey Tree Expert* | Kent | OH | 401KSOP & ESOP | 1979 | Tree & environmental services | 9,500 |
| 13 | Graybar Electric | St. Louis | MO | Stock purchase | 1929 | Electrical equipment wholesale | 8,500 |
| 14 | Performance Contracting Group* | Lenaxa | KS | ESOP | 1986 | Construction | 7,250 |
| 15 | Brookshire Brothers* | Lufkin | TX | ESOP | 2001 | Supermarkets | 7,000 |
| 15 | Janus Global Operations | Lenoir City | TN | ESOP | 2002 | Security & munitions services | 7,000 |
| 15 | Schreiber Foods | Green Bay | WI | ESOP | 1998 | Dairy company | 7,000 |
| 18 | The Burnett Companies Consolidated, Inc.* | Houston | TX | ESOP | 2010 | Staffing services | 6,700 |
| 19 | Austin Industries* | Dallas | TX | ESOP | 1986 | Construction | 6,000 |
| 19 | Rosendin Electric* | San Jose | CA | ESOP | 1992 | Electrical Contracting | 6,000 |
| 19 | Scheels All Sports | Fargo | ND | ESOP | 1982 | Retail sporting goods | 6,000 |
| 22 | Gensler* | San Francisco | CA | ESOP | 1987 | Architecture | 5,720 |
| 23 | Burns & McDonnell Engineering* | Kansas City | MO | ESOP | 1985 | Architecture & engineering | 5,530 |
| 24 | KeHE Distributors | Romeoville | IL | ESOP | 2001 | Food distribution | 5,500 |
| 25 | Schweitzer Engineering Laboraties* | Pullman | WA | ESOP | 1994 | Engineering | 5,200 |
| 26 | Terracon* | Olathe | KS | KSOP | 1991 | Engineering/consulting | 5,100 |
| 27 | CDM Smith | Cambridge | MA | Profit Sharing | 1996 | Engineering & construction | 5,000 |
| 28 | Sammons Enterprises* | Dallas | TX | ESOP | 1978 | Diversified holding company | 4,450 |
| 29 | HNTB | Kansas City | MO | ESOP | 2000 | Architecture & engineering | 4,370 |
| 30 | Recology* | San Francisco | CA | ESOP | 1985 | Waste management | 4,100 |
| 31 | Cianbro* | Pittsfield | ME | ESOP | 1980 | Construction | 4,000 |
| 31 | Acadian Ambulance | Lafayette | LA | ESOP | 1993 | Ambulance services | 4,000 |
| 31 | Lewis Tree Service, Inc.* | Rochester | NY | ESOP | 1998 | Tree services | 4,000 |
| 34 | KPH Healthcare Services, Inc.* | Gouverneur | NY | ESOP | 1944 | Drugstores | 3,860 |
| 35 | Chemonics International, Inc.* | Washington | DC | ESOP | 2001 | International development | 3,600 |
| 36 | Swinerton Builders* | San Francisco | CA | ESOP | 1962 | Construction | 3,500 |
| 37 | Robert W. Baird & Co. | Milwaukee | WI | ESPP | 1984 | Brokerage | 3,400 |
| 38 | Harp's Food Stores* | Springdale | AR | ESOP | 1988 | Supermarkets | 3,350 |
| 39 | Wright Service Corp. | Des Moines | IA | ESOP | 2002 | Environmental Services | 3,200 |
| 40 | Hensel Phelps Construction | Greeley | CO | ESOP | 1976 | Construction | 3,000 |
| 40 | Krueger International, Inc.* | Green Bay | WI | ESOP | 1991 | Furniture manufacturing | 3,000 |
| 40 | Miller's Health Systems | Warsaw | IN | ESOP | 2006 | Nursing homes | 3,000 |
| 40 | The North Highland Company | Atlanta | GA | ESOP | 1997 | Accounting staffing | 3,000 |
| 40 | Abt Associates | Cambridge | MA | ESOP | 1975 | Consulting & research | 3,000 |
| 40 | ACCO Engineered Systems, Inc.* | Glendale | CA | ESOP | 2007 | Heating & air conditioning services | 3,000 |
| 40 | Bi-Mart | Eugene | OR | ESOP | 2003 | Discount stores | 3,000 |
| 40 | Challenge Manufacturing Company | Walker | MI | ESOP | 1987 | Automotive Manufacturing | 3,000 |
| 40 | Homeland Acquisition Corporation* | Oklahoma City | OK | ESOP | 2011 | Supermarkets | 3,000 |
| 49 | S&C Electric* | Chicago | IL | KSOP | 1989 | Electrical equipment | 2,950 |
| 50 | EVAPCO Inc. | Taneytown | MD | ESOP | 1984 | Manufacturing | 2,780 |
| 51 | American Cast Iron Pipe | Birmingham | AL | Profit Sharing | 1982 | Manufacturing | 2,600 |
| 51 | Martin Resource Management Corporation* | Kilgore | TX | ESOP | 2012 | Distribution & transportation | 2,600 |
| 53 | Oconomowoc Residential Programs, Inc.* | Oconomowoc | WI | ESOP | 2002 | Health & disability services | 2,580 |
| 54 | Border States Industries* | Fargo | ND | ESOP | 1984 | Wholesale distributor | 2,520 |
| 55 | Reasor's* | Tahlequah | OK | ESOP | 2005 | Supermarkets | 2,500 |
| 56 | Price Cutter* | Springfield | MO | ESOP | 2004 | Supermarkets | 2,480 |
| 57 | Columbia Forest Products | Greensboro | NC | ESOP | 1977 | Plywood | 2,400 |
| 58 | TD Industries | Dallas | TX | ESOP | 1989 | HVAC supplies | 2,320 |
| 59 | Bhueler's Fresh Foods | Wooster | OH | ESOP | 2017 | Supermarkets | 2,100 |
| 60 | McCarthy Building Company* | St. Louis | MO | ESOP | 1996 | Construction | 2,030 |
| 61 | Barton Malow* | Southfield | MI | Profit Sharing | 1952 | Construction | 2,000 |
| 61 | Cooperative Home Care Associates | Bronx | NY | Coop | 1995 | Health care | 2,000 |
| 61 | George P. Johnson | Auburn Hills | MI | ESOP | 1998 | Event Marketing | 2,000 |
| 61 | Medicalodges* | Coffeyville | KS | ESOP | 1990 | Long-Term Healthcare | 2,000 |
| 61 | Jasper Engines & Transmissions* | Jasper | IN | ESOP, Profit Sharing | 2010 | Engine & transmission remanufacturing | 2,000 |
| 61 | Mayville Engineering Company, Inc.* | Mayville | WI | ESOP | 1959 | Engineering & Manufacturing services | 2,000 |
| 61 | Symbria* | Warrenville | OH | ESOP | 2015 | Health care services | 2,000 |
| 68 | Sundt Construction* | Tempe | AZ | ESOP | 1972 | Construction | 1,940 |
| 69 | Morton Buildings* | Morton | IL | ESOP | 1990 | Fabrication & Construction | 1,900 |
| 69 | Westat, Inc.* | Rockville | MD | ESOP | 1977 | Research firm | 1,900 |
| 69 | Davis H. Elliot Company | Lexington | KY | ESOP | 2000 | Electrical Contracting | 1,900 |
| 72 | Dynetics* | Huntsville | AL | ESOP | 1988 | Engineering, science, information technology services | 1,890 |
| 73 | Kleinfelder | San Diego | CA | ESOP | 1989 | Engineering | 1,800 |
| 73 | STV Group* | Douglassville | PA | ESOP | 1981 | Engineering & architecture | 1,800 |
| 75 | Thrifty White Pharmacy* | Plymouth | MN | ESOP | 1976 | Retail Drugstores | 1,740 |
| 76 | Roberts Hawaii | Honolulu | HI | ESOP | 2006 | Tour bus operator | 1,730 |
| 77 | Farmers Home Furniture | Dublin | GA | ESOP | 2012 | Furniture retail | 1,700 |
| 78 | Brown and Caldwell | Walnut Creek | CA | ESOP | 1962 | Engineering | 1,650 |
| 78 | Yoke's Foods, Inc.* | Spokane | WA | ESOP | 1990 | Grocery store chain | 1,650 |
| 80 | SRC Holdings | Springfield | MO | ESOP | 1983 | Equipment remanufacturing | 1,600 |
| 81 | Holden Industries, Inc.* | Deerfield | IL | ESOP | 2007 | Manufacturing | 1,570 |
| 82 | TPI Hospitality* | Willmar | MN | ESOP | 2014 | Hospitality (Hotel & Restaurants) | 1,540 |
| 83 | CPES | Tucson | AZ | ESOP | 1994 | Human Services | 1,500 |
| 83 | Martin & Bayley, Inc.* | Carmi | IL | ESOP | 1984 | Convenience stores | 1,500 |
| 83 | Bradford White Water Heaters* | Ambler | PA | ESOP | 1992 | Water heaters | 1,500 |
| 83 | Johnson, Mirmiran and Thompson, Inc. (JMT)* | Hunt Valley | MD | ESOP | 1974 | Engineering & architecture | 1,500 |
| 83 | Armstrong Garden Centers | Glendora | CA | ESOP | 1980 | Garden centers | 1,500 |
| 88 | C Spire | Ridgeland | MS | ESOP | 1999 | Telecommunications | 1,450 |
| 90 | Hypertherm* | Hanover | NH | ESOP | 2001 | Engineering & manufacturing services | 1,440 |
| 91 | CCMSI Holdings, Inc. | Danville | IL | ESOP | 1990 | Third-party administration | 1,420 |
| 92 | Paladin Capital (DBA Quickway) | Nashville | TN | ESOP | 2004 | Freight transportation | 1,410 |
| 88 | Travel and Transport, Inc.* | Omaha | NE | ESOP | 1991 | Travel management | 1,450 |
| 93 | D.A. Davidson Companies | Great Falls | MT | ESOP | 2016 | Investment Advising | 1,400 |
| 93 | Airborn Inc.* | Addison | TX | ESOP | 1996 | Electronic Connectors | 1,400 |
| 95 | Garney Holding Company* | Kansas City | MO | ESOP | 1986 | Water & wastewater piping systems | 1,380 |
| 96 | North State Grocery | Cottonwood | CA | ESOP | 2006 | Supermarkets | 1,340 |
| 97 | American Systems Corp. | Chantilly | VA | ESOP | 1990 | Engineering | 1,300 |
| 97 | Enercon Services, Inc.* | Kennesaw | GA | ESOP | 1992 | Engineering | 1,300 |
| 99 | FBG Service Corporation* | Omaha | NE | ESOP | 1992 | Facility maintenance | 1,250 |
| 99 | Royal Technologies | Hudsonville | MI | ESOP | 2007 | Components manufacturing | 1,250 |
To be on the list, companies must be at least 50% owned by an ESOP or other qualified plan or by one or more other kinds of plans in which at least 50% of full-time employees are eligible to participate. Employment includes all full- and part-time employees in the U.S. and worldwide. In 2018, the top 100 employee-owned companies employ more than 606,000 people. Data is collected from direct correspondence with companies, corporate websites, or, if these are not available, the most recent public data available. Companies marked with an asterisk are 100% employee-owned. Additions and corrections are welcome; please contact us at research@nceo.org.
