Cleaning and care: Worker-Owned and Employee-Owned in the Bay Area

Worker-Owned Businesses

House cleaning, home care, pet care, acupuncture and Pilates. 9 businesses, each owned by the people who work there. Information verified September 2026; call ahead for hours.

San Francisco

Pilates in Common Worker cooperativePrivate classical Pilates sessions in the studio or online, and livestream mat classes, from a women-owned worker co-op formed in 2018.San Francisco, Mission

East Bay

Green & Clean Professional Housecleaning Worker cooperativeEco-friendly house cleaning for Pleasant Hill, Lafayette, Walnut Creek, Danville and San Ramon.Pleasant Hill; serves central Contra Costa
Manos Home Care Employee-ownedIn-home respite and daily-living support for people with developmental disabilities, bilingual in Spanish, from a company that describes itself as employee-owned.Oakland, Laurel
Professional Eco-Cleaning Worker cooperativeEco-friendly home and office cleaning for Oakland, Berkeley, Alameda, Hayward and Fremont.Hayward; serves the inner East Bay
Sarana Community Acupuncture Worker cooperativeSliding-scale community acupuncture in a worker-owned clinic.Albany
Your Scruf Pet Care Collective Worker cooperativeDog walking, cat visits and small-animal care from a co-op run one member, one vote since 2016.Oakland; serves Oakland, Berkeley, Alameda, Albany and San Leandro

Peninsula

Emma's Eco-Clean Worker cooperativeLatina worker-owned residential and commercial cleaning with nontoxic products, incubated by Prospera (formerly WAGES).Redwood City · 650-261-1788
TeamWorks Cleaning Cooperative Worker cooperativeGreen house cleaning where every cleaner is an owner.Sunnyvale; serves Palo Alto to San Jose · 650-940-9773

Across the Bay

National Holistic Institute ESOPA massage therapy school whose student clinic is open to the public by appointment.Emeryville, 5900 Doyle St, with campuses in Santa Rosa, San Jose and elsewhere in California

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