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Cobb, Fendley & Associates, Inc. (CobbFendley)

Employee-owned (ESOP)HQ Houston, Texascobbfendley.com

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Headquarters
Houston, Texas, as listed by ENR in the 2026 Top 500 Design Firms; USAspending and the Texas board record also list HoustonSource: enr.com/toplists/2026-top-500-design-fi…
Founded
1980Source: cobbfendley.com/about-us
Ownership type
Employee-owned (ESOP): the firm's careers page states "As an ESOP"; a DOL Form 5500 ESOP plan filing is listed under ESOP dataSource: cobbfendley.com/careers
Sponsor or parent
DOL Form 5500 plan year beginning 2024-01-01 names the Cobb, Fendley & Associates, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan as the sponsor's planSource: dol.gov/agencies/ebsa/about-ebsa/our-ac…

Legal name, DBA and former names

Identifiers (UEI, state registrations)

Ownership type

  • Employee-owned (ESOP): the firm's careers page states "As an ESOP"; a DOL Form 5500 ESOP plan filing is listed under ESOP data.Source: cobbfendley.com/careers

Sponsor, parent or transaction

Services and markets

  • Infrastructure solutions including subsurface utility engineering, private and public utilities, municipal public infrastructure, transportation, and technology and data.Source: cobbfendley.com/locations

Leaders

Licences (board records)

DOT prequalification

Federal awards (contracts)

  • USAspending recipient record COBB, FENDLEY & ASSOCIATES, INC. (Houston, TX), contract award obligations: FY2021 $0, FY2022 $0, FY2023 $0, FY2024 $0, FY2025 $0 (award types A to D; obligations as published, including modifications and negative adjustments)Source: usaspending.gov/recipient/1570d3e2-e60b-1bdb-ef…

ESOP plan data (Form 5500)

  • DOL Form 5500 plan year beginning 2024-01-01: COBB, FENDLEY & ASSOCIATES, INC. EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN (ACK_ID 20250929162257NAL0005134963001), 599 active participants and total plan assets of $30,233,265 at year end.Source: dol.gov/agencies/ebsa/about-ebsa/our-ac…

Public filings

  • DOL Form 5500 filings, plan year beginning 2024-01-01, NAICS 541330: COBB, FENDLEY & ASSOCIATES, INC. EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN (ACK_ID 20250929162257NAL0005134963001, 599 active participants); COBB, FENDLEY & ASSOCIATES, INC. 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN (ACK_ID 20250923103147NAL0014545266001, 679 active participants); COBB FENDLEY AND ASSOCIATES BUSINESS TRAVEL ACCIDENT PLAN (ACK_ID 20260818094616NAL0019583683001, 100 active participants)Source: dol.gov/agencies/ebsa/about-ebsa/our-ac…

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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