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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.[1] 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
  • Stima Sacco is a licensed Deposit Taking Sacco established in 1974[2]
  • Unaitas Sacco Society Limited, established 1993
  • United Nations Cooperative Savings & Credit Society Limited (UN Sacco Ltd)[3]

Uganda

  • Wazalendo Savings and Credit Cooperative Society (WASACCO)

Asia

India

Japan

  • Co-op Kobe (Japanese: コープこうべ), officially known as Consumer Co-operative Kobe, is a Kobe, Japan-based consumers' cooperative. It is the largest retail cooperative in Japan and, with over 1.2 million members, is one of the largest cooperatives in the world.

Philippines

  • Lighthouse Cooperative, a multi-purpose cooperative in Tuguegarao City, Cagayan, Philippines established in 1998.
  • Tagum Cooperative- a cooperative from Tagum City with 9 Branches and 1 Business Center in Region XI.
  • First Community Cooperative (FICCO) - a cooperative from Cagayan de Oro City is one of the biggest cooperative in the Philippines with a total resources of 14,474,633,015 pesos and a total membership of 375,648 as of December 31, 2019. It has 56 branches located in various places in Mindanao, Visayas and Luzon.

Europe

Denmark

  • Coop amba, is a consumer co-operative based in Denmark. Coop amba also includes Coop Bank and Coop Invest, two financial subsidiaries.
  • Københavns Cykelkooperativ a bicycle shop run as a worker cooperative based in Copenhagen, Denmark, founded 2014.

Finland

  • Metsäliitto
  • OP-Pohjola Group
  • S-Group

France

Ireland

  • Dublin Food Co-op is a vegetarian food co-operative located in The Liberties area of Dublin, Ireland, which deals primarily in organic wholefood produce.
  • Dairygold Co-Operative Society Limited is an Irish dairy co-operative based in Mitchelstown, County Cork, Ireland. It is Ireland's second largest dairy co-operative.
  • Ornua from the Irish "Ór Nua" meaning "new gold" (known as The Irish Dairy Board from 1961 to 2015) is an Irish Statutory agricultural cooperative, which markets and sells dairy products on behalf of its members: Irish dairy processors and Irish dairy farmers. The co-operative is Ireland’s largest exporter of Irish dairy products.

Scandinavia

Spain

  • Abacus Cooperativa
  • ACOR
  • Agrupación Asturiana de Cosecheros de Manzano de Sidra
  • Ciudad Jardín (Bilbao)
  • Consum
  • Coop57
  • Cooperativa de Casas Baratas «Pablo Iglesias»
  • Cooperativa Farmacéutica Asturiana
  • Cooperativa Integral Catalana
  • Cooperativa provincial agraria y ganadera San Isidro
  • Coren
  • COVAP
  • Dcoop
  • El Encinar
  • Cooperativa Agrícola El Progreso
  • EnergÉtica
  • Grupo Unide
  • Llet Nostra
  • Mondragón Cooperative Corporation is a federation of worker cooperatives based in the Basque region of Spain
  • Movimiento Cooperativo Vasco
  • Payá Hermanos
  • Pluràlia Televisión
  • Cooperativa lechera SAM
  • SOM (grupo cooperativo)
  • Som Energia

Switzerland

United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man

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

Canada

Alberta

British Columbia

Manitoba

New Brunswick

Ontario

  • 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 in Canada producing butter, sour cream, cottage cheese, whipped cream and lactose free milk for retail, foodservice, industrial and export markets.
  • Ontario Co-operative Association or On Co-op is a co-operative association serving co-operatives and co-op member organizations in Ontario, Canada.
  • Organic Meadow Cooperative is an agricultural cooperative in Ontario. The cooperative originated in 1989 after local farmers sitting around a kitchen table realized that commercialized farming practices were not sustainable for them.
  • Rochdale College, Toronto (defunct)
  • Toronto Renewable Energy Co-operative[7]
  • Wireless Nomad was a non-profit cooperative based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada 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.

Quebec

Saskatchewan

  • CCRL Refinery Complex is an oil refinery spread over 544 acres (2.20 km2) located in the city of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada owned by Consumers' Co-operative Refineries Limited (CCRL) that is in turn owned by Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL).
  • CFCR-FM – Community Radio Station (Saskatoon)
  • Innovation Credit Union
  • Saskatoon Co-op (Saskatoon)
  • Saskatoon Farmers' Market (Saskatoon)
  • Sherwood Co-op (Regina)
  • Southern Rails Cooperative (railway)

United States

Oceania

Australia

New Zealand

See also

Notes

  1. ^ O'Sullivan, Arthur; Steven M. Sheffrin (2003). Economics: Principles in action. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey 07458: Pearson Prentice Hall. ISBN 0-13-063085-3.
  2. ^ "Our Profile – Stima Sacco Society". www.stima-sacco.com. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  3. ^ "Home". unsacco.org. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  4. ^ "Cooperatives Europe – Coop Norden focuses its pan-Nordic operations on purchasing". 18 July 2011. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  5. ^ Suma. "Welcome". Suma Wholefoods. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  6. ^ http://www.coopatlantic.ca/
  7. ^ "TREC – Renewable Energy & Social Finance -". www.trec.on.ca. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  8. ^ "Welcome". Brattleboro Food Co-op. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  9. ^ http://www.carolinafoothillsfcu.coop.
  10. ^ "Greenbelt Homes Inc – A community for people who value community". www.ghi.coop. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  11. ^ http://www.greenbeltnewsreview.com/
  12. ^ "Inter-Cooperative Council at Ann Arbor". Inter-Cooperative Council at Ann Arbor. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  13. ^ "CFC Home". www.nrucfc.coop. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  14. ^ "New Deal Cafe in Greenbelt, MD". New Deal Cafe. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  15. ^ "Nusenda Credit Union – Personal & Business Checking, Car Loans, Mortgages". www.nusenda.org. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  16. ^ REI. "REI Co-op: Outdoor Clothing, Gear and Footwear from Top Brands". REI. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  17. ^ "Rapidan Camps". www.rapidancamps.org. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  18. ^ "The Credit Union – Financial Guide". Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  19. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2004-01-13. Retrieved 2009-03-05.
  20. ^ "Japanese firm readies bid for Dairy Farmers". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2008-08-26.
  21. ^ "National Foods to acquire Dairy Farmers for $910 million" (Press release). Dairy Farmers Limited. 2008-08-25. Archived from the original on 2008-08-28. Retrieved 2008-09-28.
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