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Harpoon Brewery

Restaurants; Craft Beer

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Harpoon Brewery is an employee-owned craft brewery headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. Harpoon was founded in 1986 by three friends who loved beer and loved drinking beer together but found the beer choices at the time to be limited. Traveling through Europe and experiencing the rich traditions of European brewing and beer drinking enhanced their love of beer and opened their eyes to the rich beer culture they wanted back home. They decided to build a brewery so that they could brew the beers that they wanted to drink.


In 2014, Harpoon Brewery became employee owned when it established its Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). Employee owners are fully invested in their work because they have an ownership stake in the success of the business. 


Everyone at Harpoon Brewery shares the belief that they make great drinks to bring people together. Harpoon has expanded to a second brewery in Windsor, VT. Harpoon’s line of craft beer features its award-winning IPA and seasonal beers, along with special limited releases.

Harpoon Brewery is an employee-owned company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Harpoon Brewery is an employee-owned company.

While they are not certified, based on Department of Labor 5500 fillings and other third-party data sources, we believe their ESOP meets our standards of significant and broad-based employee ownership.

While they are not certified, based third-party data sources, we believe their Worker Cooperative meets our standards of significant and broad-based employee ownership.

While they are not certified, based third-party data sources, we believe their Employee Ownership Trust meets our standards of significant and broad-based employee ownership.

While they are not certified, we believe they meet our standards of significant and broad-based employee ownership.

Location:

Boston, MA

Employee Ownership Type:

ESOP

Employee-Owned Since:

2014

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