Private company

National Cooperative Grocers Association

Logo: https://www.ncg.coop/, Non-free logo, via Wikipedia3

Business services cooperative

National Co+op Grocers (NCG) is a business services cooperative for retail cooperative grocery stores located throughout the United States. NCG offers franchise-like services to food co-ops that help businesses optimize operational and marketing resources, offering coordinated branding; access to loans through a partnership with Capital Impact Partners; and bulk buying rates through the United Natural Foods (UNFI).2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

  • HeadquartersSaint Paul1
  • Websitencg.coop
  • Legal formcompany1

National Co+op Grocers (NCG) is a business services cooperative for retail cooperative grocery stores located throughout the United States. NCG offers franchise-like services to food co-ops that help businesses optimize operational and marketing resources, offering coordinated branding; access to loans through a partnership with Capital Impact Partners; and bulk buying rates through the United Natural Foods (UNFI).2

Funding

Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.

Money received by year$1.8M 2020–2020
Money received by yearMoney received by year, 2020–2020: $1.8M in all. PPP loans $1.8M.$0$500K$1M$1.5M$2M2020 · PPP loans: $1.8M2020
Figures by year
YearPPP loansTotal
2020$1.8M$1.8M

PPP loans

Paycheck Protection Program loans of $150,000 and up, approved April 2020 to July 2021, from the SBA4. Matched to this company by name and state.

  1. Apr 14, 2020$1.8M PPP loan (first draw) from National Cooperative Bank, National Association4To NATIONAL COOPERATIVE GROCERS ASSOCIATION, Saint Paul MN; no forgiveness recorded