Cooperatives Build a Better World

Building stability, resilience and opportunity in 2025

Join us in celebrating the Year of Cooperatives!

With co-ops in the spotlight in the U.S. and around the world during the International Year of Cooperatives2025 presents a pivotal opportunity to raise public awareness of and advocacy for cooperatives. Join us in lifting up cooperatives as people-centered businesses that build a better world—in 2025, and beyond.

On this page, you’ll find data tools like our public opinion survey, Co-op Impact Report and other resources to help advance your cooperative’s outreach this year, as well as ways you can plug into social media and storytelling efforts this summer.

Have a question or a Year of Co-ops idea? Send us an email at info@ncba.coop.

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Public Opinion Survey

In March, we partnered with the leading polling firm Big Village to conduct the first national survey of public opinion on cooperatives in more than a decade. The results reveal strong consumer support for cooperatives, with a majority of Americans recognizing the value and direct impact that these people-centered businesses bring to their communities.

“These findings reinforce what we’ve long known—cooperatives are a trusted and essential part of the American economy.” – Doug O’Brien, president and CEO, NCBA CLUSA

Co-op Impact Report

Building a Better World Through Cooperatives

Designed to empower and advance cooperatives like yours, this new report collects compelling impact data and powerful stories from close to 100 cross-sector co-ops in the U.S., illustrating how the cooperative business model is building stronger businesses, communities and local economies.

Explore the report