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Two companies, one based in Idaho and another with operations in the state, were recently named to a top-100 list of the largest employee-owned companies in the U.S.

At a Glance:

WinCo Foods ranked No. 2 nationally with 20,000 employee-owners

SEL ranked No. 13 with 7,400 employee-owners and Idaho operations

Both companies are 100% employee-owned through ESOPs

NCEO list highlights the nation’s largest majority employee-owned firms

WinCo Foods, in Boise, was ranked No. 2 on the list with 20,000 employee-owners. Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories , based in Pullman, Washington, but with labs in Idaho, was ranked No. 13 on the list, having 7,400 employees.

The list, compiled by the National Center for Employee Ownership (NCEO), ranks the largest companies

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