How Widespread Is Employee Ownership?
As detailed in our Statistical Profile of Employee Ownership, over 13 million U.S. employees participate in ESOPs, about 9 million hold stock options, and perhaps 11 million participate in stock purchase plans. There is some overlap, so there may be approximately 25 million employees in the U.S. (out of a non-governmental workforce of 120 million or so) participating in broad-based employee ownership programs at thousands of corporations both large and small.
