Irish Co-operative Organisation Society Ltd.

Trade and business associations

The Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (ICOS) is a co-operative umbrella organisation that serves and promotes commercial co-operative businesses and enterprise across multiple sections of the Irish economy.

ICOS represents 130 co-operatives, which collectively have over 150,000 individual members, employ >12,000 people in Ireland (a further 24,000 abroad) and has combined turnover of €14 billion. Starting from agriculture co-op roots, and the vision of our founding President, Sir Horace Plunkett in 1894; ICOS today has evolved to serve the co-operative sector in seven core categories, namely:

Multipurpose Dairy Co-ops
Livestock Sector Co-ops
Food, Fishing & Beverage Co-ops
Store, Trade & Wholesale Co-ops
Advisory and Education Related Co-ops
Community Oriented, Culture & Leisure Co-ops
Service Related Co-ops


Our mission is: Generating leadership, competitiveness and value through stronger co-operation and world class service.

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Dublin

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National Representative Organisation