The Co-operative Group

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Co-operative Group Limited

One Angel Square The Co-operative Group's headquarters in Manchester, England
Trade name	Co-op
Formerly	Co-operative Wholesale Society
Company type	Consumer co-operative
Industry	Retail, wholesale, legal, funerals, insurance, social enterprise
Founded	11 August 1863; 160 years ago (11 August 1863) in Manchester[1]
Headquarters	Manchester, England
Number of locations	3,160 (2023)
Key people	Debbie White[2] (Group Chair) Shirine Khoury-Haq (Group Chief Executive) Matt Hood (Food Managing Director)
Services	Food Wholesale Funerals Legal Insurance
Revenue	£11.3 billion (2023)
Operating income	£97 million (2023)
Net income	£3 million (2023)
Members	5 million active members (2023)
Number of employees	56,465 (2023)
Subsidiaries	Nisa Retail Ltd Co-op Insurance Services Ltd Co-operative Legal Services Ltd Plus 100+ more
Website	co-operative.coop
Footnotes / references 2023 Annual Report

The Co-operative Group Limited, trading as Co-op and formerly known as the Co-operative Wholesale Society, is a British consumer co-operative with a group of retail businesses, including grocery retail and wholesale, legal services, funerals and insurance, and social enterprise.^[3]

The group has its headquarters located at One Angel Square in Manchester, England. The Group also manages the Co-operative Federal Trading Services, formerly the Co-operative Retail Trading Group (CRTG).