Coop or Co-op most often refer to: *

Chicken coop Poultry farming is the form of animal husbandry which raises poultry, domesticated birds such as chickens, Domestic duck, ducks, turkey (domesticated), turkeys and domesticated goose, geese to produce chicken meat, meat or Egg as food, eggs for ...

or other animal enclosure *

Cooperative A cooperative (also known as co-operative, coöperative, co-op, or coop) is "an autonomy, autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly owned a ...

or co-operative ("co-op"), an association co-operating for mutual social, economic or cultural benefit **

Consumer cooperative A consumer cooperative is an enterprise owned by consumers and managed democratically and that aims at fulfilling the needs and aspirations of its members. Such cooperatives operate within the market economy independently of the state, as a form ...

Food cooperative A food cooperative or food co-op is a food distribution outlet organized as a cooperative, rather than a private or public company. Food cooperatives are usually consumer cooperatives, where the decisions regarding the production and distribution o ...

Housing cooperative A housing cooperative, or housing co-op, is a legal entity which owns real estate consisting of one or more residential buildings. The entity is usually a cooperative or a corporation and constitutes a form of housing tenure. Typically hou ...

(as in "a co-op apartment") *** Building cooperative **

Worker cooperative A worker cooperative is a cooperative owned and Workers' self-management, self-managed by its workers. This control may mean a Company, firm where every worker-owner participates in decision-making in a democratic fashion, or it may refer to one ...

* Cooperative board game *

Cooperative video game A cooperative video game, often abbreviated as co-op, is a video game that allows players to work together as teammates, usually against one or more non-player character opponents ( PvE). Co-op games can be played locally using one or multiple i ...

Prison A prison, also known as a jail, gaol, penitentiary, detention center, correction center, correctional facility, or remand center, is a facility where Prisoner, people are Imprisonment, imprisoned under the authority of the State (polity), state ...

, in slang Coop, COOP or Co-op may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

* '' Coop! The Music of Bob Cooper'', a 1959 album * ''The Co-op'', a 1980s singer-songwriter cooperative that formed the '' Fast Folk'' musical magazine * '' Original Cast Album: Co-Op'', an episode of ''Documentary Now'' spoofing the 1970 D.A. Pennebaker documentary ''Original Cast Album: Company'' * CO-OP (podcast), a weekly video podcast

Fictional characters

* Coop (''Charmed''), a fictional character from the television series ''Charmed'' and its franchise * Cooper Bradshaw, in the soap opera ''Guiding Light'', nicknamed "Coop" *

Marissa Cooper Marissa Cooper is a fictional character on the FOX television series '' The O.C.'', portrayed by Mischa Barton. Marissa was among the original "core four" characters on ''The O.C.'' She is a privileged California native born into a wealthy fami ...

, in the television series ''The O.C.'', nicknamed "Coop" * Coop, in the animated television series ''

Megas XLR ''Megas XLR'' is an American animated television series created by Jody Schaeffer and George Krstic for Cartoon Network. The series revolves around two slackers: mechanic Coop and his best friend Jamie, who find a mecha robot from the future ...

'' * Coop Burtonburger, in the animated television series '' Kid vs. Kat'' * The titular character of the film '' J. W. Coop'', played by Cliff Robertson * Dale Cooper, in the television series ''Twin Peaks'', nicknamed "Coop"

Businesses

Supermarket chains

* Co-op Atlantic, a chain of member-owned grocery stores in Canada * Coop amba, Denmark * Coop Eesti, a supermarket chain in Estonia * Coop (Hungary) * Coop (Italy) * Coop (Netherlands) *

Coop Norge Coop Norge is a Norwegian cooperative. It is owned by 117 local cooperatives with approximately 2 million members. The company has its headquarters in Oslo. History The first cooperative store in Norway was opened in the 1850s and, on 27 June ...

, Norway * COOP (Puerto Rico) * Coop Jednota, a supermarket chain in Slovakia and in the

Czech Republic The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the south ...

* Coop (Sweden) *

Coop (Switzerland) Coop () is one of Switzerland's largest retail and wholesale companies. It is structured in the form of a cooperative society with around 2.5 million members. As of 2019, Coop operated 2,478 shops and employed more than 90,000 people in Switz ...

Co-op Food Co-op is a UK supermarket chain and the brand used for the food retail business of The Co-operative Group, one of the world's largest consumer co-operatives. As the UK's fifth largest food retailer, Co-op operates nearly 2,400 food stores. It ...

, United Kingdom * CO-OP, a brand owned by Universal Cooperatives *

Federated Co-operatives Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL), operating as Co-op, is a cooperative federation, co-operative federation providing procurement and distribution to member co-operatives in Western Canada. It was established in 1944 after a series of amalgam ...

, a western Canadian co-operative federation known for its "CO-OP" brand grocery stores

Other businesses

The Co-op Bookshop The Co-op was an academic and professional non-profit books retailer in Australia, founded in 1958 before closing in the first half of 2020. History The Co-op was established by students led by the late Malcolm Broun, Celtophile, bibliophile ...

, an Australian bookstore chain *

The Co-operative brand The Co-operative, also known as Co-op, is a brand used by a variety of co-operatives based in the United Kingdom. It is not a single business, but a number of consumers' co-operatives spanning various sectors. The Co-operative Group is the la ...

, used by several UK co-operative businesses **

The Co-operative Group The Co-operative Group Limited, trading as Co-op and formerly known as the Co-operative Wholesale Society, is a British consumer cooperative, consumer co-operative with a group of retail businesses, including grocery retail and wholesale, leg ...

, the largest co-operative in the UK * CO-OP Financial Services, an interbank ATM network operating in Canada and United States * Harvard/MIT Cooperative Society, nicknamed "The Coop", a cooperative campus store based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States * Co-Op Society, retail grocery providers in Kuwait

Education

* COOP exam, an admission test for American Catholic high schools *

Cooperative education Cooperative education (or co-operative education) is a structured method of combining classroom-based education with practical work experience. A cooperative education experience, commonly known as a "co-op" or work-study program, provides a ...

, combining classroom learning with work experience

Government and politics

* Coop-NATCCO, a political party in the Philippines * Continuity of Operations Plan, a United States continuity of government initiative * Craft of Opportunity Program, a Royal Australian Navy minesweeper acquisition program *

Labour Co-op Labour and Co-operative Party (often abbreviated to Labour Co-op; ) is a description used by candidates in United Kingdom elections who stand on behalf of both the Labour Party and the Co-operative Party. Candidates contest elections under an el ...

, a description for British electoral candidates

People

* Coop (surname), a list of people * Coop (artist), American hot-rod artist Chris Cooper (born 1968) *

Davie Cooper David Cooper (25 February 1956 – 23 March 1995) was a Scottish professional association football, footballer who played as a winger (association football), winger. Born in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Hamilton, Cooper played as a youth for l ...

, nicknamed “Coop”, Scottish international footballer (1956–1995) *

Gary Cooper Gary Cooper (born Frank James Cooper; May 7, 1901May 13, 1961) was an American actor known for his strong, silent screen persona and understated acting style. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor twice and had a further three nominations, ...

, nickname for the American actor

Other uses

* .coop, a sponsored top-level domain (sTLD) in the Domain Name System of the internet *

Cooperative Observer The NOAA Cooperative Observer Program (COOP) is a citizen weather observer network run by the U.S. National Weather Service (NWS) and National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). Over 8,700 volunteers from the fifty states and all te ...

(COOP), a network of American volunteer weather observers *

Co-op Live Co-op Live is an indoor arena in Manchester, England, sited in the Etihad Campus next to the City of Manchester Stadium. It opened on 14 May 2024 and is the List of indoor arenas in Europe, largest indoor arena in the UK by capacity, and List ...

, an arena in Manchester, England * Allerton Coops, historic apartment building complex in the Bronx, New York