CONPYMES

What CONPYMES does

CONPYMES (Confederación Nacional de Pymes) is a Spanish nonprofit employers' confederation founded in 2021 and headquartered in Madrid at C/ Alejandro Ferrant 3, 28045-Madrid. It functions as a federation of approximately 45 member associations and federations that collectively represent more than 2.1 million Spanish SMEs and autónomos (self-employed workers), including over 12,000 companies in the Valencian Community covering 75% of that region's economic sectors. Its core mission is to secure formal, independent representation of SMEs and autónomos in Spain's social dialogue institutions — historically dominated by the CEOE-CEPYME duopoly — through litigation, lobbying, and direct engagement with ministries, the Spanish Parliament, EU bodies, and regional governments.

The confederation's service portfolio for its member associations is built primarily around advocacy and intermediation rather than proprietary technology. Functional offerings include (1) collective representation and lobbying on fiscal, labor, late-payment (morosidad), energy-cost, and public procurement issues; (2) legal consultancy (including a free service launched during the COVID-19 emergency); (3) competency accreditation support with the Comunidad de Madrid; (4) preferential financing and banking services through a partnership with Banco Sabadell; (5) private banking and wealth-management services through a collaboration agreement with Singular Bank; (6) insurance brokerage access through a partnership with Cobertis (110 carriers); and (7) international business development missions, including the planned 2026 Spain-China mission and a 2025 delegation to Israel with the Israel Export Institute. A planned collaboration with Germany's Fraunhofer IAIS has been announced for AI knowledge transfer to member SMEs. No proprietary software products, APIs, or technology platforms are disclosed.

CONPYMES is funded through recurring membership dues paid by its affiliated associations; no end-customer pricing is publicly disclosed, and no external funding rounds, private-equity ownership, or parent company have been identified. It is led by President José María Torres, re-elected in March 2026 for a four-year term, with a Board of Directors expanded in 2026 to include representatives of QUIMELTIA, SINCRO, SOS Hostelería, Unió Gremial, and FOESC. Its strategic position has been materially strengthened by 2026 Supreme Court rulings (Sentences 606/2026, 625/2026, 661/2026) that declared illegal the simultaneous presence of CEOE and CEPYME in government bodies, leading to CONPYMES's formal inclusion in the Consejo Estatal de la PYME and the Observatorio Estatal de la Morosidad Privada.

Name

CONPYMES

Legal name

Confederación Nacional de Pymes – CONPYMES

Website

https://conpymes.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

CONPYMES (Confederación Nacional de Pymes) is a Madrid-based nonprofit employers' confederation of approximately 45 Spanish SME and autónomo associations, collectively representing over 2.1 million businesses through advocacy, lobbying, legal consultancy, and partner-mediated financial and insurance services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Madrid

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership dues: CONPYMES operates as a national employers' confederation funded through membership fees paid by affiliated SME associations and autonomous worker organizations across Spain. Revenue is recurring through ongoing membership subscriptions.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

CONPYMES is a non-profit employers' confederation representing SMEs and self-employed workers in Spain. Its core activities include SME and autónomos advocacy and lobbying in social dialogue, participation in government advisory bodies, competency accreditation support with the Comunidad de Madrid, legal consultancy for members, and access to preferential financial and insurance services via partner banks and brokers.

Product overview

CONPYMES (Confederación Nacional de Pymes) is a national business association representing small and medium enterprises and self-employed workers in Spain. The organization operates as a federation of member associations rather than a software product company. Its service portfolio includes accreditation services with public administrations, financial partnerships with banks (Banco Sabadell, Singular Bank), insurance services through Cobertis, legal consulting, and international business development missions. The confederation also provides advocacy and representation services for SMEs in social dialogue and government negotiations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Acreditación de Competencias con la Comunidad de Madrid (Competency Accreditation with the Community of Madrid) Official support point helping members obtain professional competency accreditation with the Community of Madrid, requested through a website form for affiliated SME and autónomos associations.
• Convenio Banco Sabadell (Sabadell Financial Partnership) Collaboration agreement with Banco Sabadell (Sabadell Professional) providing CONPYMES members preferential financing and banking conditions accessed through any Banco Sabadell branch or via the dedicated phone line (900 500 170).
• Consultoría Legal (Legal Consultancy) Legal consulting services for CONPYMES members, including a free consultancy offering launched for SMEs and self-employed workers in difficulty during the COVID-19 emergency.
• Defensa de Intereses y Lobby Empresarial (SME Advocacy and Lobbying) Representation and defense of SME and autónomos interests in social dialogue, government negotiations, and institutional forums, including formal participation in bodies such as the Consejo Estatal de la PYME and the Observatorio Estatal de la Morosidad Privada.
• Encuentro Empresarial España-China 2026 (Spain-China Business Summit 2026) International business mission to China organized with the Federation of Chinese Associations in Spain, enabling SMEs to access the Chinese market with institutional support, understand local needs, and connect with strategic partners.
• Convenio Singular Bank (Singular Bank Private Banking Partnership) Private banking partnership with Singular Bank (largest independent private bank in Spain, €13 billion AUM, 17 offices) providing CONPYMES member associations and their members specialized financial advisory and exclusive products for family businesses and SMEs.
• Convenio Cobertis (Cobertis Insurance Partnership) Insurance brokerage partnership with Cobertis offering CONPYMES member associations and their SME/autónomo members personalized advisory and access to competitive insurance products across risk management and coverage.

Quantifiable outcome

• CONPYMES achieved formal participation in the Consejo Estatal de la PYME and the Observatorio Estatal de la Morosidad Privada, breaking CEOE-CEPYME's monopoly on SME representation in these government bodies.
• +1 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Federación Unión de Asociaciones Chinas en EspañacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026CONPYMES collaborates with the Federación Unión de Asociaciones Chinas en España to organize a Spain-China business mission (January 2026) aimed at strengthening business relations between both countries during the AI era. The mission aims to help Spanish SMEs access the Chinese market with institutional backing, understand local needs, and connect with potential strategic partners.
• Israel Export InstituteminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 November 2025CONPYMES planned a delegation to Israel (November 2025) and signed two agreements — one with the Israeli Government and another with the Israel Export Institute — to foster business relations between Spanish and Israeli SMEs, facilitating market access for Spanish companies.
• CobertisminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 30 November 2023Cobertis, an insurance brokerage operating nationally with over 21,000 clients and relationships with 110 insurance companies, signed an agreement with CONPYMES to offer specialized risk management and insurance services to member associations and their SME/autónomo members. The partnership provides personalized advisory and access to competitive insurance products.
• Banco SabadellcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerCONPYMES has a collaboration agreement with Banco Sabadell (Sabadell Professional) to offer preferential financial conditions to its members. Associated businesses can access financing and banking services at preferential rates through any Banco Sabadell branch or via their dedicated phone line (900 500 170). This partnership provides members with preferential financing options.
• Singular BankcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerCONPYMES signed a collaboration agreement with Singular Bank (the largest independent private bank in Spain, with €13 billion AUM and 17 offices) to offer specialized private banking and wealth management services to its member associations and their members. The agreement provides preferential financial advisory, products, and services tailored to family businesses and SMEs.
• Instituto Fraunhofer IAISminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCONPYMES planned to travel to Germany to establish strategic collaboration agreements in Artificial Intelligence with the Fraunhofer Institute for Intelligent Analysis and Information Systems (IAIS), headquartered in Sankt Augustin near Bonn. The aim is to strengthen the competitiveness of Spanish SMEs through AI knowledge transfer.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• CEPYME: CEPYME is the SME-focused arm of CEOE and the most direct peer in representing Spanish SMEs in social dialogue. CONPYMES explicitly competes with CEPYME to be the recognized voice for SMEs in government bodies.
• UATAE: UATAE is a Spanish federation of autónomos associations and entrepreneurs that, like CONPYMES, organizes self-employed workers into a representative body. Both compete for legitimacy in representing the autónomos segment.
• ATA (Asociación de Trabajadores Autónomos): ATA is Spain's leading association for self-employed workers, one of the two primary constituencies CONPYMES claims to represent. Both organizations lobby on autónomos' tax, social protection, and morosidad issues.
• UPTA (Unión de Profesionales y Trabajadores Autónomos): UPTA is another Spanish autónomos association competing for representation of the self-employed in social dialogue, overlapping directly with CONPYMES' primary segment.

Broad incumbents

• NFIB (National Federation of Independent Business): NFIB is the largest U.S. small-business advocacy association, providing a comparable model of independent SME lobbying and member services that parallels CONPYMES' positioning against larger business associations.
• CEOE: CEOE is the dominant Spanish employers' confederation representing large companies and SMEs through CEPYME. It is the primary incumbent that CONPYMES is positioning against in social dialogue and SME representation in Spain.
• Federation of Small Businesses (FSB): FSB is the UK's leading SME self-funding member association offering legal advice, financial services, and policy advocacy, structurally analogous to CONPYMES in mission and member-service model.
• SMEunited (formerly UEAPME): SMEunited is the European association of crafts, SMEs, and family businesses, providing the EU-level peer reference to which CONPYMES is positioning as Spain's national SME social partner.
• CPME (ex-CGPME): CPME is the French employers' confederation historically aligned with SMEs and mid-cap firms. It serves as a comparable European SME-representation body, mirroring CONPYMES' positioning in Spain.

Regional players

• Confesercenti: Confesercenti is Italy's confederation of small enterprises in commerce, tourism, and services, providing a cross-border SME-confederation reference model relevant to CONPYMES' sectoral federation approach.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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