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Here are some of the most common types of cooperatives described.

Agricultural Cooperatives

Agricultural cooperatives help farmers gain market power by joining together to market their crops, increase their bargaining power by achieving […]

Artisan Cooperatives

Cooperatives offer distinctive benefits to artists of all types. By working together, they can gain marketing advantages, reap quantity discounts […]

Childcare Cooperatives

People can organize childcare and preschool cooperatives in a variety of ways. Workers can form a cooperative to offer childcare […]

Financial Cooperatives

A credit union is a member-owned financial cooperative, democratically controlled by its members and operated to maximize the economic benefit […]

Food Cooperatives

The member-owners of food cooperatives are typically consumers; however, some are worker-owned or share decision-making among workers and consumers. Consumer […]

Housing Cooperatives

Housing cooperatives are democratically controlled corporations established to provide housing for members. Each household owns a share in the corporation, […]

Worker Cooperatives

A worker cooperative is a democratically managed business owned and controlled by the workers. The cooperative form of organization allows […]

Utility Cooperatives

Utility cooperatives provide communication services, electricity, and water to their members. Communities can also organize utility companies such as communication […]

Other Cooperatives

A variety of other types of cooperatives (coops) serve the needs of their members; in each class, the members elect […]

Types of cooperatives