There are proportionately more cooperatives in Finland than in any other country in the world. The father of the Finnish cooperative movement, father Hannes Gebhard, founded Pellervo in 1899.

Today Pellervo integrates over 420 member cooperatives whose membership amounts to well over 1.6 million persons (the population of Finland is 5.2 million persons). The joint turnover of Pellervo’s member businesses reached over 14 000 million euros in the year 2000. Most member businesses are market leaders in their respective fields.

Pellervo includes both consumer and producer members. Pellervo itself is a member of ICA and COGECA.

Pellervo is located in Simonkatu
Helsinki (the dark red building 
in the centre of the picture).