The Employee Ownership 100: America's Largest Majority Employee-Owned Companies

October 2022

The NCEO's 2022 Employee Ownership 100 list includes the nation's largest companies that are at least 50% owned by an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) or other broad-based employee ownership plan. Many are 100% employee-owned. Employment includes all full- and part-time employees in the U.S. and worldwide.

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 2022, the top 100 employee-owned companies employ more than 645,000 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 are confirmed as 100% employee-owned, but others may also be but did not respond to our request for information on that issue. Additions and corrections are welcome; please contact Dallan Guzinski at [email protected].

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Rank	Company	City	State	Plan	Start Date	Business	Employees
1	Publix Super Markets	Lakeland	FL	ESOP & Stock Purchase	1974	Supermarkets	230,000
2	WinCo Foods*	Boise	ID	ESOP	1985	Supermarkets	21,000
3	Brookshire Grocery Company*	Lufkin	TX	ESOP	2001	Supermarkets	19,000
4	Houchens Industries*	Bowling Green	KY	ESOP	1961	Supermarkets & other services	18,000
5	HDR, Inc.*	Omaha	NE	ESOP	1996	Architecture & engineering	12,650
6	W.L. Gore & Associates*	Newark	DE	ESOP	1974	Manufacturing	12,000
7	Amsted Industries*	Chicago	IL	ESOP	1986	Industrial components	11,700
8	Davey Tree Expert*	Kent	OH	401KSOP & ESOP	1979	Tree & environmental services	11,350
9	Black & Veatch*	Overland Park	KS	KSOP	1998	Engineering & construction	11,000
10	Burns & McDonnell Engineering*	Kansas City	MO	ESOP	1985	Architecture & engineering	10,000
11	Coborns	St Clould	MN	ESOP	2006	supermarkets	9,000
11	Schreiber Foods*	Green Bay	WI	ESOP	1998	Dairy company	9,000
13	Performance Contracting, Inc.*	Lenaxa	KS	ESOP	1986	Construction	8,900
14	Graybar Electric	St. Louis	MO	Stock purchase	1929	Electrical equipment wholesale	8,800
15	Rosendin Electric*	San Jose	CA	ESOP	1992	Electrical Contracting	7,000
16	Harp's Food Stores*	Springdale	AR	ESOP	1988	Supermarkets	6,800
17	Scheels All Sports	Fargo	ND	ESOP	1982	Retail sporting goods	6,620
18	Gensler*	San Francisco	CA	ESOP	1987	Architecture	6,500
19	Austin Industries*	Dallas	TX	ESOP	1986	Construction	6,000
19	CDM Smith	Cambridge	MA	Profit Sharing	1996	Engineering & construction	6,000
19	Integrity Marketing*	Dallas	TX	ESOP	2019	Insurance	6,000
22	Schweitzer Engineering Laboraties*	Pullman	WA	ESOP	1994	Engineering	5,930
23	Terracon*	Olathe	KS	KSOP	1991	Engineering/consulting	5,850
24	KeHE Distributors	Romeoville	IL	ESOP	2001	Food distribution	5,500
25	EmpRes Healthcare Management*	Vancouver	WA	ESOP	2009	Post-acute long term care	5,400
26	Wright Service Corp.*	Des Moines	IA	ESOP	2002	Environmental Services	5,200
27	Acadian Ambulance*	Lafayette	LA	ESOP	1993	Ambulance services	5,000
27	Chemonics International, Inc.*	Washington	DC	ESOP	2001	International development	5,000
29	Sammons Enterprises*	Dallas	TX	ESOP	1978	Diversified holding company	4,700
30	Robert W. Baird & Co.	Milwaukee	WI	ESPP	1984	Brokerage	4,600
31	Lewis Tree Service, Inc.*	Rochester	NY	ESOP	1998	Tree services	4,500
32	Swinerton Builders*	San Francisco	CA	ESOP	1962	Construction	4,200
33	KPH Healthcare Services, Inc.*	Gouverneur	NY	ESOP	1944	Drugstores	4,000
34	Recology*	San Francisco	CA	ESOP	1985	Waste management	3,900
35	McCarthy Holdings*	St. Louis	MO	ESOP	1996	Construction	3,800
36	Abt Associates*	Cambridge	MA	ESOP	1975	Consulting & research	3,600
37	HNTB*	Kansas City	MO	ESOP	2000	Architecture & engineering	3,500
37	J.E. Dunn Construction Group	Kansas City	MO	ESOP	2010	Construction	3,500
39	Bi-Mart	Eugene	OR	ESOP	2003	Discount stores	3,200
39	EVAPCO Inc.	Taneytown	MD	ESOP	1984	Manufacturing	3,200
41	Westat, Inc.*	Rockville	MD	ESOP	1977	Research firm	3,100
42	ACCO Engineered Systems, Inc.*	Glendale	CA	ESOP	2007	Heating & air conditioning services	3,000
42	Challenge Manufacturing Company	Walker	MI	ESOP	1987	Automotive Manufacturing	3,000
42	Cianbro*	Pittsfield	ME	ESOP	1980	Construction	3,000
42	Hensel Phelps Construction	Greeley	CO	ESOP	1976	Construction	3,000
42	Homeland Acquisition Corporation*	Oklahoma City	OK	ESOP	2011	Supermarkets	3,000
42	Krueger International, Inc.*	Green Bay	WI	ESOP	1991	Furniture manufacturing	3,000
42	Price Cutter*	Springfield	MO	ESOP	2004	Supermarkets	3,000
42	TD Industries*	Dallas	TX	ESOP	1989	Engineering, construction & service	3,000
50	Miller's Health Systems*	Warsaw	IN	ESOP	2006	Nursing homes	2,800
51	Border States Industries*	Fargo	ND	ESOP	1984	Wholesale distributor	2,600
52	Bridge's Health*	Oklahoma City	OK	ESOP	2021	Hospital & healthcare	2,500
52	Jasper Engines & Transmissions*	Jasper	IN	ESOP, Profit Sharing	2010	Engine & transmission remanufacturing	2,500
54	Davis H. Elliot Company	Lexington	KY	ESOP	2000	Electrical Contracting	2,400
54	MyPath Companies*	Oconomowoc	WI	ESOP	2002	Health & disability services	2,400
54	People Care Holdings, Inc.	New York	NY	ESOP	2007	Healthcare Services	2,400
57	Hypertherm*	Hanover	NH	ESOP	2001	Engineering & manufacturing services	2,300
57	Sundt Construction*	Tempe	AZ	ESOP	1972	Construction	2,300
57	Symbria*	Warrenville	OH	ESOP	2015	Health care services	2,300
60	West Monroe	Chicago	IL	ESOP	2021	Digital services	2,250
61	Buehler's Fresh Foods*	Wooster	OH	ESOP	2017	Supermarkets	2,200
62	Columbia Forest Products*	Greensboro	NC	ESOP	1977	Plywood	2,100
63	Cooperative Home Care Associates*	Bronx	NY	Co-op	1995	Health care	2,070
64	Mayville Engineering Company, Inc.*	Mayville	WI	ESOP	1959	Engineering & Manufacturing services	2,000
64	Morton Buildings*	Morton	IL	ESOP	1990	Fabrication & Construction	2,000
64	Paladin Capital	Nashville	TN	ESOP	2004	Freight transportation	2,000
64	SRC Holdings	Springfield	MO	ESOP	1983	Equipment remanufacturing	2,000
64	Superior Consolidated*	Peoria	IL	ESOP	1988	Third-party logistics	2,000
69	Johnson, Mirmiran and Thompson, Inc. (JMT)*	Hunt Valley	MD	ESOP	1974	Engineering & architecture	1,930
70	Brown and Caldwell*	Walnut Creek	CA	ESOP	1962	Engineering	1,900
70	S&C Electric*	Chicago	IL	KSOP	1989	Electrical equipment	1,900
72	The North Highland Company*	Atlanta	GA	ESOP	1997	Accounting staffing	1,820
73	AlaTrade Foods*	Gainesville	AL	ESOP	2021	Poultry Processing	1,800
73	KCI Technologies*	Sparks	MD	ESOP	1990	Engoneering	1,800
73	Medicalodges*	Coffeyville	KS	ESOP	1990	Long-Term Healthcare	1,800
76	Yoke's Foods, Inc.*	Spokane	WA	ESOP	1990	Grocery store chain	1,730
77	Garney Company*	Kansas City	MO	ESOP	1986	Water & wastewater piping systems	1,700
77	Holden Industries, Inc.*	Deerfield	IL	ESOP	2007	Manufacturing	1,700
77	Manos Home Care*	Oakland	CA	ESOP	2021	In-home disability support	1,700
80	Barton Malow*	Southfield	MI	Profit Sharing	1952	Construction	1,600
80	CCMSI Holdings, Inc.	Danville	IL	ESOP	1990	Third-party administration	1,600
80	Farmers Home Furniture*	Dublin	GA	ESOP	2012	Furniture retail	1,600
80	Olsson Associates	Lincoln	NE	ESOP & Stock Purchase	2001	Engineering	1,600
84	Thrifty White Pharmacy*	Plymouth	MN	ESOP	1976	Retail Drugstores	1,540
85	American Systems Corp.*	Chantilly	VA	ESOP	1990	Engineering	1,510
86	Airborn Inc.*	Addison	TX	ESOP	1996	Electronic Connectors	1,500
86	American Cast Iron Pipe	Birmingham	AL	Profit Sharing	1982	Manufacturing	1,500
86	Applied Research Associates	Alburquerque	NM	ESOP	1993	Engineering research	1,500
86	C&K Market*	Medford	OR	ESOP	2021	Grocery stores	1,500
86	Envision Radiology	Colorado Springs	CO	ESOP	2018	Radiology centers	1,500
86	IMEG Corp.	Rock Island	IL	ESOP	2017	Engineering design	1,500
86	Martin & Bayley, Inc.*	Carmi	IL	ESOP	1984	Convenience stores	1,500
86	Martin Resource Management Corporation*	Kilgore	TX	ESOP	2012	Distribution & transportation	1,500
94	D.A. Davidson Companies	Great Falls	MT	ESOP	2016	Investment Advising	1,480
95	Liberty Military Housing*	Huntington Beach	CA	ESOP	2021	Property management	1,445
96	Armstrong Garden Centers	Glendora	CA	ESOP	1980	Garden centers	1,400
96	D&H Electric	Freedom	CA	ESOP	1998	Electrical services	1,400
96	George P. Johnson	Auburn Hills	MI	ESOP	1998	Event Marketing	1,400
96	Hamilton-Ryker Group Inc.	Martin	TN	ESOP	2012	Staffing & Human Resources	1,400
96	McNaughton-McKay Electric Company	Madison Heights	MI	ESOP	2007	Wholesale electrical distributor	1,400
96	Newport Restaurant Group*	Warwick	RI	ESOP	1995	Hospitality (Hotel & Restaurants)	1,400
96	North State Grocery	Cottonwood	CA	ESOP	2006	Supermarkets	1,400
96	Torch Technologies*	Hunstville	AL	ESOP	2012	Research, development, and engineering services	1,400
96	Weston Solutions	West Chester	PA	ESOP	1984	Environmental engineering	1,400

*100% employee-owned