Employee ownership—where business ownership is transferred to employees for a fair price—is a strategy adopted by many successful businesses. At Project Equity, we help business owners see the practical benefits that come with selling to their employees. Sharing ownership can reduce business owners’ risk when going alone, both financially and through increased employee engagement. Employee ownership is a strategy that benefits owners, employees and the community.
Benefits of employee ownership
Explore how employee ownership benefits business owners and employees
Sell for a fair price
Sell for a fair price
Business owners who want to exit can do so on their terms and receive a fair value for the hard work they have put in over many years. Transitioning ownership to employees can also bring potentially significant tax advantages to the owner, the business and the employees. Whether you want to retire or stay with your business, employee ownership honors selling owners’ legacies while creating deeper employee engagement that builds greater success for the business.
Increase cash flow
Increase cash flow
You may have the solution to greater financial solvency right in front of you: your employees. When employees become owners, their deep level of engagement can lead to better financial outcomes for the business. This, combined with the potential tax advantage to the business often leads to more capital available for forward investing.
Optimize operations
Optimize operations
Employee ownership is a tool that can optimize your business and improve productivity—no matter what industry you’re in. When workers become owners, they learn to think like owners. Employee-owners care more about the business because they have skin in the game, and participatory management helps bring an ownership culture to life. Employees understand that their role affects the business and affects them personally.
Reward your team
Reward your team
A strong mission guides many companies. Whether it is a passion for quality or a triple bottom line, who better to carry it on than the people who help live the mission every day? Employee ownership transitions take care of the people who have worked hard to help build the business by transferring equity and building a solid career path for employees.
Help employees build wealth
Help employees build wealth
Employee ownership is one of the few ways low to moderate-income workers can build wealth. Transitioning ownership in this way expands the opportunity for people to become business owners and helps employees build equity. Employee ownership positively impacts communities, securing local jobs, and as the employee-owners build equity, they invest more in their communities.
Ownership stories
Ownership stories
Explore these case studies and discover what owners have to say about becoming employee-owned.
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