Agriculture, food and fishing
2,100 agricultural cooperatives BUSINESS COOPERATIVES
10,374 CUMA agricultural equipment cooperatives BUSINESS COOPERATIVES
200,000 employees in the agricultural cooperative sector
82% of farmers belong to a cooperative
€118 billion in turnover
315,953 members, including 182,000 belonging to a CUMA
48 marine cooperatives BUSINESS COOPERATIVES
425 jobs
€143 million in turnover
14,620 members
Banking
3 cooperative banks BANKING COOPERATIVES
86 regional cooperative banks
4,300 local banks
347,105 employees
€80.7 billion net banking income
31 million customer members
Retail trade
135 retail cooperatives BUSINESS COOPERATIVES
50,881 sales outlets
383,510 jobs
€129.45 billion in turnover
22,965 partner entrepreneurs
35 consumer cooperatives USER COOPERATIVES
o including 30 cooperatives in the Biocoop network
o and 10 cooperative and collaborative supermarkets (with another 30 currently in the planning stage)
3,300 employees
€950 million in turnover
800,000 consumer members
Services and production
2,723 SCOP worker cooperatives WORKER COOPERATIVES
62,685 employees
€6.7 billion in turnover
32,287 members
o including 32,287 member employees
1,417 SCIC community interest cooperatives MULTI-STAKEHOLDER COOPERATIVES - SCIC
15,720 employees
€1.6 billion in turnover
163 CAE activity and employment cooperatives, either SCOP or SCIC, supporting 8,767 employee entrepreneurs, including 5,097 members.
Construction, transport and personal services
140 trade cooperatives BUSINESS COOPERATIVES
o €2.05 billion in turnover
84,938 jobs
18,957 tradesmen members
Real estate and housing
162 HLM (low-income) housing cooperatives USER COOPERATIVES
60% SCIC
208,744 rental properties
4,276 employees
€2.2 billion in turnover in 2022
107,758 members, 84% of which are users
157 resident cooperatives USER COOPERATIVES
3,549 properties
76% occupied by people living below the eligibility threshold for social housing
Education
38,498 school cooperatives USER COOPERATIVES
4.7 million members of school cooperatives
supervised by the OCCE office for school cooperation