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GPI (Greenman-Pedersen)

Employee-owned (ESOP)HQ New Yorkgpinet.com

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Headquarters
Corporate headquarters in New York State, per the firm's history page; Texas board and USAspending records list Melville, New YorkSource: gpinet.com/about/who-we-are · As of 2026-10-05
Founded
1966: Beecher Greenman, Bert Pedersen and Don Thurber opened A. Beecher Greenman & Associates in Babylon, New York, per the firm's history timelineSource: gpinet.com/about/who-we-are · As of 2026-10-05
Ownership type
Employee-owned (ESOP): the firm states it has been 100% employee-owned for nearly 20 years, and its timeline records that in 2006 the Employee Stock Ownership Plan acquired 100% of the companySource: gpinet.com/about/who-we-are · As of 2026-10-05
Sponsor or parent
The firm's employee ownership page explains its ESOP as an ERISA-governed qualified retirement plan giving employees ownership interestSource: gpinet.com/about/employee-owned · As of 2026-10-05
Employees
More than 1,500 employees, per the firm's history page (undated)Source: gpinet.com/about/who-we-are · As of 2026-10-05
Website
gpinet.comSource: gpinet.com/about/who-we-are · As of 2026-10-05

Legal name, DBA and former names

Identifiers (UEI, state registrations)

Offices

Ownership type

  • Employee-owned (ESOP): the firm states it has been 100% employee-owned for nearly 20 years, and its timeline records that in 2006 the Employee Stock Ownership Plan acquired 100% of the company.Source: gpinet.com/about/who-we-are · As of 2026-10-05

Sponsor, parent or transaction

  • The firm's employee ownership page explains its ESOP as an ERISA-governed qualified retirement plan giving employees ownership interest.Source: gpinet.com/about/employee-owned · As of 2026-10-05

Employee count or band

Revenue (only where filed or published by the firm)

  • Revenues over $200 million, per the firm's history page (undated, firm statement)Source: gpinet.com/about/who-we-are · As of 2026-10-05

Services and markets

  • Practice areas of engineering, design, planning and construction inspection, per the firm's leadership page.Source: gpinet.com/about/leadership · As of 2026-10-05

Leaders

Deals

  • 2006: the Employee Stock Ownership Plan acquired 100% of the company (see ownership)Source: gpinet.com/about/who-we-are · As of 2026-10-05

Licences (board records)

Federal awards (contracts)

  • USAspending recipient record GREENMAN-PEDERSEN INC (Melville, NY), contract award obligations: FY2021 $4,453,535, FY2022 $3,715,544, FY2023 $977,838, FY2024 $3,677,888, FY2025 $5,671,946 (award types A to D; obligations as published, including modifications and negative adjustments)Source: usaspending.gov/recipient/0ed5b94f-8321-f66d-22… · As of 2026-10-05

ESOP plan data (Form 5500)

  • DOL Form 5500 plan year beginning 2024-01-01: GREENMAN-PEDERSEN, INC. EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN (ACK_ID 20250907171124NAL0018760289001), 1,530 active participants and total plan assets of $254,362,741 at year end.Source: dol.gov/agencies/ebsa/about-ebsa/our-ac… · As of 2025-09-07

Public filings

  • DOL Form 5500 filings, plan year beginning 2024-01-01, NAICS 541330: GREENMAN-PEDERSEN, INC. EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN (ACK_ID 20250907171124NAL0018760289001, 1,530 active participants); GREENMAN-PEDERSEN, INC. HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN (ACK_ID 20250905121131NAL0017182225001, 1,358 active participants)Source: dol.gov/agencies/ebsa/about-ebsa/our-ac… · As of 2025-09-07

Rankings and awards

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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