National Cooperative Business Association
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| Type | Cooperative federation |
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| Founded | 1916 |
| Headquarters | Washington, D.C. |
| Area served | United States |
| Website | http://www.ncba.coop/ |
Founded in 1916 as the Cooperative League of America, the National Cooperative Business Association (NCBA) is a United States membership organization for cooperatives, businesses that are jointly-owned and democratically-controlled.
In 2000 the group successfully lobbied the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers to establish a new top-level domain exclusively for business cooperations. The domain, .coop, became active in 2002.
NCBA members include some well-known United States consumer brands, such as Ace Hardware, Florida's Natural, and Land O'Lakes.
