Industry network · Cooperative organization
National Co+op Grocers
A business-services cooperative supporting independent retail food co-ops across the United States.
Account orientation
What Kind of Account Is This?
- Account type
- Independent co-op network
- Scale
- National
- Retail format
- Co-op
- Natural orientation
- Independent retail network
- Network affiliation
- National Co+op Grocers
- Geography
- United States
Member network
Geographic Footprint
239 verified member cooperative locations · 40 states
Each pin represents an independently operated member cooperative retail location—not a store owned by NCG.
239 official NCG member locations: 224 unique records +15 existing PCC stores represented separately. Audited October 17, 2026. Search below by store, city, address or ZIP, or choose a state or territory.
Channel relationships
Channel Relationships
Organization membership and physical retailer ownership remain separate throughout Explorer.
Supports a network of independent, community-owned food co-ops rather than operating the mapped stores as a corporate chain.
Member locations retain their independent retailer or cooperative identity while also appearing within this organization’s network footprint.
Distribution relationships vary by member retailer. Verified retailer-to-distributor relationships will appear here only when supported by a source.
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Markets
Explore markets represented across the verified member-location footprint.
Organization intelligence
What to know about National Co+op Grocers
NCG provides an organizational layer for understanding where independent food co-ops participate in the broader natural-products retail ecosystem.
Explorer treats each member store as a location of its underlying retail co-op with an NCG network affiliation, avoiding duplicate physical-store records.
National Co+op Grocers is represented in Explorer as an industry organization and member network. Its mapped footprint brings together independently operated cooperative retailers.
A cooperative services organization serving independent retail food co-ops. Member retailers retain their own identities and physical locations.
Explorer treats each member store as a location of its underlying retail co-op with an NCG network affiliation, avoiding duplicate physical-store records.
NCG provides an organizational layer for understanding where independent food co-ops participate in the broader natural-products retail ecosystem.
Sources & methodology
Member-location data last verified 2026-10-17. Member affiliations and physical retailer records are maintained separately; only sourced relationships are published as verified. Read Data & Methodology →