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INTRODUCTION
The data analyzed in this paper was collected in 2010 based on 2009 figures. We have only
collected the figures coming from our member organizations i.e. from the European sectors
and national intersectoral organizations. Where the information was not available we used
our past figures. We have collected data on the number of enterprises, the number of
members and the number of jobs.
The report includes data from the current 81 Cooperatives Europe members, both full and
associate members. Furthermore, the report takes into consideration the members of the six
European sectoral organizations, giving a total of 161 member organizations.
About 75% of the data were provided either directly by the member organizations or by the
European sectoral organizations. Another 10% of the figures were found on the website of
the organizations.
The main difference of these figures, compared with last performance report in 2006 are due
to a change in French co-operative statistics not counting any more the French school co-
operatives (50.000 co-ops) and to the fact that in 2010 we do not count any more the
Insurance co-operatives federated by Amice (former ACME), not member of Cooperatives
Europe but included in the 2006 performance report.
If we compare the figures from the 2005 performance report using the same member base
than in 2009 we see a trend in concentration between the cooperatives but still an increase
in employment, showing the resilience of the co-operative model of business in this global
crisis.
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FIGURES BY ORGANISATION
C Consumers EUROCOOP
CE EU-
member Sect Organisation National Apex Enterprises Members Employees
AU - Austria
BE - Belgium
FM Fédération belge de l'économie sociale et coopérative FEBECOOP 150 40.000 10.000 Intersectoral
AM Cera 1 430.000 47
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BG - Bulgaria
FM I National Union of Workers' Producers Co-operatives NUWPC 268 13.000 14.000 Industry & Services
CY - Cyprus
C ESEL Spolp / Pancyprian Co-op Confederation Panc. Conf. 1 30.000 285 Consumers
FM Cyprus Turkish Co-operative Central Bank Ltd 215 107.993 265 Banking
CZ – Czech Republic
I Czech Union of Production Cooperatives SCMVD DA CR 271 7.860 18.600 Industry & Services
C Union of Czech and Moravian Consumer Cooperatives SCMSD DA CR 59 282.678 15.528 Consumers
DE - Germany
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DK - Denmark
EE - Estonia
C Central Society of Estonian Consumers Co-operatives ETK / ECA ECA 21 72.000 5.050 Consumers
ES - Spain
FM Confederacion Empresarail Espanola de la Economia Social CEPES 23.219 4.312.588 298.013 Intersectoral
FM I Confederacion Espanola de Cooperativas de Trabajo Asociado COCETA CEPES 18.986 250.000 278.616 Industry & Services
FM Union Nacional de Cooperativas de Consumidores y Usuarios de Espana UNCCUE 250 300.000 4.000 Consumers
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FI - Finland
H YH-Suomi Oy 77 Housing
FR - France
FM Fédération Nationale des Coop de Consommateurs FNCC GNC 30 2.000.000 13.000 Consumers
FM I Confédération Générale des SCOP CGSCOP GNC 1.826 33.000 39.929 Industry & Services
I Federation Nationale des SCOP du BTP GNC 470 Industry & Services
H Federation nat des Soc Coop d'HLM FNCOOPHLM GNC 165 47.200 872 Housing
GR - Greece
A Panhellenic Confederation of Unions of Agricultural Co-operatives PASEGES 6.376 746.812 11.300 Agriculture
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HU - Hungary
FM National Federation of Agricultural Co-operators and Producers MOSZ 800 40.000 25.000 Agriculture
FM C National Federation of Consumers Co-operatives & Trade Associations AFEOSZ 290 50.000 30.000 Consumers
Agriculture -
A National Association of Hungarian Farmers’ Societies and Co-operatives MAGOSZ 50 6.000 5.400 Consumers
IE - Ireland
IT - Italy
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Fishery
Confcooperative Federcoopesca Confcooperative 474 13.171 7.880
Mutuals
Confcooperative Segretariato Mutue Confcooperative 178 292.200 1.011
Consumers
Confcooperative Federconsumo Confcooperative 669 283.100 9.790
Intersectoral
FM Lega Nazionale delle Cooperative e Mutue Legacoop 14.665 8.550.699 485.501
A Agri-food
Legacoop Agroalimentare Legacoop 1.880 196.219 21.976
I Workers’ productive :
industrial,
ANCPL Cooperaive di Produzione & Lavoro Legacoop 2.187 24.500 36.900 engineering, building
I Industry & Services
Legacoop Servizi Legacoop 3.069 122.000 190.000
I Social care
Legacoop Sociali Legacoop 2.274 98.000 92.000
C Consumers
ANCC-COOP Legacoop 120 7.200.000 57.100
H Housing
Legacoop Abitanti Legacoop 2.369 419.200 1.535
Tourism
Legacoop Turismo Legacoop 401 2.400 1.100
Retailers
ANCD-CONAD Legacoop 116 3.600 37.000
Fishery
Lega Pesca Legacoop 388 18.780 4.640
Mutuals
FIMIV Legacoop 180 450.000 950
Media
Mediacoop Legacoop 261 987 1.187
LU - Luxemburg
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LT - Lithuania
LV - Latvia
MA - Malta
NT - Netherlands
A National Co-operative Council for Agriculture and Horticulture NCR 522 806.000 114.147 Agriculture
PL - Poland
FM H Auditing Union of Housing Co-operatives of the Republic of Poland NCC 540 1.480.000 10.090 Housing
FM National Association of Co-operative Savings and Credits Unions NACSCU NCC 62 2.026.120 8.048 Financial
FM National Supervision Union of Consumers Coperatives SPOLEM NCC 274 90.000 50.000 Consumers
FM I National Auditing Union of Workers' Co-operatives NAUWC NCC 257 5.207 7.280 Industry & Services
B National Union of Co-operative Banks KZBS NCC 579 2.500.000 31.265 Banking
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PT - Portugal
FM A Confederaçao Nacional das Cooperativas Agricolas e do Crédito Agricola CONFAGRI 946 1.035.000 18.000 Agriculture
FM CASES
RO - Romania
FM I National Union of Handicraft & production Co-operatives of Romania UCECOM 508 18.970 21.222 Industry & Services
SE - Sweden
SL - Slovenia
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SK – Slovak Republic
FM Co-operative Union of the Slovak Republic CUSR 383 570.845 26.334 Intersectoral
A Union of Agricultural Cooperatives and Commercial Societies UACCS CUSR 172 78.068 7.623 Agriculture
I Coop Product Slovakia CPS CUSR 86 1.600 2.400 Industry & Services
UK - United Kingdom
FM B The Co-operative Bank plc The Co-operative Group 1 3.500.000 4.400 Banking
H NHF 67 Housing
TOTAL DIRECT & INDIRECT COOPERATIVES EUROPE MEMBERS (EU 27) 137.157 108.015.993 4.722.048
RU - Russia
FM Central Union of Consumer Societies of the Russian Federation (Centrosojuz of the Russian Federation) 3.090 4.153.607 272.340
BR - Belarus
FM Belarusian Republican Union of Consumer Societies (BELKOOPSOYUZ) 126 1.300.000 99.399 Consumers
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CR - Croatia
FM Croatian Association of Co-operatives (Hrvatski Savez Zadruga) 1.428 23.051 3.855 Intersectoral
GE - Georgia
Total 0 0 0
MO - Moldova
FM Central Union of Consumer Co-operatives of the Republic of Moldova (MOLDCOOP) 134 340.000 9.193 Consumers
NO - Norway
FM H The Norwegian Federation of Co-operative Housing Associations (NBBL) 5.200 790.000 2.540 Housing
SR - Serbia
FM Co-operative Union of Serbia from Belgrade Serbia (CUS) association 1.403 120.000 6.500
SW - Switzerland
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TR - Turkey
FM A Central Union of Turkish Agricultural Credit Co-operatives TÜRKKENT 1.800 1.116.500 5.463
FM Union of Sugar Beet Growers' Production Co-operative (Pankobirlik) 31 300.000 750 Agriculture
UR - Ukraine
FM Central Union of Consumer Societies of Ukraine (UKOOPSPILKA) 5.088 507.800 64.900 Consumers
TOTAL DIRECT & INDIRECT COOPERATIVES EUROPE MEMBERS (EU REGION) 157.606 122.858.410 5.357.246
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FIGURES BY COUNTRY
Grouping the data by country gives the following table. The figures are organised in 2 tables:
the 27 EU countries, and the other from countries outside the EU.
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KEY FIGURES BY COUNTRY
The following maps and graphs give the representation and ranking by country in the EU27
based on the 3 indicators: number of co-operative
co operative enterprises, number of co-operative
co
members and number of jobs.
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NUMBER OF MEMBER CO-OPERATORS
MEMBERS - EU27
25.000.000
20.000.000
15.000.000
10.000.000
5.000.000
0
AT BE BG CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GRHU IE IT LU LT LV MTNT PL PT RO SE SL SK UK
20.000.000
15.000.000
10.000.000
5.000.000
0
RU BR CR GE MO NO SR SW TR UR
In this case it is France leading, followed by Germany and Italy. With reference to UK, it is
interesting to see that the number of members is much higher than the number of
enterprises; this is due to the particular structure of the co-operative
co operative movement in the UK,
which sees a dominant role of The Co-operative
Co Group.
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It is also important to consider the number of members compared with the number of
inhabitants. The map below shows the results:
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NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES
EMPLOYEES - EU27
1.400.000
1.200.000
1.000.000
800.000
600.000
400.000
200.000
0
AT BE BG CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GR HU IE IT LU LT LV MTNT PL PT RO SE SL SK UK
1.200.000
1.000.000
800.000
600.000
400.000
200.000
0
RU BR CR GE MO NO SR SW TR UR
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Interesting is also the graphic showing the percentage of active population employed in a co-
operative business (data are available only for EU27).
EMPLOYEES IN CO-OPS / TOTAL ACTIVE POPULATION - EU27
6,00%
5,00%
4,00%
3,00%
2,00%
1,00%
0,00%
AT BE BG CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GR HU IE IT LU LT LV MT NT PL PT RO SE SL SK UK
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KEY FIGURES BY SECTOR
If we distinguish these figures into the 6 co
reflection of the co-operative reality:
1%
41%
5%
3%
1% 3%
25% Housing
37% Agriculture
Banking
Consumers
Industry & Services
Pharmacies
23%
11%
The most employees are within the industry and service sector, followed by the agriculture
and banking sector. In the housing sector the number of employees
em is comparatively low if
compared to the high number of enterprises and members which is probably due to the
direct involvement of the members within the co-operative
co tasks needed to run the co-co
operative.
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KEY STATISTICS 2005-2009:
2005 EVOLUTIONS
The following graphic shows the comparison between 2005 data,, which were collected on
the occasion of the first performance report, and 2009 data.
To understand the significant decrease between 2005 and 2009 data, the following factors
need to be considered.
Firstly, statistics in 2005 included school co-operatives
co operatives in France, which on the contrary have
not been included in the last report. Excluding these enterprises prises from the statistics has
exercised a sensible impact on 2009 data, in particular concerning the number of
enterprises: in fact, 2005 statistics included 50,000
50 school co-operatives
operatives and 5 million
members.
Secondly, 2009 data does not include the insurance sector, as the European sector
organization representing co-operative
co and mutual insurance companies nies withdrew their
membership of COOPERATIVES EUROPE in 2007.
Finally, data collected in 2009 only included co-op
co op enterprises recognized as separate legal
entities.
The following graphics show the comparison between 2005 data and 2009 data; this time,
however, 2005 data have been re-calculated
re calculated on the basis of the conditions governing the
2009 data collection.
As these graphics show, the difference between the data is much less relevant with the
same criteria applied. In particular, the slight reduction in the number of enterprises can be
explained through the concentration phenomenon that certain sectors have been
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experiencing in the last few years. As a consequence also the number of member co-
operators has slightly decreased.
Instead, the data about employment, which is the main economic indicators available, give
an idea of the great resilience that co-operative businesses have proved during the economic
and financial crisis, and their ability to maintain and create jobs.
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