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World Cooperative Monitor (WCM)

The World Cooperative Monitor is the authoritative report measuring the scale and influence of the global cooperative and mutual economy, jointly compiled by the International Co-operative Alliance (ICA) and the European Research Institute on Cooperative and Social Enterprises (Euricse). The 13th edition (2025) was published in Doha on 3 November as a special report for the UN International Year of Cooperatives (IYC 2025), covering the world's largest 300 cooperatives and mutuals, with FY2023 as the data year. Agriculture, insurance and wholesale & retail together contribute more than four-fifths of turnover.

Top 300 turnover (2023)
$2,788.66B
Source: WCM 2025 final report
Largest sector share
35.7%
Agriculture & food (107/300)
Insurance share
31.7%
95 organisations in the Top 300
European entries
161
Top 300 ranked by turnover

Two ranking methods

Ranked by turnover

Entities are ranked directly by annual turnover, reflecting absolute economic scale. Crédit Agricole, State Farm and REWE lead the list.

Ranked by turnover / per-capita GDP

Turnover is measured relative to a country's per-capita GDP, highlighting a cooperative's relative weight within its domestic economy. India's Amul and IFFCO top this global ranking.

Top 300 structure

Top 300 by sector

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Agriculture & food35.7%
Insurance31.7%
Wholesale & retail18%
Financial services9.7%
Industry & utilities3.3%
Other1.6%

Agriculture & food leads with 107 organisations (35.7%), followed by insurance with 95 (31.7%) and wholesale & retail with 54 (18.0%). The cooperative economy is highly concentrated in agriculture, insurance and retail.

Top 300 by region

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Europe53.7%
Americas34.3%
Asia-Pacific12%
Africa0%

Europe accounts for more than half with 161 organisations, the Americas 103, Asia-Pacific 36. The cooperative economy clusters markedly in Europe and the Americas; no African entity has yet entered the turnover ranking.

Top 300 by organisational type

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Producer44.7%
Mutual26.3%
Consumer/User23.7%
Other5.3%

Producer cooperatives lead with 134 organisations (44.7%), mutuals number 79 (26.3%) and consumer/user cooperatives 71 (23.7%). Producer and mutual forms make up the backbone of the global cooperative economy.

Top 10 (by turnover)

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#OrganisationCountryTypeTurnover
1Groupe Crédit AgricoleFranceConsumer/User$107.42B
2State FarmUSAMutual$93.79B
3REWE GroupGermanyProducer$90.81B
4Groupe BPCEFranceConsumer/User$82.83B
5Groupe Crédit MutuelFranceConsumer/User$69.15B
6ACDLEC LeclercFranceProducer$66.82B
7Cooperative Financial Network - BVRGermanyConsumer/User$58.08B
8Edeka ZentraleGermanyProducer$54.47B
9Nonghyup (NACF)Republic of KoreaProducer$51.23B
10NationwideUSAMutual$49.68B

Definitions and sources

  • ·Data year: FY2023 (reference period 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024)
  • ·Compiled by: the International Co-operative Alliance (ICA) and the European Research Institute on Cooperative and Social Enterprises (Euricse)
  • ·Published: 3 November 2025 · Doha · Special edition for the UN International Year of Cooperatives (13th edition)
  • ·Partners: ICETT, CM50 (Cooperative and Mutual Leaders Circle), Co-op News
  • ·Primary data sources: annual and sustainability reports, national cooperative databases, industry-association statistics