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Brown and Caldwell

Employee-owned (ESOP)HQ Walnut Creek, Californiabrownandcaldwell.com

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Headquarters
Walnut Creek, California (dateline of the firm's 2025-08-05 announcement)Source: brownandcaldwell.com/2025/08/brown-and-caldwell-appo… · As of 2025-08-05
Founded
Founded in 1947 by Ken Brown and Dave Caldwell, per the firm's about pageSource: brownandcaldwell.com/about · As of 2026-10-05
Ownership type
Employee-owned (ESOP): the firm's about page states 100% Environmental, 100% Employee OwnedSource: brownandcaldwell.com/about · As of 2026-10-05
Sponsor or parent
The firm's 2025-08-05 announcement describes Brown and Caldwell as an employee-owned companySource: brownandcaldwell.com/2025/08/brown-and-caldwell-appo… · As of 2025-08-05
Website
brownandcaldwell.comSource: brownandcaldwell.com/about · As of 2026-10-05

Legal name, DBA and former names

Identifiers (UEI, state registrations)

Ownership type

  • Employee-owned (ESOP): the firm's about page states 100% Environmental, 100% Employee Owned.Source: brownandcaldwell.com/about · As of 2026-10-05

Sponsor, parent or transaction

Services and markets

Leaders

Licences (board records)

ESOP plan data (Form 5500)

  • DOL Form 5500 plan year beginning 2024-10-01: BROWN AND CALDWELL EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN (ACK_ID 20260625155908NAL0007349667001), 2,333 active participants and total plan assets of $90,560,856 at year end.Source: dol.gov/agencies/ebsa/about-ebsa/our-ac… · As of 2026-06-25

Public filings

  • DOL Form 5500 filings, plan year beginning 2024-10-01, NAICS 541330: BROWN AND CALDWELL EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN (ACK_ID 20260625155908NAL0007349667001, 2,333 active participants); BROWN AND CALDWELL SAVINGS PLAN (ACK_ID 20250728190453NAL0000976179001, 2,280 active participants)Source: dol.gov/agencies/ebsa/about-ebsa/our-ac… · As of 2026-06-25

Rankings and awards

News timeline

Ownership tag: Employee-owned (ESOP). Profiles are informational, compiled from public sources linked above. Firms may request corrections. A listing is not an endorsement.

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