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Outskirts Vintage – Chicago, IL

Industry: Clothing Location: Chicago, Illinois Number of employees: 3 Became employee owned: 2019 […]

November 28, 2018June 19, 2019Capital Impact Partners, Cooperative Development Institute, Cooperative Fund of the Northeast, ICA Group, Local Enterprise Assistance Fund, Massachusetts, Shared Capital Cooperative, The Working World, Vermont Employee Ownership Center

Fifty by Fifty – Are Cooperatives Really So Difficult to Finance?

From Fifty by Fifty: Since 2012, CFNE has financed 15 co-op conversions […]

September 18, 2018June 19, 2019Capital Impact Partners, Cooperative Fund of the Northeast, Democracy at Work Institute, ICA Group, Local Enterprise Assistance Fund, Shared Capital Cooperative, The Working World

NPQ – Report: Business Sales to Worker Co-ops Can Preserve over 1,000 Jobs a Year

From NPQ: Typically, when US businesses think of employee ownership, the form […]

Common Properties Management – Minneapolis, MN

Common Properties Management Cooperative, is a 6 employee real estate management company […]

A1DesignBuild – Bellingham, WA

A1DesignBuild is a 21-employee worker cooperative that does residential sustainable design and […]

September 7, 2016June 19, 2019Shared Capital Cooperative, The Working World

Yes – 6 Ways We’re Already Leading an Economic Revolution

From Yes Magazine: Worker-cooperative advocates are building a parallel ecosystem of this […]

Electric Violin Shop – Durham, NC

Electric Violin Shop is a 5-employee instrument sales and repair shop in […]

New Moon Cooperative Cafe – Olympia, WA

Industry: Food and Beverage Location: Olympia, Washington Number of employees: 14 Became […]

Sustainergy – Cincinnati, OH

Industry: Solar Location: Cincinnati, Ohio Number of employees: 5 Became employee owned: […]

Matchbox Coffeeshop – Minneapolis, MN

Industry: Food and Beverage Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota Number of employees: 7 Became employee owned: […]

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Worker Cooperative Policy Supports

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Popular Company Stories

  • The Brooklyn Packers – Brooklyn, NY

  • Metis Construction – Seattle, WA

  • A Yard and a Half Landscaping Cooperative – Waltham, MA

  • New School of Montpelier – Montpelier, VT

  • Brooklyn Stone and Tile, Brooklyn NY

  • A Child’s Place – Queens, NY

  • ChiFresh Kitchen – Chicago, IL

  • Opportunity Threads – Morganton, NC

  • Earth Designs Cooperative – Rosendale, NY

  • Once Again Nut Butter – Nunda, NY

Popular Pages

  • Worker Cooperative LLCs

  • What are the Stages of a Transition to Employee Ownership for a Small Business?

  • How are Small Business Employee Ownership Transitions Financed?

  • How Does Small Business Employee Ownership Work?

  • How Do I Create an Ownership Culture Among Employees?

  • What is Small Business Employee Ownership?

  • What are the Benefits of Employee Ownership?

  • Multi-stakeholder Cooperatives

  • What are Some Examples of Employee Owned Small Businesses?

  • Which Small Business Sectors Have Concentrations of Employee Ownership?

Popular Places

  • California

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  • New York

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Popular Sectors

  • Farming

  • Food and Beverage

  • Manufacturing

  • Construction

  • Tech

  • Childcare

  • Health

  • Grocery

  • Cleaning

  • Landscaping

Becoming Employee Owned is an initiative of the Democracy at Work Institute.

Our mission is to expand the worker cooperative model to reach communities most directly affected by social and economic inequality, specifically people of color, recent immigrants, and low-­wage workforces. We are a movement-based think-and-do tank supporting worker cooperatives to grow to a scale that creates meaningful change in the economy.

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