SEXPE

What SEXPE does

SEXPE (Servicio Extremeño Público de Empleo) is the official public employment service of the Extremadura Autonomous Community in Spain, operated as an autonomous body under the Junta de Extremadura regional government. The organization functions as a free public utility for both job seekers (individuals) and employers (companies) across the Extremadura region, providing job registration and demand renewal, professional orientation and career counseling, vocational training, professional certification, and administration of hiring and self-employment subsidies. Its service portfolio includes targeted programs for youth under 30 (Contrata Excelencia), people with disabilities, agricultural workers, public-sector job seekers, entrepreneurs, and digital nomads, alongside coordination with the national SEPE unemployment benefit system and cross-border EURES employment services.

The organization is built on a hybrid digital-physical service platform. Its technology stack includes a main web portal (sexpeemplea.juntaex.es), a Virtual Office (Oficina Virtual) for self-service administrative procedures, a mobile application on iOS and Android for employment registration, a teleformation-based online training platform, and the Observatorio del Empleo — a labor market research and foresight tool providing regional employment data and analysis. Service delivery is supported by a network of physical Employment Centers (Centros de Empleo) across the Extremadura region operating Monday–Friday 09:00–14:00, a prior-appointment system (Cita Previa), and labor orientation offices embedded in university campuses via a partnership with Universidad de Extremadura.

SEXPE is not a commercially operating entity; it is publicly funded and provides all services free of charge to citizens. Its "revenue" derives entirely from the regional government budget of the Junta de Extremadura and European Structural and Investment Funds. Recent disclosed program budgets include €47.5 million for 2025–2026 self-employment subsidies (estimated 14,000 beneficiaries), €29 million for 2025–2026 disability employment subsidies, and €6.5 million for the "Decreto Impulso" self-employment promotion program running January 2026 to January 2027. As a public employment service with no private ownership, the entity has no shareholders, no venture capital involvement, and is not subject to commercial exit dynamics.

Name

SEXPE

Legal name

Servicio Extremeño de Empleo

Website

https://extremaduratrabaja.juntaex.es

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

SEXPE (Servicio Extremeño Público de Empleo) is the official public employment service of the Extremadura region in Spain, providing free job matching, vocational training, professional orientation, and subsidy administration to job seekers and employers under the Junta de Extremadura regional government.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Mérida

HQ country

Mexico

HQ region

Latin America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Public Funding - Regional Government: SEXPE is funded by the Junta de Extremadura (Regional Government of Extremadura) as part of public administration budgets for employment and training services.
2. European Structural Funds: European Structural and Investment Funds support employment programs and training initiatives, including subsidies for hiring and self-employment.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

SEXPE is the public employment service of the Junta de Extremadura (Extremadura, Spain), providing job matching, vocational training, professional orientation, and subsidy administration to job seekers and employers across the Extremadura region. Services are delivered free of charge through a network of physical Employment Centers, the SEXPE-emplea web portal, the Oficina Virtual self-service platform, and a mobile application, with programs covering hiring incentives, self-employment grants, youth employment, disability employment, and European Structural Funds management.

Product overview

SEXPE (Servicio Extremeño Público de Empleo) operates as a unified government employment services platform for the Extremadura region in Spain. The main SEXPE-emplea portal serves as the central hub, providing employment matching, training, and professional orientation services to both job seekers and employers. The platform consists of multiple integrated service modules including the Oficina Virtual (online procedures portal), Orientación profesional (career guidance), Formación (training platform with teleformation), APP SEXPE (mobile application), COE (orientation and entrepreneurship center), El Observatorio (labor market research), and specialized services like public employment listings, agricultural employment exchange, and cross-border EURES programs. The platform also connects users to European funding programs and employment plans managed by the regional government.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SEXPE-emplea: Current brand name for the SEXPE employment service platform and mobile application.
• COE
• ESHAEX
• Observatorio del Empleo

Products and services

• Oficina Virtual (Virtual Office) Online self-service portal that enables citizens and companies in Extremadura to manage employment and training administrative procedures remotely, including employment registration, demand renewal, subsidy applications, and training enrollment.
• Orientación Profesional (Professional Orientation) Career guidance service providing expert counseling to help individuals in Extremadura achieve their professional objectives, delivered through SEXPE counselors, employment centers, and university campus offices in cooperation with Universidad de Extremadura.
• Plataforma de Formación (Training Platform) Online learning management system offering vocational training courses and educational programs for job seekers and workers in Extremadura, including teleformation (distance learning) modalities and in-person training at the Centro de Formación para el Empleo de Don Benito and ESHAEX.
• APP SEXPE (Mobile Application) Mobile application for iOS and Android enabling users in Extremadura to manage employment registration, renew job-seeker demand, and access SEXPE services remotely from their smartphones.
• El Observatorio (Labor Market Observatory) Observatory for innovation and labor market foresight in Extremadura, providing research, data, and analysis on employment trends to support evidence-based regional employment policies.
• COE (Centro de Orientación, Emprendimiento, Acom pañamiento e Innovación para el Empleo) Center for Orientation, Entrepreneurship, Accompaniment and Innovation for Employment that supports career development and business creation services for individuals in Extremadura.
• Acreditaciones (Professional Accreditation) Accreditation service through the Instituto Extremeño de las Cualificaciones for recognizing professional competencies and issuing official professional certificates, including those dispatched from the Centro de Formación para el Empleo de Don Benito.
• Bolsa de Empleo Agrícola (Agricultural Employment Exchange) Specialized employment exchange for the agricultural sector in Extremadura, supporting placement of agricultural and seasonal workers in the regional agricultural labor market.
• Empleo Público (Public Employment Listings) Public employment service listing available positions in public administration for individuals in Extremadura seeking public sector employment through official competitive examination processes.
• EURES Transfronterizo (Cross-Border Employment) Cross-border EURES (European Employment Services) program facilitating employment for workers in Extremadura's border zones, connected to the European EURES mobility network.
• Fondos Europeos (European Funds Management) European Structural and Investment Funds information and administration portal for managing employment and training benefits in Extremadura, including self-employment, hiring, and training subsidies.
• Planes de Empleo (Employment Plans) Active employment programs and plans generating job opportunities in the Extremadura region, including the Contrata Excelencia program for under-30s, the Decreto Impulso self-employment subsidies, and the disability employment program.
• Cita Previa (Prior Appointment Scheduling) Prior appointment scheduling service that allows citizens to book in-person assistance at SEXPE Employment Centers across the Extremadura region.

Quantifiable outcome

• Lowest unemployment in Extremadura's history at 60,535 unemployed persons
• +3 more outcomes

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Feature4 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Universidad de Extremadura (UEx)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSEXPE and Universidad de Extremadura have renewed a cooperation agreement for employment orientation. The collaboration has consolidated labor orientation offices in university campuses, creating an effective bridge between academic training and the jump to the labor market for students and graduates.
• SEPE (Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSEXPE coordinates with SEPE, the national public employment service, for unemployment benefits administration, job placement services, and national employment programs. SEPE links on the website provide access to national-level services including unemployment benefits, prior appointments, and telephone information services.
• European Union (European Structural Funds)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSEXPE manages European Structural and Investment Funds for employment and training programs in Extremadura. These funds support various subsidy programs including hiring incentives, self-employment grants, and professional training initiatives for unemployed persons.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Labora (formerly SERVEF): Valencia's regional public employment service, offering parallel employment services, vocational training, and grant administration for a Spanish autonomous community — directly comparable to SEXPE.
• SEPE (Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal): Spain's national public employment service, coordinating unemployment benefits and employment policy. SEXPE operates under and complements SEPE for the Extremadura region, making it the most direct institutional counterpart.
• Servei Català d'Ocupació (SOC): Catalonia's regional public employment service, providing the same job-matching, training, and subsidy administration role within Catalonia that SEXPE plays in Extremadura.
• Lanbide (Servicio Vasco de Empleo): Basque Country's regional public employment service with similar functions (job placement, training, subsidies) and similar institutional positioning as a regional PES under an autonomous community government.

Broad incumbents

• Pôle Emploi: France's national public employment service performing job placement, training, and unemployment benefit administration at country scale. Same PES model as SEXPE but at national scope, useful as a broad comparator for service design and digital infrastructure.
• Randstad España: Major global staffing and workforce solutions firm operating across Spain, competing for employer hiring services and overlapping with SEXPE's employer-facing recruitment support mandate.
• Bundesagentur für Arbeit: Germany's federal employment agency providing nationwide PES functions. Comparable institutional model and digital infrastructure (virtual office, training platforms) to SEXPE.

Others

• EURES (European Employment Services): EU-wide cross-border employment network of which SEXPE is a national node (Eures Transfronterizo). Comparable in labor-market intermediation and funded by the same European Structural Funds that finance SEXPE programs.

Emerging players

• InfoJobs: Spain's leading private job board competing for the same employer and job-seeker relationships SEXPE serves. Comparable on recruiting/candidate-matching but commercial rather than subsidized.

Regional players

• Fundación Estatal para la Formación en el Empleo (FUNDAE): Spain's national tripartite foundation for employed-worker training subsidies, overlapping with SEXPE's vocational training and teleformation platform functions. Comparable mechanism: managing public training funds.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/extremtrabaja
• YouTubeyoutube.com/c/ServicioExtremeñoPublicodeEmpleoSEXPE
• Facebookfacebook.com/ExtremaduraTrabaja
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sexpe-emplea
• Instagraminstagram.com/sexpeemplea

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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