5 Largest Employee Owned Companies in the World

3. John Lewis Partnership

Total number of employees in 2019: 83,000

It is the biggest employee owned company in the UK, and owns John Lewis & Partners department stores, its banking and financial services, Waitrose & Partner Supermarkets and other retail activities as well. It is the third biggest company in the UK which is not traded on the stock exchange and the chain appeals to upper middle class and upper class shoppers. The company was established in 1929 and was founded on Oxford Street in London.