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Sociedad Estatal de Participaciones Industriales
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Sociedad Estatal de Participaciones Industriales
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sepi.es
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Private
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1995
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Sociedad Estatal de Participaciones Industriales (SEPI) is a Spanish state-owned industrial holding company, fully owned by the Government of Spain and headquartered in Madrid. Founded in 1995, SEPI does not develop or sell products or services to end customers; instead, it manages the state's equity participations in strategically important Spanish industrial companies, with the dual mission of generating returns on those participations and orienting all actions toward the public interest. The company reports an employee base of 51–100, consistent with a lean administrative holding structure that exercises governance rights rather than operating industrial activity directly.

SEPI's portfolio spans nine industrial sectors: Construcción Naval (shipbuilding, including NAVANTIA), Servicio Postal (postal services), Energía (energy), Ambiental y Agrario (environmental and agricultural services, including the wholly-owned Grupo TRAGSA, which reached €2,603 million in business volume in 2025), Distribución Alimentaria (food distribution), Comunicación (communications), Promoción Empresarial (business promotion), Financiero (financial), and Ocio y Deporte (leisure and sports). SEPI also operates Fundación SEPI, a foundation providing scholarships, training, and economic studies, and maintains a Transparency Portal to comply with Spain's Law 19/2013 on public access to information. The company holds a 28% stake in Indra, a listed Spanish defense and technology company, and in 2026 actively exercised governance rights at Indra — forcing the resignation of president Ángel Escribano and appointing Ángel Simón, while intervening in a proposed integration between Indra and Escribano Mechanical and Engineering (EM&E).

SEPI is not a technology company and does not employ commercial marketing or distribution channels; it communicates through institutional channels, press releases, and its transparency portal. It obtained ENS (Esquema Nacional de Seguridad / National Security Scheme) certification at MEDIA level in 2026. Because SEPI functions as a sovereign holding vehicle rather than a commercial enterprise, pricing, GTM motion, and customer segmentation concepts do not apply to the entity itself.

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Sociedad Estatal de Participaciones Industriales (SEPI) is a Spanish state-owned industrial holding company, fully owned by the Government of Spain, that manages state equity participations across nine strategic sectors including shipbuilding, postal services, energy, and defense technology.

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251–500
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HeadquartersMadrid, Spain
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Madrid
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Serves global market

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state-owned holding, industrial participations, portfolio management, strategic industries, public enterprise
Industry2 codes
PRIMARYBPAHADAL
Post-Merger Integration (PMI) & Separation Management
SECONDARYBPADANAB
Technical Committees, Working Groups & Expert Panels
Business & Public Services/International Organizations & Development/International Standards, Policy & Regulatory Cooperation
NAICS code1 code
  • Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage5231
SIC code1 code
  • Services-Membership Organizations8600
Product category
State-Owned Industrial Holding
Social media profiles1 record
Cost components3 values
Personnel, Operations, Others
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B2B
Offering typeServices
Services
Core offering1 text field

Sociedad Estatal de Participaciones Industriales (SEPI) is a Spanish state-owned industrial holding company that holds controlling or significant minority stakes in Spanish industrial companies across ten sectors including shipbuilding, postal services, energy, environmental and agricultural services, food distribution, communication, business promotion, financial services, and leisure and sports. The company manages its business participations to generate returns while orienting all actions toward the public interest, contributing to Spain's economic and social development.

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Product overview1 text field

Sociedad Estatal de Participaciones Industriales (SEPI) is a state-owned industrial holding company that manages participations in Spanish companies across multiple sectors. Rather than offering a unified technology product or platform, SEPI operates as a portfolio holding entity. Its holdings span ten business sectors: Construcción Naval (shipbuilding, including NAVANTIA), Servicio Postal (postal services), Energía (energy), Ambiental y Agrario (environmental and agricultural, including TRAGSA Group), Distribución Alimentaria (food distribution), Comunicación (communication), Promoción Empresarial (business promotion), Financiero (financial), and Ocio y Deporte (leisure and sports). Additionally, SEPI operates the Fundación SEPI, which manages scholarship programs, and maintains a Transparency Portal for public accountability. The company does not develop or sell technology products directly.

Product and service11 records
1Construcción Naval (Shipbuilding Sector Holding)
CategoryPortfolio Holding - Shipbuilding
2Servicio Postal (Postal Services Holding)
CategoryPortfolio Holding - Postal Services
3Energía (Energy Sector Holding)
CategoryPortfolio Holding - Energy
4Ambiental y Agrario (Environmental and Agricultural Holding)
CategoryPortfolio Holding - Environmental and Agricultural
5Distribución Alimentaria (Food Distribution Holding)
CategoryPortfolio Holding - Food Distribution
6Comunicación (Communication Sector Holding)
CategoryPortfolio Holding - Communication
7Promoción Empresarial (Business Promotion Holding)
CategoryPortfolio Holding - Business Promotion
8Financiero (Financial Sector Holding)
CategoryPortfolio Holding - Financial
9Ocio y Deporte (Leisure and Sports Holding)
CategoryPortfolio Holding - Leisure and Sports
10Fundación SEPI
CategorySubsidiary/Foundation
11Portal de Transparencia (Transparency Portal)
CategoryPublic Service
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Sociedad Estatal de Participaciones Industriales

State-Owned Industrial Holdingsepi.es

Sociedad Estatal de Participaciones Industriales (SEPI) is a Spanish state-owned industrial holding company, fully owned by the Government of Spain, that manages state equity participations across nine strategic sectors including shipbuilding, postal services, energy, and defense technology.

What Sociedad Estatal de Participaciones Industriales does

Sociedad Estatal de Participaciones Industriales (SEPI) is a Spanish state-owned industrial holding company, fully owned by the Government of Spain and headquartered in Madrid. Founded in 1995, SEPI does not develop or sell products or services to end customers; instead, it manages the state's equity participations in strategically important Spanish industrial companies, with the dual mission of generating returns on those participations and orienting all actions toward the public interest. The company reports an employee base of 51–100, consistent with a lean administrative holding structure that exercises governance rights rather than operating industrial activity directly.

SEPI's portfolio spans nine industrial sectors: Construcción Naval (shipbuilding, including NAVANTIA), Servicio Postal (postal services), Energía (energy), Ambiental y Agrario (environmental and agricultural services, including the wholly-owned Grupo TRAGSA, which reached €2,603 million in business volume in 2025), Distribución Alimentaria (food distribution), Comunicación (communications), Promoción Empresarial (business promotion), Financiero (financial), and Ocio y Deporte (leisure and sports). SEPI also operates Fundación SEPI, a foundation providing scholarships, training, and economic studies, and maintains a Transparency Portal to comply with Spain's Law 19/2013 on public access to information. The company holds a 28% stake in Indra, a listed Spanish defense and technology company, and in 2026 actively exercised governance rights at Indra — forcing the resignation of president Ángel Escribano and appointing Ángel Simón, while intervening in a proposed integration between Indra and Escribano Mechanical and Engineering (EM&E).

SEPI is not a technology company and does not employ commercial marketing or distribution channels; it communicates through institutional channels, press releases, and its transparency portal. It obtained ENS (Esquema Nacional de Seguridad / National Security Scheme) certification at MEDIA level in 2026. Because SEPI functions as a sovereign holding vehicle rather than a commercial enterprise, pricing, GTM motion, and customer segmentation concepts do not apply to the entity itself.

Sociedad Estatal de Participaciones Industriales firmographics

Firmographics
Name
Sociedad Estatal de Participaciones Industriales
Legal name
Sociedad Estatal de Participaciones Industriales
Website
https://sepi.es
Company type
Private
Founded year
1995
Operating status
Operating
Headcount range
251–500 employees
Short description
Sociedad Estatal de Participaciones Industriales (SEPI) is a Spanish state-owned industrial holding company, fully owned by the Government of Spain, that manages state equity participations across nine strategic sectors including shipbuilding, postal services, energy, and defense technology.
Ownership category
akta.pro rank

Sociedad Estatal de Participaciones Industriales industry classification

Industry
Product category
State-Owned Industrial Holding
NAICS
Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage (5231)
SIC
Services-Membership Organizations (8600)
akta.pro industry
PRIMARYBPAHADAL
Post-Merger Integration (PMI) & Separation Management
SECONDARYBPADANAB
Technical Committees, Working Groups & Expert Panels
Business & Public Services/International Organizations & Development/International Standards, Policy & Regulatory Cooperation

Keywords

  • State-owned holding
  • Industrial participations
  • Portfolio management
  • Strategic industries
  • Public enterprise

Where Sociedad Estatal de Participaciones Industriales is headquartered

Location

Headquarters

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Madrid
HQ country
Spain
HQ region
Europe

Markets served

Sociedad Estatal de Participaciones Industriales business model

Business model
GTM type
B2B
Offering type
Services
Cost components
Personnel, Operations, Others

Sociedad Estatal de Participaciones Industriales product offering

Product offering

Core offering

Sociedad Estatal de Participaciones Industriales (SEPI) is a Spanish state-owned industrial holding company that holds controlling or significant minority stakes in Spanish industrial companies across ten sectors including shipbuilding, postal services, energy, environmental and agricultural services, food distribution, communication, business promotion, financial services, and leisure and sports. The company manages its business participations to generate returns while orienting all actions toward the public interest, contributing to Spain's economic and social development.

Product overview

Sociedad Estatal de Participaciones Industriales (SEPI) is a state-owned industrial holding company that manages participations in Spanish companies across multiple sectors. Rather than offering a unified technology product or platform, SEPI operates as a portfolio holding entity. Its holdings span ten business sectors: Construcción Naval (shipbuilding, including NAVANTIA), Servicio Postal (postal services), Energía (energy), Ambiental y Agrario (environmental and agricultural, including TRAGSA Group), Distribución Alimentaria (food distribution), Comunicación (communication), Promoción Empresarial (business promotion), Financiero (financial), and Ocio y Deporte (leisure and sports). Additionally, SEPI operates the Fundación SEPI, which manages scholarship programs, and maintains a Transparency Portal for public accountability. The company does not develop or sell technology products directly.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

  • Construcción Naval (Shipbuilding Sector Holding)
  • Servicio Postal (Postal Services Holding)
  • Energía (Energy Sector Holding)
  • Ambiental y Agrario (Environmental and Agricultural Holding)
  • Distribución Alimentaria (Food Distribution Holding)
  • Comunicación (Communication Sector Holding)
  • Promoción Empresarial (Business Promotion Holding)
  • Financiero (Financial Sector Holding)
  • Ocio y Deporte (Leisure and Sports Holding)
  • Fundación SEPI
  • Portal de Transparencia (Transparency Portal)

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Ideal customer profiles1 record

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Sociedad Estatal de Participaciones Industriales partnerships and signals

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Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

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Strengths5 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

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Compliance1 record

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Subsidiaries1 record

Sociedad Estatal de Participaciones Industriales funding detail

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Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Sociedad Estatal de Participaciones Industriales M&A and investment

M&A and investment

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Investments1 record

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about Sociedad Estatal de Participaciones Industriales

What does Sociedad Estatal de Participaciones Industriales do?

Sociedad Estatal de Participaciones Industriales (SEPI) is a Spanish state-owned industrial holding company that holds controlling or significant minority stakes in Spanish industrial companies across ten sectors including shipbuilding, postal services, energy, environmental and agricultural services, food distribution, communication, business promotion, financial services, and leisure and sports. The company manages its business participations to generate returns while orienting all actions toward the public interest, contributing to Spain's economic and social development.

Is Sociedad Estatal de Participaciones Industriales a public or private company?

Sociedad Estatal de Participaciones Industriales is a private company. It is classified as state government owned and is currently operating.

When was Sociedad Estatal de Participaciones Industriales founded?

Sociedad Estatal de Participaciones Industriales was founded in 1995. It employs 251 to 500 people.

Where is Sociedad Estatal de Participaciones Industriales based?

Sociedad Estatal de Participaciones Industriales is headquartered in Madrid, Spain, in the Europe region.

Does Sociedad Estatal de Participaciones Industriales have an API?

No public API is recorded for Sociedad Estatal de Participaciones Industriales.

What industry is Sociedad Estatal de Participaciones Industriales in?

Sociedad Estatal de Participaciones Industriales's product category is State-Owned Industrial Holding. Its primary akta.pro industry code is BPAHADAL, Post-Merger Integration (PMI) & Separation Management, with a secondary code of BPADANAB, Technical Committees, Working Groups & Expert Panels. Its NAICS code is 5231 and its SIC code is 8600.

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