Through national and regional partnerships, we collaborate with universities, nonprofits, and industry leaders to deepen our understanding of employee ownership, strengthen company performance, and build the infrastructure required to support business owners, companies, workers, and communities.
The OEOC maintains several member-driven networks that support companies, professionals, and practitioners across Ohio. These communities provide peer learning, technical assistance, shared best practices, and direct support to the employee-owned firms and service providers we work with every day.
The Employee-Owned Network is a member-directed network of Ohio employee-owned companies that provides a structured forum for education, peer learning, and the exchange of best practices. The Network helps companies strengthen internal ownership culture, address shared challenges, and enhance performance. Today, roughly one in three employee-owned companies in Ohio are active members.
Learn MoreThe Professional Member Directory consists of more than 100 specialists with deep expertise across fields critical to business
transitions and employee ownership, including accounting, law, valuation, finance, banking, estate planning, leadership
development, and ERISA compliance. The OEOC offers free referrals to match business owners with the right professionals or
provides open access to a searchable directory organized by practice area.
Founded in 2020, OWN is a statewide coalition of Ohio-based support organizations committed to expanding cooperative and worker-owned enterprises as a pathway to broadly shared prosperity. OWN’s membership spans every major region and metropolitan area in Ohio, bringing together practitioners, technical assistance providers, and advocates working collectively to build and strengthen worker ownership across the state.As a founding member, the OEOC works closely with OWN by:
The OEOC collaborates with national organizations, research institutes, and practitioner networks to advance the study and practice of employee ownership. These partnerships expand our reach, deepen our research capacity, and connect companies, organizations, and individuals to leading-edge ideas and resources shaping the employee ownership field across the country.
Founded in 2018, EOX is a national nonprofit dedicated to establishing and supporting state employee ownership centers in all 50 states. To date, there are 24state centers in the US, 16 of which were created with the direct support of EOX.The OEOC works closely with EOX by:
Rutgers is the nation’s leading academic center advancing research, scholarship, and data on employee ownership and broad-based profit sharing. The Institute convenes researchers and practitioners, conducts studies, and houses the field's largest academic fellowship and publication programs.
The NCEO is a national membership organization that provides education,technical resources, and peer-learning opportunities to help companies navigate and strengthen employee ownership. Through its conferences, training programs, publications, and applied research, the NCEO supports both new and established employee-owned firms.
The OEOC works closely with the NCEO by:
