More than 50 Vermont-based companies are at least partially employee-owned, with the vast majority being 100% owned by their staff. These companies currently employ over 3,000 people. Several national employee-owned companies have operations in the state and employ substantial numbers of Vermonters.
Click here to read profiles of some of Vermont's employee-owned companies.
Addison County
- Phoenix Feeds, New Haven (ESOP)
Chittenden County
- Alliance Group, Essex Junction (ESOP)
- Birdseye Building Company, Richmond (ESOP)
- Burlington Associates in Community Development, Burlington (Other)
- Data Systems, Burlington (Co-op)
- Digger's Mirth Collective Farm, Burlington (Co-op)
- Gardener's Supply Company, Burlington (ESOP)
- Hallam-ICS, South Burlington (ESOP)
- Heritage Aviation, South Burlington (ESOP)
- New Frameworks Natural Building, Burlington (Co-op)
- PC Construction Company, South Burlington (ESOP)
- PT360, Burlington, Shelburne & Williston (Co-op)
- Railyard Apothecary, Burlington (Co-op)
- Red House Building, Burlington (Co-op)
- Switchback Brewing, Burlington (ESOP)
- Tamarack Media, Burlington (Co-op)
- Vermont Information Processing, Colchester (ESOP)
- VHV, Winooski (ESOP)
Franklin County
- Kalchē Wine Co., Fletcher (Co-op)
Lamoille County
- Alpine Snowguards, Morrisville (ESOP)
- CCS Constructors, Morrisville (ESOP)
- Stowe Insurance Agency, Stowe (ESOP)
Orange County
- Catamount Solar, Randolph (Co-op)
- DuBois & King, Randolph (ESOP)
- Lantana Consulting Group, East Thetford (ESOP)
- Vermont Computing Cooperative, Randolph (Co-op)
Rutland County
- Carris Reels Inc., Rutland (ESOP)
- Livingstructure, Brandon (Co-op)
- Tuttle Law Print, Rutland (ESOP)
Washington County
- CAD Cut - A Web Industries Company, Montpelier (ESOP)
- Marshfield Village Store, Marshfield (Co-op)
- The New School of Montpelier, Montpelier (Co-op)
- Rabble-Rouser Chocolate & Craft Co., Montpelier (Co-op)
- Round Sky Solutions, Montpelier (Co-op)
- Stone Environmental, Montpelier (ESOP)
- Timber Homes Vermont, Montpelier (Co-op)
- Walker Construction, Waterbury Center (ESOP)
- Montpelier Construction, Montpelier (Co-op)
Windham County
- Austin Design Cooperative, Brattleboro (with a location in Greenfield, MA) (Co-op)
- Bazin Brothers Trucking, Westminster (ESOP)
- Long View Forest, Westminster (Other)
- Chroma Technology, Rockingham (Other)
- Deconstruction Works, Dummerston (Co-op)
- Flat Iron Cooperative, Bellows Falls (Co-op)
- Green Mountain Spinnery, Putney (Co-op)
- Trust Company of Vermont, Brattleboro (with locations throughout Vermont) (ESOP)
Windsor County
- Chelsea Green Publishing, White River Junction (ESOP)
- Concepts NREC, White River Junction (ESOP)
- King Arthur Flour Company, Norwich (ESOP)
- MISys, Woodstock (ESOP)
- Neil H. Daniels, Inc. d/b/a Daniels Construction & Weld-Tek, Ascutney (ESOP)
- Resource Systems Group, White River Junction (ESOP)
Employee-Owned Companies based elsewhere, with a presence in Vermont
- AORTA (Co-op)
- Applied Research Associates, Randolph (ESOP)
- Atlantic Plywood Company, Royalton (ESOP)
- A Bookkeeping Cooperative, Brattleboro (Co-op)
- Chippers, Inc., Woodstock (ESOP, subsidiary of The Davey Tree Expert Company)
- Columbia Forest Products, Newport (ESOP)
- Graybar, Williston and Rutland (ESOP)
- Harpoon Brewery (also includes Long Trail Brewing Co.), Windsor (ESOP)
- Kinney Drugs, multiple locations throughout Vermont (ESOP)
- Stewart's Shops, multiple locations throughout Vermont (ESOP)
- VHB, South Burlington & Montpelier
- Windows & Doors by Brownell, Williston (ESOP, subsidiary of Building Material Distributors)
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