Top 30 Co-ops

New Zealand Co-operative and Mutual Top 30

Revenue -

RankCo-operativeRevenue (in Millions)
1. Fonterra Co-operative Group18,845.0
2. Foodstuffs - North Island6,238.8
3. Foodstuffs - South Island2,721.3
4. Silver Fern Farms2,434.4
5. Farmlands Co-operative2,210.0
6. Alliance Group1,501.5
7. Zespri1,458.6
8. Ballance Agri-Nutrients892.7
9. Southern Cross Medical Care Society817.8
10. Ravensdown Fertiliser Co-operative711.4
11. Mitre 10 (New Zealand)708.6
12. Westland Co-operative Dairy Co639.3
13. Independent Timber Merchants Co-operative398.0
14. Market Gardeners328.9
15. CDC Pharmaceuticals293.1
16. Tatua Co-operative Dairy Co285.7
17. Capricorn Society261.4
18. Livestock Improvement Corporation228.4
19. FMG (FMG Insurance Limited)209.3
20. Southland Building Society (SBS Bank)183.3
21. NZPM Group174.8
22. Dairy Goat Cooperative (NZ)156.7
23. Eastpack135.2
24. Pharmacy Wholesalers (Bay of Plenty)132.9
25. Ashburton Trading Society119.4
26. The Co-operative Bank110.7
27. Union Medical Benefits Society52.7
28. Electricity Ashburton46.8
29. Medical Assurance Society32.7
30. Co-op Money NZ24.7
 

Total Revenue = $NZ 42.354 billion pa.

Notes - Organisations were drawn from the 2015 Top 40 Co-operatives and Mutuals by revenue published by Cooperative Business New Zealand and who meet the member/user ownership, control and benefits criteria elaborated on in the methodology. We except this definition excludes some organisations that operate as co-operatives or mutuals in other countries but not in New Zealand since in these instances ownership, control and benefits accrue to the overseas members (e.g. Rabobank). Data on revenue was gathered from annual reports and/or financial statements published by the organisations. These were retrieved from the NZ Companies Office register or from the organisations’ websites. Where annual reports or financial statements were not publically available, the information was sourced by contacting the organisations directly. The reporting period considered was 2014/2015. However, there is some variability in the reporting period/financial year among the co-operatives and mutuals. Revenue for Capricorn Society Limited in New Zealand and Independent Timber Merchants Co-operative are not the revenue figures reported on the Profit and Loss statements. The figures represent the total value of purchases made by respective Members (e.g. retail stores) from their parent company buying offices.  

Assets -

RankCo-operativeTotal Assets (in Millions)
1. Fonterra Co-operative Group18,315.0
2. Southland Building Society (SBS Bank)2,862.6
3. Foodstuffs - North Island2,645.6
4. The Co-operative Bank1,806.3
5. Foodstuffs South Island1,010.5
6. Silver Fern Farms627.0
7. Southern Cross Medical Care Society602.1
8. Ballance Agri-Nutrients541.8
9. Westland Co-operative Dairy Co538.1
10. Alliance Group536.1
11. Ravensdown Fertiliser Co-operative533.2
12. Zespri461.2
13. FMG (FMG Insurance Limited)419.1
14. Farmlands Co-operative411.6
15. Livestock Improvement Corporation301.5
16. Electricity Ashburton251.1
17. Tatua Co-operative Dairy Co241.4
18. Dairy Goat Co-operative (NZ)232.3
19. Market Gardeners180.2
20. Mitre 10 (New Zealand)174.8
21. Eastpack139.6
22. Co-op Money NZ115.9
23. Union Medical Benefits Society112.7
24. NZPM Group111.4
25. Medical Assurance Society85.5
26. Independent Timber Merchants Co-operative68.5
27. CDC Pharmaceuticals63.3
28. Capricorn Society35.5
29. Ashburton Trading Society31.3
30. Pharmacy Wholesalers (Bay of Plenty)22.4

Total Assets = $ NZ 33,477.7 billion

Notes - Data on total assets was gathered from annual reports and/or financial statements published by the organisations. These were retrieved from the NZ Companies Office register or from the organisations’ websites. Where annual reports or financial statements were not publically available, the information was sourced by contacting the organisations directly. The reporting period considered was 2014/2015. However, there is some variability in the reporting period/financial year among the co-operatives and mutuals.  

Employees -

RankCo-operativeNumber of Employees
1. Fonterra Co-operative Group22,000
2. Silver Fern Farms7,000
3. Alliance Group4,700
4. Eastpack2,700
5. Foodstuffs - North Island1,800
6. Foodstuffs South Island1,350
7. Farmlands Co-operative1,000
8. Ballance Agri-Nutrients760
9. Southern Cross Medical Care Society750
10. Ravensdown Fertiliser Co-operative750
11. Mitre 10 (New Zealand)750
12. Livestock Improvement Corporation710
13. NZPM Group603
14. FMG (FMG Insurance Limited)468
15. Westland Co-operative Dairy Co375
16. Market Gardeners360
17. Southland Building Society (SBS Bank)350
18. Tatua Co-operative Dairy Co345
19. The Co-operative Bank310
20. Zespri250
21. Capricorn Society214
22. Dairy Goat Co-operative (NZ)190
23. Electricity Ashburton175
24. Medical Assurance Society175
25. CDC Pharmaceuticals125
26. Ashburton Trading Society90
27. Co-op Money NZ60
28. Pharmacy Wholesalers (Bay of Plenty)35
29. Union Medical Benefits Society35
30. Independent Timber Merchants Co-operative25

Total Employees = 48,455

Notes - Data on employees was sourced from annual reports and/or financial statements published by the organisations. These were retrieved from the NZ Companies Office register or from the organisations’ websites. Where data on employee numbers was not available from annual reports, the information was sourced from responses to the University of Auckland Icehouse survey or the Kompass database. Since the Kompass database provides a range for employee numbers, the midpoint of the range was used, and hence the data should be interpreted with caution. The reporting period considered was 2014/2015. However, there is some variability in the reporting period/financial year among the co-operatives and mutuals. Some data includes overseas employees  

Members -

RankCo-operativeNumber of Memberships
1. Southern Cross Medical Care Society811,462
2. Co-op Money NZ190,000
3. The Co-operative Bank120,000
4. Farmlands Co-operative62,500
5. FMG (FMG Insurance Limited)52,000
6. Southland Building Society (SBS Bank)40,000
7. Medical Assurance Society28,000
8. Ravensdown Fertiliser Co-operative26,000
9. Ballance Agri-Nutrients19,250
10. Electricity Ashburton12,782
11. Fonterra Co-operative Group10,753
12. Livestock Improvement Corporation10,537
13. Silver Fern Farms6,000
14. Alliance Group5,000
15. Capricorn Society3,660
16. Zespri3,000
17. Ashburton Trading Society2,701
18. NZPM Group1,000
19. Foodstuffs South Island500
20. Eastpack500
21. Foodstuffs - North Island433
22. Westland Co-operative Dairy Co400
23. CDC Pharmaceuticals270
24. Market Gardeners240
25. Pharmacy Wholesalers (Bay of Plenty)170
26. Tatua Co-operative Dairy Co118
27. Independent Timber Merchants Co-operative94
28. Dairy Goat Co-operative (NZ)72
29. Mitre 10 (New Zealand)65
30. Union Medical Benefits Society

Total Members = 1,407,507

Notes- Data was sourced from annual reports and/or financial statements published by the organisations. These were retrieved from the NZ Companies Office register or from the organisations’ websites. Where data on membership numbers was not available from annual reports or organisations websites, it was supplied by Cooperative Business New Zealand or sourced from responses to the University of Auckland Icehouse survey. These are counts of memberships. We recognise that some members will belong to more than one co-operative or mutual that is listed. Data on individual members is not publicly available to report the number of individual members. The reporting period considered was 2014/2015. However, there is some variability in the reporting period/financial year among the co-operatives and mutuals.