Wikipedia / List of cooperatives
Wikipedia / List of cooperatives
This is a list of notable co-operative enterprises by country. Co-operatives are business organizations owned and operated by a group of individuals for their mutual benefit. For a list of Co-operative Federations, please see List of co-operative federations.
Africa
Kenya
Mwalimu Cooperative Savings & Credit Society Limited, the largest savings and credit cooperative society (Sacco), in Kenya
Unaitas Sacco Society Limited, established 1993
Uganda
Asia
India
Japan
Co-op Kobe, officially known as Consumer Co-operative Kobe, is a consumers' cooperative.
Philippines
Lighthouse Cooperative, a multi-purpose cooperative in Tuguegarao City, Cagayan, established in 1998.
Tagum Cooperative- a cooperative from Tagum City
Europe
Denmark
Finland
France
Enercoop, electricity supplier.
Germany
Edeka Group, supermarket corporation consisting of several co-operatives of independent supermarkets.
Italy
Coop, Italian consumers' cooperatives operating a supermarket chain.
Ireland
Dublin Food Co-op, vegetarian food co-op dealing primarily in organic wholefood produce.
Dairygold Co-Operative Society Limited, dairy co-op.
Ornua, agricultural co-op for dairy processors and farmers.
Poland
Społem is a Polish consumers' co-operative of local grocery stores founded in 1868.
Scandinavia
Arla Foods is a Swedish-Danish cooperative based in Aarhus, Denmark, and the largest producer of dairy products in Scandinavia.
Coop Norden (Coop Nordic) was a joint Scandinavian purchasing company that in 2007 dissolved and devolved to the constituent national cooperatives.
Kvinnornas Andelsförening Svenska Hem, women's food cooperative, founded in Sweden 1905.
Spain
Mondragón Cooperative Corporation, federation of worker cooperatives in the Basque region.
Eroski, supermarket chain.
Sweden
Switzerland
United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man
Ipswich Industrial Co-operative Society formed 1868 now merged
Swann Morton worker co-op
The Co-operative Group has 22 independent consumer co-operatives as corporate members or customer owners, including:
Football and rugby union supporters' trusts are incorporated as co-operatives of supporters. Several own the football club outright and many hold equity in the club.
North America
Los Horcones, a Mexican producer cooperative and Walden Two (an experimental community)
UBPC, a group of cooperatives all around Cuba that’s mostly used for agriculture, similar to a CPA
CPA, a group of cooperatives all around Cuba that’s mostly used for agriculture, similar to a UBPC
Canada
Blocks Recording Club (record label)
Canadian Press (newswire)
Canadian University Press (newswire for student newspapers)
The Co-operators, founded in 1945, is an insurance co-operative owned by 43 members.
Federated Co-operatives, a co-operative federation providing procurement, distribution, and retail products (see Co-op Refinery Complex) to member co-operatives
Farmers of North America, farmers buying co-operative.
Home Hardware is a privately held home improvement, construction materials, and furniture retailer.
Stocksy United (Stocksy) is a multi-stakeholder platform cooperative, selling stock photos and videos on behalf of its artist contributors.
AlbertaAlberta
Calgary Co-op (retail co-op)
United Farmers of Alberta (UFA) is an agricultural supply cooperative headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, with over 120,000 members and with 2007 revenues of over $1.8 billion, UFA is ranked as the 37th largest business in Alberta by revenue according to Alberta Venture magazine.
British ColumbiaBritish Columbia
Aaron Webster Housing Cooperative (formerly Cityview Co-op) is a housing cooperative located in Vancouver.
CJLY-FM, radio station in Nelson, British Columbia.
CFRO-FM, licensed and owned by Vancouver Co-operative Radio, is a non-commercial community radio station in Vancouver.
Otter Co-op is a consumers' cooperative in Aldergrove.
Vancouver City Savings Credit Union (Vancity)
ManitobaManitoba
Red River Co-op (Winnipeg)
New BrunswickNew Brunswick
Co-op Atlantic (Moncton)
OntarioOntario
Canadian University Press is a non-profit co-operative and newswire service owned by almost 90 student newspapers at post-secondary schools in Canada.
Gay Lea Foods Co-operative Limited is a dairy products company.
Organic Meadow Cooperative is an agricultural cooperative in Ontario.
Rochdale College, Toronto (defunct)
Wireless Nomad was a non-profit cooperative based in Toronto providing subscriber-owned home and business internet along with free Wi-Fi wireless Internet access the 70+ nodes, making it one of the largest free Wi-Fi networks in the country at the time.
Prince Edward IslandPrince Edward Island
Amalgamated Dairies Limited (Summerside)
QuebecQuebec
Agropur is an Agricultural cooperative headquartered in Longueuil, Quebec.
SaskatchewanSaskatchewan
Access Communications is a telecommunication co-operative
CFCR-FM – Community Radio Station (Saskatoon)
Saskatoon Co-op (Saskatoon)
Saskatoon Farmers' Market (Saskatoon)
Sherwood Co-op (Regina)
Southern Rails Cooperative (railway)
United StatesUnited States
21st Street Co-op, student housing co-operative in Austin, Texas
Black Star Co-op, a brewpub in Austin, TX
Cabot Creamery, Vermont-based dairy marketing
Florida's Natural Growers (formerly Citrus World Inc.)
Freedom Farm Cooperative, an agricultural cooperative founded in 1967
Inter-Cooperative Council at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor MI)
National Cooperative Bank (now NCB)
Pioneer Telephone Cooperative (Oklahoma)
Pioneer Telephone Cooperative (Oregon)
Welch's (Welch Foods Inc.)
Oceania
Australia
Dairy Farmers is one of the largest and oldest dairy manufacturers in Australia, established in 1900, supplying products to local and international markets such as Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Kirin Holdings Company, Limited of Japan, via its subsidiary National Foods, acquired the company on 27 November 2008. The Co-op later being listed up for sale in 2019 and later sold on January 25, 2021 to the wholly owned Australian company Bega Cheese.
CBH Group and Wesfarmers both started as co-operative groups in Western Australia in the early twentieth century.
New ZealandNew Zealand
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