Coop

What Coop does

Coop, headquartered in Velp, Netherlands, operates an online portal that sells grocery products alongside cuisine recipes and serves as a member-owned cooperative retail entity founded in 1891. The business model is grounded in cooperative ownership, where customers are simultaneously members and partial owners, receiving patronage-based benefits and participating in governance. Coop serves two primary segments: cooperative members who access retail goods, digital services, and member benefits programs, and cooperative retail networks across Europe that collaborate on digital transformation and innovation sharing.

The company's core products combine digital and physical retail channels. The most prominent digital asset is the Lobyco-built mobile application operated for Coop Denmark, which serves 850,000 monthly active users as an engagement and member-services platform. On the physical side, Skupina COOP has deployed an award-winning hybrid autonomous store model across 35 Czech co-operative locations, integrating traditional grocery retail with autonomous checkout and operational technology. The company participates in a cross-border European cooperative retail network spanning the UK, Denmark, Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Italy, with Legacoop providing digital transformation support to more than 10,000 Italian co-operatives.

Revenue is generated primarily through retail merchandise sales to member-owners and consumers, with store-level pricing management and patronage refund programs distributing value back to the membership. Pricing is not publicly disclosed. The go-to-market motion is community-led, combining physical store presence across multiple countries with digital channels (mobile apps, online portal) to drive member engagement. With 5,001–10,000 employees, Coop operates at meaningful scale within the European cooperative retail sector, though the input data does not disclose consolidated revenue figures or detailed unit economics.

Name

Coop

Website

https://coop.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

1891

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

Coop is a Netherlands-based, member-owned cooperative operating an online grocery and recipes portal alongside a federated European retail network across five countries, serving cooperative members through digital platforms, physical stores, and cross-border digital transformation initiatives.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Grocery Retail

NAICS

Food and Beverage Retailers (445)

SIC

Retail-Grocery Stores (5411)

akta.pro primary industry

Member-Owned Food Cooperatives (CRAHALAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Multi-Stakeholder Grocery Cooperatives (CRAHALAD)

Keywords

• Grocery retail
• Online grocery
• Supermarket chain
• Cooperative retail
• Food retail

Headquarters

HQ city

Velp

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Retail Merchandise Sales: As a cooperative retail network, Coop organizations generate revenue primarily through retail sales of goods and services to member-owners and consumers. The cooperative model typically involves members purchasing shares and receiving benefits, with revenue generated from merchandise sales across store locations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Core offering

Coop is an online portal that sells grocery products as well as cuisine recipes. As part of a federated European cooperative retail network, Coop operates physical retail stores across multiple European countries and supports member engagement through digital platforms, including mobile applications with hundreds of thousands of monthly active users and hybrid autonomous store technologies.

Product overview

Coop operates as a federated network of co-operative retailers across multiple European countries (UK, Denmark, Czech Republic, Italy), each with distinct digital offerings. Coop Denmark offers a Lobyco-built mobile application with 850,000 monthly users for member engagement. Skupina COOP in the Czech Republic operates an award-winning hybrid autonomous store model across 35 co-operatives. Legacoop in Italy provides digital transformation support to its member co-ops. These offerings represent varied approaches to co-operative retail, from consumer-facing mobile apps to physical retail innovation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Online Grocery Shopping Portal
• Cuisine Recipes

Quantifiable outcome

• 850,000 monthly active users engaged through cooperative digital platform
• +2 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Italian Co-operative Retailers (Legacoop)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 March 2026
• Coop DenmarkcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 March 2026
• Skupina COOP (Czech Republic)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 March 2026
• Slovak Co-operative RetailersminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 March 2026
• LobycocoreTechnology or Integration · 23 March 2026

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• The Co-operative Group: The UK Co-operative Group is the most directly comparable peer — a large member-owned cooperative retailer operating grocery stores and related services in the UK. It participates in the same cross-border cooperative network referenced in the data and shares the same member-ownership model, customer base profile, and revenue model as Coop.
• Coop Denmark: Coop Denmark is a sister cooperative retail entity operating grocery stores in Denmark and the developer/operator of the Lobyco mobile app with 850,000 monthly users referenced in the data. It shares the same cooperative ownership structure, customer base, and digital engagement platform.
• Skupina COOP (Czech Republic): Skupina COOP operates the award-winning hybrid autonomous store model across 35 Czech cooperatives referenced in the data. It is a directly comparable cooperative retail peer with the same member-ownership model and overlapping digital transformation priorities.
• ICA Gruppen: ICA Gruppen is a major Swedish cooperative retailer with a similar member-owned structure and grocery retail focus. It operates across Scandinavia with comparable digital engagement and member loyalty programs, making it a strong direct peer despite the geographic separation.
• Legacoop (Italy): Legacoop is the Italian cooperative federation providing digital transformation support to over 10,000 Italian co-ops referenced in the data. It operates in the same cooperative ecosystem with overlapping member-services and digital innovation mandates.

Broad incumbents

• Albert Heijn (Ahold Delhaize): Albert Heijn is the dominant Dutch grocery retailer and the primary direct competitor to Coop NL in the Netherlands market. It is a broad incumbent offering overlapping grocery products and digital services with substantially greater capital resources.
• Jumbo: Jumbo is a major Dutch grocery chain and direct competitor to Coop NL in the Netherlands. As one of the largest supermarket operators in the country, it competes head-to-head with Coop on price, assortment, and digital services.
• Edeka: Edeka is Germany's largest grocery retailer, structured as a cooperative of independent retailers. It serves as both a comparable cooperative peer at scale and a broad incumbent competitor in adjacent European markets where Coop operates.
• Rewe Group: Rewe Group is a major German retail conglomerate with significant grocery operations across Europe. As a broad incumbent operating in multiple European geographies overlapping with Coop, it represents both a comparable scale retailer and a competitive threat.

Emerging players

• Picnic: Picnic is an emerging Dutch online grocery delivery company operating in the Netherlands and other European markets. As an app-based, technology-forward grocery model, it represents the digital-native competitive pressure Coop faces in its core Dutch market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/mijncoop
• Facebookfacebook.com/CoopSupermarkten
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/coop-supermarkten

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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