Owned by the People Who Serve You
BOS has been 100% employee-owned since 2012. Every person you work with has a stake in getting your workplace right — and it shows.
An ESOP — Employee Stock Ownership Plan — means the company belongs to the people who run it, not outside shareholders. At BOS, that ownership is total: since 2012, we’ve been 100% employee-owned. It isn’t a perk or a slogan. It’s the structure behind how we show up on your project.
Employee-Owned Companies Simply Perform Better
Ownership isn’t only good for our people — the research shows it’s good for the people we serve. Compared with conventionally owned firms, employee-owned companies:
Designers, Installers, Drivers — All Owners
Ownership at BOS isn’t reserved for a few. It runs from the design studio to the warehouse floor. Over a third of our team are degreed interior designers, with NCIDQ and LEED professionals on staff — and every one of them, alongside our installers, project managers, and drivers, has a stake in your project’s success.
That’s what “one accountable partner” really means: a team of owners who treat your workplace like it’s theirs.
What Changes When Your Partner Is Owned by Its People
A workplace project is high-stakes, disruptive, and infrequent. Ownership is the reason to believe BOS will treat it like it’s ours too.
Accountability, Not Finger-Pointing
When everyone is an owner, no one passes the buck. The person managing your install has the same stake in the outcome as the person who sold it — so problems get solved, not shuffled.
Long-Term Recommendations
Owners think in decades, not quarters. We advise on the call that’s right for you now and still right in five years — because our reputation, and our stake, ride on how the space performs long after install.
Relationships That Outlast the Install
Ownership builds continuity. Our people stay — so the team that learns your space and your standards is likely to be the same team you call next year, and the year after.
Responsiveness You Can Feel
Ownership shows up in how fast people move and how far they’ll go. Empowered to do what’s right for the client, our owners don’t wait for permission to take care of you.
78 Years of Building — the Last 14 as Owners
Founded in 1948, BOS grew into one of the world’s leading Haworth dealers over seven decades. In 2012, the company took a defining step: becoming 100% employee-owned through an ESOP, putting the business in the hands of the people who’d built it.
Walk into our Roselle showroom and you’ll see a wall of certified employee-owners — a reminder that continuity here isn’t a claim, it’s the operating model.
We Build the Kind of Culture We Help Our Clients Build
Employee ownership shapes more than our balance sheet — it shapes how it feels to work here, and how that energy carries into every space we deliver. BOS has been recognized among Chicago’s best places to work, proof that the workplace we’ve built for ourselves is the one we help clients build for their people.
Work With a Team That Has Skin in the Game
When your partner is owned by its people, your project is personal to every one of them. Let’s build something worth owning.
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