Home services and building: Worker-Owned and Employee-Owned in the Bay Area

Worker-Owned Businesses

Remodelers, solar installers, landscapers, plumbers and restoration. 13 businesses, each owned by the people who work there. Information verified September 2026; call ahead for hours.

San Francisco

• MatPel Builders ESOPCustom homes, historic renovations and high-end remodels in San Francisco, Marin and Silicon Valley, from the firm formerly known as Matarozzi Pelsinger.San Francisco

East Bay

• Davis Home Pros Worker cooperativeKitchen and bath remodeling, additions and general contracting, from a firm organized as a California Cooperative Corporation and owned by the people who do the work.Walnut Creek; serves central Contra Costa
• MN Builders ESOPResidential construction and remodels plus custom cabinets and millwork, from a firm that started as a cabinet shop in 1981 and set up its ESOP in 2016.Oakland
• Mariposa Gardening & Design Cooperative Worker cooperativeWomen-led landscape design-build: habitat gardens, dry-stacked stonework, garden care.Oakland · 510-891-1835
• McCutcheon Construction ESOPKitchen, bath and whole-home remodeling with a green building focus.Berkeley
• ServiceMaster Restoration ESOPFire, water and mold damage restoration from an independent ServiceMaster franchisee that has been employee-owned since 2008 and is a Certified EO member.Concord, with locations across California

North Bay

• Benjamin Franklin Plumbing of Novato ESOPResidential plumbing across Marin, Sonoma and San Francisco.Novato
• LEFF Design Build ESOPDesign-build for new homes and whole-home remodels across Sonoma County, employee-owned since 2020.Sebastopol
• SolarCraft ESOPSolar and battery installation for Marin, Sonoma and Napa homes, employee-owned since 2015.Novato and Santa Rosa

Across the Bay

• DIG Cooperative Worker cooperativeEcological design-build for greywater, rainwater catchment and stormwater systems in homes.Oakland; serves the Bay Area · 510-560-4865
• Gardeners' Guild ESOPLandscape maintenance, design-build, irrigation and interior plants for homes and businesses, employee-owned since 1997.Richmond; serves the Bay Area
• H & H General Contractors ESOPRemodeling, decks, fencing, accessibility work and fire and insurance restoration.Concord and Gualala; serves the Bay Area through Mendocino County
• Sun Light & Power ESOPResidential and commercial solar, batteries and solar thermal across the Bay Area from a contractor founded in 1976 and employee-owned since 2018, with cooperative-style governance.Berkeley

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