COOSS

What COOSS does

COOSS is an Italian social cooperative (cooperativa sociale) founded in 1979 and headquartered in Ancona, in the Marche region. It delivers a broad portfolio of social and healthcare services across seven verticals: disability support, mental health, childhood services, addiction treatment, migrant integration, vocational guidance, and employment services. The legal form of a social cooperative is Italy-specific and is designed to combine member-owned governance with the pursuit of community benefit, and is the principal vehicle through which non-profit and for-purpose social service delivery is structured in Italy.

The organization is operated at meaningful scale, with a reported workforce in the 1,001-5,000 employee band — placing it among the larger multi-service social operators in the Marche region and comparable to mid-tier national players. Because the firmographic headcount range is wide, the underlying operational footprint could range from a regionally concentrated multi-site operator to a broader inter-regional provider; the source data does not resolve this. The deliverable service mix — clinical-adjacent (mental health, addiction), educational (childhood, guidance), and labor-market-facing (employment, migrant integration) — implies a workforce spanning credentialed clinicians, educators, social workers, and vocational counselors.

COOSS's revenue mechanics are not disclosed in the source data but, consistent with the social cooperative model, are predominantly B2G: contracted service delivery to municipalities (comuni), regional health authorities (ASL), and other public entities that administer Italy's welfare and social care budgets. Pricing is therefore governed by public procurement and contract-rate frameworks rather than market-based pricing, and customer mix is overwhelmingly public-sector. The aggregate company dataset supplied for this analysis is thin — website content was unavailable beyond a verification loader, and no management team, financials, partnerships, awards, or technology stack fields were populated — so this description is bounded to what the firmographics and service-vertical enumeration support.

Name

COOSS

Website

https://cooss.it

Company type

Private

Founded year

1979

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

COOSS is an Italian social cooperative founded in 1979 in Ancona, delivering disability, mental health, childhood, addiction, migrant, guidance, and employment services. It serves public-sector clients — primarily municipalities and regional health authorities — across a 1,001-5,000 employee workforce in the Marche region and beyond.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Ancona

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

COOSS is a social cooperative delivering a portfolio of welfare and socio-health services in Italy, including disability support, mental health care, childhood and family services, addiction recovery, migrant assistance, socio-educational guidance, and employment/inclusion programs. Services are delivered through professional staff under contracted and accredited frameworks typical of the Italian social cooperative sector. The organization operates at scale with 1,001–5,000 employees to absorb multi-vertical public service contracts.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Disability Support Services Social and welfare services for people with disabilities delivered by COOSS as part of its multi-vertical service portfolio. Includes support, accompaniment, and inclusion programs designed for individuals with disabilities.
• Mental Health Services Mental health and psychosocial support services delivered as part of COOSS's socio-health service portfolio for individuals with mental health conditions.
• Childhood and Family Services Socio-educational and support services for children and families as part of COOSS's welfare service portfolio.
• Addiction Recovery Services Services for individuals with addictions, including recovery, rehabilitation, and accompaniment programs.
• Migrant Assistance Services Assistance services for migrants including integration support and orientation programs.
• Socio-Educational Guidance Services Guidance services for socio-educational development as part of COOSS's welfare portfolio.
• Employment Inclusion Services Employment services including job placement, labor market guidance, and inclusion programs for disadvantaged job seekers.

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• AIAS: Italian association/cooperative providing rehabilitation and social integration services for people with disabilities. Comparable target population and service design, though more rehabilitation-focused than COOSS's broader social assistance footprint.
• ANFFAS: National Italian association/cooperative network supporting people with intellectual and relational disabilities. Overlaps directly with COOSS's disability service line and competes for similar regional accreditations and family-facing contracts.
• Coopselios: One of Italy's largest social cooperatives, providing social, healthcare, and educational services. Directly comparable to COOSS in mission, multi-vertical service model (disability, elderly, childhood), cooperative governance, and reliance on public-sector contracts.
• La Cascina Cooperativa Sociale: Milan-based social cooperative offering social, educational, and welfare services to vulnerable populations. Comparable in mission, Italian cooperative governance, and multi-stakeholder service delivery to public-sector clients.
• Spazio Aperto Società Cooperativa Sociale: Milan-based social cooperative delivering educational, social, and therapeutic services for children, adolescents, and families. Comparable in cooperative structure, multi-service offering, and reliance on Italian public-sector contracts for social and educational assistance.
• Solidarietà Consorzio Cooperative Sociali: Consortium of social cooperatives in Modena providing social, educational, and vocational services. Comparable as a consortium model that aggregates service delivery and competes for the same regional concession frameworks that COOSS targets.
• CIDAS: Emilia-Romagna-based social cooperative offering social assistance, education, and vocational integration services. Comparable in cooperative structure, multi-service delivery model, and Italian regional public-sector contracting approach.
• Domus Assistenza: Italian social cooperative focused on home care and personal assistance services, including disability and elderly care. Closely comparable to COOSS's home- and community-based service offerings within the Italian welfare system.

Broad incumbents

• KOS Group: For-profit Italian healthcare and social care operator with residential and community services for elderly, psychiatric, and disabled populations. Competes with COOSS for similar public contracts but operates at larger scale and as a private equity-backed incumbent.
• Segesta (GPI Group): Italian private operator of residential care, disability services, and welfare programs. Comparable in service verticals (disability, elderly, mental health) but as a broader, for-profit incumbent rather than a member-owned cooperative.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/CoossCooperativa
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cooss-marche

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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