Worldwide
Co-ops – 1.4 million
Co-op members – 1 billion
Jobs – 100 million +
Turnover – US$ 1.6 trillion
UK
Co-ops – 5,450
Jobs – 237,800
Members – 12.8m people – over one in five of the population
Total turnover – £33.2 billion – this works out at £644 million a week
Consumer co-op turnover – £12.5 billion
Agricultural co-op turnover – £4.4 billion
Agricultural co-op Members – 153,700
Worker Co-op turnover – £146 million
Co-operative Group – Fourth largest food retailer £12.544 billion
Co-operative Group – Largest farmer
Building Societies – 48
Building Societies Assets – £320 billion
Mutual Insurers – 57
Mutual Assets under management – £80 billion
Community shops – 257
Credit Unions – 465
Energy co-ops – 27
Wales
Co-operatives – 386
Employees – 14,000
Turnover – £1.3 billion
Credit unions – 29
CU Members – 42,982
Principality Assets – £5.85 billion
Principality members – 420,279
Co-operative Group Turnover – £600 million +
Co-operative Group members – 500,000 +
France
Biggest retail bank in France – Credit Agricole
3rd biggest retail bank in France – Credit Mutuel
Spain
Mondragon – Seventh largest corporation in Spain
Mondragon employees – 92,773
Mondragon turnover – €16,377 million
Eroski – third largest supermarket
Netherlands
Second biggest bank in Netherlands – Rabobank
Europe
Housing Co-operatives – 15,000
Housing Co-op Members – 5.1 million
Housing Co-op Employees – 38,000