Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs)

Founded in 1959, Green Contracting Company, Inc. is a mechanical contractor specializing in heavy mechanical construction with more than 100 employees and annual revenues of roughly $35 million.  In 1999, the company became 100 percent employee-owned through an ESOP.

With roots back to early “scavenger” companies founded in San Francisco in the early 1900s, Recology is a 100 percent employee owned company dedicated to building resource ecosystems that protect the environment and sustain communities.  To do so, the company’s services include street and commercial facility cleaning, landscaping and maintenance; waste collection, recovery, processing, sorting and transfer; waste recycling education; organic material collection and processing; and landfill management.  In all its work, the company is committed to a “zero waste” approach, which means finding ways to use waste products in a way that benefits the environment and only landfilling materials for which no use has yet been found.  Today, Recology is recognized as the largest employee-owned company in the resource recovery industry and serves as a parent to over 40 subsidiaries that provide integrated services to over 670,000 residential and 95,000 commercial customers in California, Oregon, Nevada and Washington.  Recology hires directly from the communities it serves, aims to purchase local goods and services when possible, and supports community development programs.

The ESOP Association is a membership organization composed of companies with employee ownership and those transitioning to employee ownership status. This non-profit organization provides educational materials and training seminars necessary for the successful management of employee-owned companies. Read more about Employee Stock Ownership Plans Association...

The Capitol Ownership Group (COG) is an on-line think-tank that works to promote the advancement of broad-ownership systems, specifically employee ownership, and the raising of social and wage standards on an international level through policy proposals and advocacy. Read more about Capital Ownership Group...

Ownership Associates is a consulting firm providing a range of services to corporations interested in broadening ownership and workplace participation opportunities for employees, specializing in the design and implementation of employee surveys and education and training programs. Read more about Ownership Associates...

NCEO is a research organization dedicated to advancing worker ownership by providing information, publications, and research on Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs) and other forms of employee-ownership. Read more about National Center for Employee Ownership (NCEO)...

ESOP Partners, founded by ESOP consultant Aaron Juckett in 2006, provides ESOP implementation and ongoing administration and consulting services to ESOP companies. The company website is also host of "The One Stop ESOP Blog" which provides information about newsworthy developments concerning ESOPs and employee ownership. Read more about ESOP Partners...

Founded in 1969, TATC Consulting is a DC-based employee-owned company with over 50 employees that provides consulting services, primarily related to personnel management issues, to government agencies, private sector corporations, and nonprofit groups. Read more about TATC Consulting...