Where these figures come from.

Every figure Maslow publishes about the member-owned sector is held in a single register, and every page that carries one is checked against it. This page is generated from that register, so what you read here is what the check enforces — not a separate description of it.

Maslow — Global Member-Owned Finance: Reach and Capacity (July 2026 reach study)

• at least 178,555 member-owned financial institutions
• at least 508.7 million members
• across 109 countries and jurisdictions
• at least US$11.30 trillion in assets

As at 2024. Source last read 31 August 2026.

Floor summed from 39 system populations, each carrying its own primary source. Published as "at least" — a lower bound with working behind it, not a third-party point estimate. WOCCU is one of the 39 inputs, not the source.

The reach study is not published. It is Maslow's own analysis: a floor summed from 39 system populations, each carrying its own primary source. The working is available on request — there is no public link to give and we would rather say so than point at something that is not it.

International Cooperative Alliance

• approximately 3 million cooperatives — Wider cooperative economy, distinct from the financial-institution figures.
• more than 1 billion members — Wider cooperative economy.

As at 2024. Source last read 31 August 2026.

Read it at ica.coop/en/cooperatives/facts-and-figures. Link checked 7 September 2026.

What this register does not cover

The check runs against the live web pages and the published press boilerplates. It does not read the press-pack PDFs — their text is broken up by kerning and cannot be searched reliably — and it does not read the Offer documents, which hold their own controlled values and are reconciled by a person. A clean result here is not evidence about those.

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