diff --git a/docs/design/companion-process-manager.md b/docs/design/companion-process-manager.md
index 94a0213d..56e3e1fe 100644
--- a/docs/design/companion-process-manager.md
+++ b/docs/design/companion-process-manager.md
@@ -683,10 +683,10 @@ No per-companion logic in Arbiter.
 - [x] Preserve and clear `manual_stop` correctly.
 - [x] Add Unix control socket.
 - [x] Implement JSON command protocol.
-- [ ] Implement `status`.
-- [ ] Implement `start`.
-- [ ] Implement `stop`.
-- [ ] Implement `restart`.
+- [x] Implement `status`.
+- [x] Implement `start`.
+- [x] Implement `stop`.
+- [x] Implement `restart`.
 - [ ] Implement transactional `reread`.
 - [ ] Add manager spawn/reap logic in Arbiter.
 - [ ] Add manager shutdown handling in Arbiter.
diff --git a/gunicorn/companion/manager.py b/gunicorn/companion/manager.py
index 59281138..53e33ce5 100644
--- a/gunicorn/companion/manager.py
+++ b/gunicorn/companion/manager.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import signal
 import time
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Callable, Iterable, Union
 
+from gunicorn.companion.control import CommandError
 from gunicorn.companion.process import CompanionProcess, State
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
@@ -31,6 +32,38 @@ class CompanionManager:
         self.pid = os.getpid()
         self.processes = {c.name: CompanionProcess(c) for c in configs}
 
+    def handle_command(self, obj: dict) -> dict:
+        """Route a decoded control command to its action.
+
+        This is the ``dispatch`` the control socket calls. ``status`` returns a
+        snapshot of every companion; ``start``/``stop``/``restart`` act on the
+        one named companion and report ``(ok, message)``. Per-companion
+        commands need a string ``name``, and anything else raises ``CommandError`` so the
+        socket replies with an error envelope.
+        """
+        cmd = obj["cmd"]
+        if cmd == "status":
+            return {"ok": True, "companions": self.status()}
+
+        # Every remaining command acts on one named companion.
+        name = obj.get("name")
+        if not isinstance(name, str):
+            raise CommandError("'%s' requires a 'name'" % cmd)
+        if cmd == "start":
+            ok, message = self.start_process(name)
+        elif cmd == "stop":
+            ok, message = self.stop_process(name)
+        elif cmd == "restart":
+            ok, message = self.restart_process(name)
+        else:
+            raise CommandError("unknown command %r" % cmd)
+        return {"ok": ok, "message": message}
+
+    def status(self, now: float = None) -> list:
+        """Status entry for every companion, for the ``status`` command."""
+        now = now or time.time()
+        return [proc.status_dict(now) for proc in self.processes.values()]
+
     def spawn_process(self, proc: CompanionProcess) -> int:
         """Fork one companion.
 
diff --git a/tests/test_companion_manager.py b/tests/test_companion_manager.py
index cca1bfef..94e7c130 100644
--- a/tests/test_companion_manager.py
+++ b/tests/test_companion_manager.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ from unittest import mock
 
 import pytest
 
+from gunicorn.companion.control import CommandError
 from gunicorn.companion.manager import CompanionManager
 from gunicorn.companion.process import CompanionConfig, State
 
@@ -126,6 +127,51 @@ def test_reap_no_children():
         assert mgr.reap_processes() == []
 
 
+def test_status_lists_all_companions():
+    mgr = make_manager("rq", "scheduler")
+    entries = mgr.status(now=100.0)
+    assert {e["name"] for e in entries} == {"rq", "scheduler"}
+    assert all("state" in e and "description" in e for e in entries)
+
+
+def test_handle_command_status():
+    mgr = make_manager("rq")
+    resp = mgr.handle_command({"cmd": "status"})
+    assert resp["ok"] is True
+    assert resp["companions"][0]["name"] == "rq"
+
+
+def test_handle_command_start_routes():
+    mgr = make_manager("rq")
+    with mock.patch.object(mgr, "start_process",
+                           return_value=(True, "rq started")) as sp:
+        resp = mgr.handle_command({"cmd": "start", "name": "rq"})
+    sp.assert_called_once_with("rq")
+    assert resp == {"ok": True, "message": "rq started"}
+
+
+def test_handle_command_stop_and_restart_route():
+    mgr = make_manager("rq")
+    with mock.patch.object(mgr, "stop_process", return_value=(True, "s")) as st, \
+            mock.patch.object(mgr, "restart_process", return_value=(True, "r")) as rt:
+        mgr.handle_command({"cmd": "stop", "name": "rq"})
+        mgr.handle_command({"cmd": "restart", "name": "rq"})
+    st.assert_called_once_with("rq")
+    rt.assert_called_once_with("rq")
+
+
+def test_handle_command_missing_name():
+    mgr = make_manager("rq")
+    with pytest.raises(CommandError):
+        mgr.handle_command({"cmd": "start"})
+
+
+def test_handle_command_unknown():
+    mgr = make_manager("rq")
+    with pytest.raises(CommandError):
+        mgr.handle_command({"cmd": "reread"})
+
+
 def test_start_process_stopped_spawns():
     mgr = make_manager("rq")
     proc = mgr.processes["rq"]