The European Employee Ownership EMP 100 in 2008

Europe's largest companies that are 50% or more employee-owned through an ESOP, share purchase plan, or other share ownership plans, or as a workers' co-operative. Companies must be at least majority employee owned by at least 50% of their full-time employees or by an ESOP or profit sharing plan to qualify. Companies are ranked following their number of employees.

The European Employee Ownership CAP 100 in 2008

The European Employee Ownership EMP 100 in 2007
The European Employee Ownership EMP 100 in 2006

 

EMP 100
EMP 100
EMP 100
Company
Employees
Country
Share Plan
First
Place
Branche
Ranking
Ranking
Ranking
type
Plan
2008
2007
2006
(number)
Year
1
1
1
Mondragon Corporación Cooperativa
103.731
ES
Coop
1.956

Mondragon

Miscellaneous

2
2
2
John Lewis Partnership
68.200
UK
Trust
1.929

London

Department stores

3
3
3
Consorzio Cooperative Construzioni
20.000
IT
Coop
1.912

Bologna

Residential construction

4
4
4
Consorzio Veneto Cooperativo COVECO
17.000
IT
Coop
1.954

Venezia

Building, civil engineering

5
7
9
Mott MacDonald
11.572
UK
Trust
1.989

Croydon

Engineering and construction

6
9
10
Team Service
10.000
IT
Coop
1.986

Roma

Cleaning services

7
11
11
Arup Group
8.929
UK
Trust
1.968

London

Engineering and construction

8
8
7
Unipart
8.800
UK
MBO, Trust
1.987

Oxford

Cars parts manufacturers

9
12
16
La Cascina
6.330
IT
Coop
1.978

Roma

Restaurants & catering service

10
14
14
Cercostruzioni
5.500
IT
Coop
1.949

Bologna

Building, civil engineering

11
13
15
Cooperativa Muratori e Cementisti CMC
5.087
IT
Coop
1.901

Ravenna

Building, civil engineering

12
16
108
Socotec
4.642
FR
Plans
1.953

Paris

Business support services

13
-
-
Merkur
4.524
SL
MBO/EBO
1.990

Ljubljana

Other industrial products

14
18
17
Palmer & Harvey, Mc Lane
3.821
UK
MBO/EBO
2.002

Hove

Miscellaneous wholesale

15
22
24
Colser Servizi
3.700
IT
Coop
1.975

Parma

Security & alarm services

16
17
20
Sacmi
3.474
IT
Coop
1.919

Imola

Glass & clay

17
21
116
PA Consulting Group
3.000
UK
Plans
nc

London

Business support

18
19
18
Greenwich Leisure
3.000
UK
Coop
1.993

London

Leisure & entertainment retailing

19
23
27
CONAST
2.500
IT
Coop
1.993

Brescia

Security & alarm services

20
28
28
Cooperativa Ceramica d'Imola
2.000
IT
Coop
1.874

Imola

Glass & clay

21
24
126
Le Monde
1.600
FR
Plans
1.944

Paris

Publishing

22
26
132
Masped
1.500
HU
ESOP
1.994

Budapest

Air, freight & parcel services

23
25
26
L'Operosa
1.500
IT
Coop
1.951

Bologna

Cleaning services

24
29
34
Acome
1.450
FR
Coop
1.932

Paris

Building materials & equipment

25
31
137
Der Spiegel
1.296
DE
Trust
1.974

Hamburg

Publishing

26
33
29
CCPL
1.262
IT
Coop
1.904

Reggio Emilia

Building materials & equipment

27
32
82
Le Chèque Déjeuner
1.250
FR
Coop
1.964

Paris

Other financial services

28
34
33
Unieco
1.237
IT
Coop
1.904

Reggio Emilia

Building, civil engineering

29
35
42
Gescop (Barco+GAT+Taxistop)
1.129
FR
Coop
1.970

Paris

Other transportation services

30
36
23
Le Relais
1.100
FR
Coop
1.984

Bruay

Waste management & recycling

31
37
32
Kovinoplastika
1.080
SL
Privatisation
1.994

Loz

Plastics & fibres

32
38
139
BOCM Pauls
1.010
UK
MBO/EBO
1.998

London

Agricultural

33
41
38
Coopsette
1.004
IT
Coop
1.977

Castelnovo

Building, civil engineering

34
40
35
Herend Manufactory
1.000
HU
ESOP
1.992

Herend

Glass and clay

35
47
36
L'Audacieuse
968
FR
Coop
1.957

Paris

Cleaning services

36
45
37
CPL Concordia
913
IT
Coop
1.899

Modena

Diversified utilities

37
42
41
Tullis Russell Group
900
UK
Trust
1.987

Markinch

Paper & paper products

38
43
40
Domel
900
SL
Privatisation
1.996

Zelesniki

Electrical products

39
44
25
Cefla
883
IT
Coop
1.932

Imola

Furnishings, floorings

40
-
-
Colegio Gredos San Diego
832
ES
Coop
1.985

Madrid

Education

41
-
-
Transports Urbans i Serveis Generals
820
ES
SAL
1.985

Barcelona

Transportation services

42
-
-
Global Salcai Utinsa
775
ES
SAL
2.000

Canaria

Transportation services

43
53
48
UTB
743
FR
Coop
1.905

Paris

Building materials & equipment

44
56
157
Scopelec
718
FR
Coop
1.973

Toulouse

Networking & communication

45
51
67
Cyrill Sweett
709
UK
Trust
1.998

London

Other construction & services

46
-
-
Vzor
670
SK
Coop
1.945

Zvolen

Clothing & Packaging

47
54
47
Unimerco
652
DA
Plans
1.977

Sunds

Machinery & equipment

48
48
44
Erdert
651
HU
ESOP
1.992

Budapest

Timber & forest products

49
49
268
Central Surrey Health
650
UK
Trust
2.006

Epsom

Medical services

50
50
43
Snezka Nachod
650
CZ
Coop
1.950

Nachod

Clothing & footwear

51
57
50
ANER
631
FR
Coop
1.938

Paris

Cleaning services

52
52
45
Scott Bader
625
UK
Trust
1.951

Wollaston

Plastics & fibres

53
55
46
Kovotvar Kuty
600
SK
Coop
1.953

Kuty

Metal fabrication

54
58
52
ITMA
500
ES
SAL
1.988

Llanera

Cleaning services

55
59
49
ITER
475
IT
Coop
1.989

Ravenna

Building, civil engineering

56
61
59
Coop Costruzioni
471
IT
Coop
1.934

Bologna

Building, civil engineering

57
67
63
Grup La Pau
465
ES
Coop
1.983

Barcelona

Other transportation services

58
63
53
Cooperativa di Costruzioni
460
IT
Coop
1.908

Modena

Building, civil engineering

59
60
57
Horacke kovodruzstvo Trebic
460
CZ
Coop
1.951

Trebic

Metal fabrication

60
62
58
Irisa
450
CZ
Coop
1.954

Vzetin

Furnishings, floorings

61
64
153
Puertas Artevi
446
ES
SAL
1.987

Toledo

Doors manufacturer

62
77
72
Scotnet
417
FR
Coop
1.981

Paris

Cleaning services

63
75
81
Steer Davies Gleave
400
UK
Trust
1.997

London

Other transportation services

64
78
84
Cisagest
400
IT
Coop
1.992

Ancona

Business support services

65
68
65
Obzor
390
CZ
Coop
1.965

Zlin

Electrical products

66
66
56
KPL
380
SL
Privatisation
1.997

Ljubljana

Real Estate Development

67
69
66
Otava
370
CZ
Coop
1.952

Pisek

House wares & garden

68
-
-
Abacus Cooperativa
368
ES
Coop
1.985

Barcelona

Books & educational products

69
70
156
Cormo
363
IT
Coop
1.890

Martino Rio

Doors manufacturer

70
71
51
Granat
360
CZ
Coop
1.953

Turnov

Luxury goods & watches

71
73
68
Swann-Morton
350
UK
Trust
1.964

Sheffield

Medical technology & supplies

72
-
-
Fomento de proteccion y seguridad
342
ES
SAL
1.997

Murcia

Security & alarm services

73
76
70
Consorzio Etruria
342
IT
Coop
1.921

Firenze

Building, civil engineering

74
74
69
ECF CER CA
336
FR
Coop
nc

La Creche

Other transportation services

75
80
75
3elle La Lavorazione del Legno
310
IT
Coop
1.908

Modena

Doors and windows manufacturer

76
72
73
Puertas Proma
307
ES
SAL
1.989

Villacanas

Doors manufacturer

77
-
-
Grupo Sorolla
305
ES
Coop
1.980

Valencia

Education

78
79
74
Puertas Visel
303
ES
SAL
1.988

Villacanas

Doors manufacturer

79
85
78
Mogürt
300
HU
ESOP
1.992

Budapest

Trading & components f/vehicles

80
86
160
Rehab
300
HU
ESOP
nc

Budapest

Medical technology & supplies

81
83
76
Dipra
300
CZ
Coop
1.960

Praha

Cars parts manufacturers

82
84
77
Dipro
300
CZ
Coop
1.957

Prosec

Timber & forest products

83
81
159
Cooperativa Braccianti Riminese
300
IT
Coop
1.946

Rimini

Engineering and construction

84
-
54
Tarnowska Odziez
290
PL
Coop
nc

Tarnow

Clothing & footwear

85
-
-
Electra Vitoria
290
ES
Coop
1.963

Vitoria

Machinery & equipment

86
92
87
Betsaide
285
ES
SAL
1.999

Elorrio

Steel production

87
-
-
Colegio Echeyde
281
ES
Coop
1.982

Tenerife

Education

88
-
-
Ayuda a domicilio de Murcia
280
ES
SAL
1.986

Murcia

Home care

89
65
61
Edil Atellana
265
IT
Coop
1.980

Casagiove

Building, civil engineering

90
88
83
Sorgeva
260
IT
Coop
1.991

Argenta

Agricultural

91
-
-
Martin Hoppmann
260
DE
Trust
1.974

Siegen

Auto dealers & parts retailing

92
89
100
Golder Associates UK Ltd
250
UK
Plans
1.960

London

Engineering and construction

93
90
85
Vyvoj Trest
250
CZ
Coop
1.931

Trest

Clothing & footwear

94
131
177
Maderas San Rafael
250
ES
SAL
1.986

Villacanas

Doors manufacturer

95
-
-
Rpk
250
ES
Coop
1.974

Vitoria

Metal fabrication

96
94
89
ICEL
250
IT
Coop
1.950

Lugo

Electrical products

97
98
163
Martin Currie
247
UK
Trust
2.003

Edinburgh

Investment banking & brokerage

98
93
55
Styl Plzen
245
CZ
Coop
1.993

Plzen

Clothing & footwear

99
161
219
LS Service
236
FR
Coop
nc

Villeurbanne

Diversified utilities

100
91
88
Le Courrier Picard
231
FR
Coop
1.944

Amiens

Publishing

 

 

 

 

 

 

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