Coop

Co-op or Coop or COOP may refer to

• A cooperative organization, association, or company owned by its members
• A pen or enclosure for birds, such as a chicken coop, or slang for a prison

Types of cooperative organizations

• Agricultural cooperative, also known as a farmers' co-op, an enterprise or company where farmers pool their resources in certain areas of activity
• Artist cooperative, an autonomous visual arts organization, enterprise, or association jointly-owned and democratically-controlled by and for the benefit of its artist-members
• Building cooperative, a cooperative housing corporation where individuals or families work together to directly construct their own homes in a cooperative fashion
• Consumers cooperative, a cooperative business owned by its customers for their mutual benefit
• Housing cooperative, a legal entity that owns real estate, as opposed to a condominium
• Retailers cooperative, or a secondary or marketing cooperative, an organization which employs economies of scale on behalf of its members to get discounts from manufacturers and to pool marketing
• Utility cooperative, a public utility that is owned by its customers
• Worker cooperative, or producer cooperative, an enterprise or company owned and democratically controlled by its worker-owners

Cooperative federation

A co-operative federation or secondary co-operative is a co-operative in which all members are, in turn, co-operatives.

• co-operative wholesale society
• co-operative union
• Cooperative banking

Businesses

• Federated Co-operatives, a Canadian co-operative federation known for its "CO-OP" brand products and stores
• Coop (Netherlands), a Dutch supermarket chain
• Coop (Switzerland), a Swiss supermarket chain
• Coop (Italy), an Italian supermarket chain
• Coop (Hungary), a Hungarian supermarket chain
• Coop Norden, a Scandinavian purchasing company, owner of different types of stores named Coop in Scandinavia
• Coop Himmelb(l)au, an architectural design firm
• Harvard/MIT Cooperative Society, nicknamed "The Coop", a cooperative campus store based in Cambridge, Massachusetts
• The Co-operative Group, a group of UK co-operative businesses
• The Co-operative brand, a branding used by several UK co-operative businesses (not the same as the Co-operative Group), including a well-known supermarket chain generally referred to as "The Co-Op"

People

• Coop (artist), an American Hot-Rod artist
• Coop (Charmed), short for "Cupid", a character in the television series
• Coop, a character on Megas XLR
• Marissa Cooper's nickname on The O.C.

Concepts

• Cooperative education, structured method of combining classroom-based education with practical work experience.
• Cooperative gameplay in video games

Other uses

• CO-OP Financial Services
• Coop (Philippines), a minor political party in the Philippines
• The Co-Op (album) by DJ Envy and Red Cafe
• The Co-op, a 1980s singer-songwriter cooperative that formed the Fast Folk Musical Magazine
• Coop Arena, an indoor sporting arena in Luleå, Sweden
• A type of street football with one goal
• A weight scale (or weighbridge) on a US Highway, mostly used by Truck Drivers, also known as "Chicken Coop"
• .coop, the top level domain used only for cooperatives on the Internet

Acronyms

• Continuity of Operations Plan, a plan to ensure the continuity of an organization

See also

• Coupé