Employee Owned in Tennessee

Tennessee is home to employee-owned companies of many sizes, industries, and ownership structures. TNCEO is working to identify, connect, and celebrate them.






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What does "employee owned" mean?

TNCEO supports all forms of broad-based employee ownership, where employees across a company have a meaningful opportunity to share in ownership. These structures can take different forms, including ESOPs, worker cooperatives, Employee Ownership Trusts (EOT), and direct share ownership.

ESOP

Retirement plans that hold company stock for employees

Worker Cooperative

Businesses owned and democratically governed by workers

EOT

Trusts that hold ownership for employees' benefit

Direct Share

Employees own shares in the company directly