Bay Area Coops

Here you'll find a list of cooperative and collectively run businesses in the Bay Area. Check out the links on the right to find out more about how Rainbow's cooperative structure works as well as some resources for starting your own cooperatively run business.

AK Press: Distributor of radical and independent boosk, pamphlets, magazines, CDs tapes, t-shirts, stickers, and other merchandise.
Alvarado Street Bakery: certified supplier of Whole Grain Breads, Bagels and more
Arizmendi Bakery: Bakery Pizzeria specializing in bread, pizza and pastries
Artist's Television Access (ATA): A non-profit, artist-managed collective media art center that offers instruction and access to film, computer and video editing facilities
Berkeley Free Clinic: Follows a client-centered philosophy and offers: basic dental care, acute primary medical care, HIV testing and counseling, sexually-transmitted disease treatment, men's sexually-transmitted disease screening, peer counseling and information & referral services.
Berkeley Massage and Self-Healing Center: Professional Bodywork since 1969
Berkeley Worms: Red worms for composting, worm composting bins, compost, books and worm castings
Bookpeople: Wholesale Book Distributor
Bound Together Bookstore: Best anarchist bookstore in the world
Bakery, morning coffee and pastries, cheese store and pizza
CLIQ Services Cooperative: Computer hardware and software development with emphasis on the internet. "We geek hard so you don't have to."
Collectively Explorative Learning Labs, CELLspace: A collectively-run community arts center offering workshops in wood, metal, music, dance, theatre, puppetry and sewing. Space is offered to the public for gatherings, exhibitions, conferences and ceremonies.
Cooperative Digital: Information Design
Copwatch: Grassroots all-volunteer organization which works to defend the right of victims and survivors of police brutality to fair treatment under the law; provides legal referrals and assistance with filing Police Review Commission complaints.
Crestmont School: K-5 collectively-run elementary school in Richmond
Cupid Courier Collective: San Francisco bicycle messenger service
Eco Care House Cleaning c/o WAGES: Environmentally sound house cleaning from South San Jose to Gilroy
Emma's Eco-clean: Environmentally sound house cleaning
Eviction Defense Center: Provides legal services defending the rights of tenants
The Girl Army: Women's self-defense collective
Inkworks: A union print shop that has for over 23 years provided high quality, affordable printing of medium-run bulletins and brochures for community organizations and non-profits.
The Juice Bar Collective: Offers a variety of prepared foods and freshley squeezed juices; primarily take-out/li>
Long Haul/Infoshop: An activist resource center, political reading room/storefront, and community space
Missing link Bicycle Cooperative: Selling new and used bicycles, repairing bikes and renting them since way back when
Nabolom Bakery: a 30-year old worker-owned collective
924 Gilman Street: Punk Rock Collective and Venue
Other Avenues: Food store specializing in bulk foods, organic foods and environmentally friendly cleaning products
People's Grocery: Non-profit, community-based food delivery service, community education program, and soon-to-be retail store
Pedal Express: Non-motorized cargo delivery service in the Bay Area providing regularly scheduled route service
La Peña Cultural Center: Multicultural music, books and crafts
San Francisco Mime Troupe: Creating and producing socially relevant theatre of the highest professional quality and performing it beore the widest possible audience
Women Defending Ourselves: Comprehensive women-only self-defense classes
Women's Action to Gain Economic Security/WAGES: Provides training for low income women starting business cooperatives

If you know of a Bay Area Coop that's missing from our list, please email us from our 'Contact Us' page.

Bay Area Coops

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