COESI Business Services Center

What COESI Business Services Center does

COESI Business Services Center operates in the financial services industry. COESI Business Services Center organizes seminars for in-depth study and is a point of reference for social project design, training, and business development. COESI Business Services Center also offers technical services and is involved in the registration and maintenance of Regional Social Cooperatives. Additionally, the COESI Business Services Center provides payroll processing services.

Name

COESI Business Services Center

Legal name

CENTRO SERVIZI AZIENDALI COESI SOC. COOP. IMPRESA SOCIALE

Website

https://www.coesi.coop

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

COESI Business Services Center provides accounting, management consulting, training, administrative, and financial services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Bergamo

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Professional Consulting Services: Integrated consulting services for Third Sector organizations including accounting, corporate secretarial, labor relations, compliance, financial services, and specialist consulting. Revenue generated through service fees for bespoke consulting engagements.
2. Training and Professional Development: Accredited training services (catalog and customized) for workplace safety, compliance, professional development, and ECM (Continuing Medical Education). Delivered both in-person and via MysCool e-learning platform.
3. Funded Project Design Services: Assistance with identifying and accessing public and private funding opportunities, including project writing, management and reporting for local, national and European grants.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

CSA Coesi is a cooperative business services center that delivers integrated administrative, fiscal, legal, labor, compliance, training, and funded-project consulting to cooperatives, social enterprises, associations, foundations, and other Third Sector organizations in Italy. It combines traditional professional consulting with proprietary digital tools (MysCool e-learning and SEGNALO whistleblowing platform) and operates under Confcooperative Bergamo affiliation.

Product overview

CSA Coesi operates as a Centro Servizi Aziendali (Business Services Center) providing integrated services and consulting for the cooperative sector and Third Sector organizations. The portfolio consists of core professional services including accounting and tax services, corporate secretarial support, labor relations and union consulting, funded project design assistance, corporate compliance services (workplace safety and data protection), and financial services with subsidized financing options. Supporting these core offerings are specialized consulting, professional training and development, and ECM (Continuing Medical Education) accreditation for healthcare. The MysCool e-learning platform enables digital course delivery, while the SEGNALO whistleblowing channel provides compliance reporting. A social and sustainability reporting service rounds out the portfolio for ESG-conscious organizations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• MysCool: Online learning portal and e-learning platform offered by CSA Coesi to its clients for training and professional development.

Products and services

• Accounting and Tax Services (Servizi contabili e fiscali) General and analytical accounting and tax services for cooperatives, associations, foundations, social enterprises, and other Third Sector organizations.
• Corporate Secretarial Services (Segreteria societaria) Consulting and support for company constitution and ongoing corporate secretarial functions for cooperatives and Third Sector entities.
• Labor Relations and HR Consulting (Area lavoro e Consulenza sindacale) Staff management, payroll administration, and labor/union relations consulting for cooperatives and Third Sector organizations.
• Funded Project Design (Progettazione finanziata) Information and advisory services for public and private funding calls, including project design, management and reporting support for local, national and European grants.
• Corporate Compliance Services (Servizi di Compliance Aziendale) Workplace safety, data management, and risk assessment services to support regulatory compliance for client organizations.
• Financial Services and Subsidized Finance (Servizi finanziari e finanza agevolata) Preferential banking agreements and financial assistance for cooperative and Third Sector organizations, leveraging partnership with BCC Bergamasca e Orobica.
• Specialist Consulting (Consulenze specialistiche) Statutory compliance verification and specialized legal consulting services for cooperatives and Third Sector entities.
• Professional Training and Development (Formazione e aggiornamento professionale) Catalog and customized training programs covering workplace safety, compliance, professional development, and training needs analysis, delivered in person and via the MysCool e-learning platform.
• ECM Continuing Medical Education Training Accredited continuing medical education (ECM) training for healthcare professionals, including customized training pathways for health professions.
• MysCool E-Learning Platform Standalone e-learning portal offering online courses with credentialed access for enrolled participants, supporting self-paced professional training.
• Social and Sustainability Reporting (Bilancio Sociale e di Sostenibilità) Social and sustainability reporting services, including ESG rating assessment and preparation of the sustainability balance sheet for cooperatives and Third Sector organizations.

Quantifiable outcome

• 791 disadvantaged persons integrated into employment through participating cooperatives in 2024
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• BCC Bergamasca e Orobica (Banca di Credito Cooperativo)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 May 2026Banking partnership providing preferential conditions on financial services, current accounts, and financing for CSA Coesi clients. The agreement strengthens collaboration between two locally rooted organizations committed to supporting cooperatives, consortiums and Third Sector entities.
• CAF ACLIminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 18 February 2026Fiscal services convention allowing employees and collaborators of CSA Coesi client cooperatives and associations to access ACLI tax services at preferential rates.
• SKIFT Project Consortium (EU Commission)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2024European Commission co-financed project (SKIFT - from Danish word for 'change') bringing together partners from Denmark, Poland and Italy to help micro and small cooperative enterprises transition to ecological sustainability through free coaching and grants.
• Confcooperative BergamocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCSA Coesi is the Centro Servizi (Service Center) affiliated with Confcooperative Bergamo. The partnership provides access to the cooperative network ecosystem and enables referral relationships with member cooperatives. CSA Coesi co-develops initiatives with Confcooperative including Serassi 5 facility and sustainability programs.
• Università degli Studi di BergamocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partnership for research-action on ESG indicators specific to cooperative identity. Jointly developed voluntary ESG indicators integrated into the Open-es platform. Also collaborated on Master in Welfare Management e Innovazione Sociale and student projects.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• CGM - Consorzio Nazionale Gino Mattarelli: Italy's largest consortium of social cooperatives and social enterprises. CGM directly competes with CSA Coesi in providing integrated services (administrative, fiscal, project design) to the Italian Third Sector, particularly social cooperatives, and operates at national scale where CSA Coesi is regional.
• Confcooperative Servizi (Confcooperative Nazionale): National services arm of the same Confcooperative network to which CSA Coesi is affiliated. Confcooperative Servizi coordinates and may deliver similar integrated services to member cooperatives, making it the closest network-level peer and potential internal competitor.
• Legacoop Servizi: Services arm of Legacoop, Italy's other major cooperative association. Provides consulting, training, and administrative services to Legacoop member cooperatives, serving the same Third Sector client base from a different association affiliation.
• AGCI Servizi: General Italian Cooperative Association (AGCI) and its affiliated service organizations. Provides cooperative-specific accounting, legal, and consulting services to AGCI-affiliated cooperatives, paralleling CSA Coesi's role within the Confcooperative ecosystem.
• Federsolidarietà: National federation of social cooperatives affiliated with Legacoop. Provides advocacy, training, and project-design services to Italian social cooperatives (Tipo A and Tipo B), overlapping with CSA Coesi's workplace-integration and VALORIS-type impact-measurement work.

Broad incumbents

• Confindustria Bergamo: Bergamo's principal industrial association, providing a broader portfolio of services (consulting, training, representation) to a wider industrial base. While not cooperative-focused, it competes for the same Bergamo-area client relationships and offers overlapping training and consulting capabilities.
• Confesercenti Servizi: Services arm of Confesercenti, providing accounting, tax, and consulting services to member enterprises. While oriented to retail/commercial rather than cooperative clients, the operating model of integrated professional services to association members is structurally analogous.

Others

• BCC Bergamasca e Orobica: Cooperative bank partner that offers preferential conditions to CSA Coesi clients. While a partner rather than competitor, BCC is part of the same cooperative ecosystem and could in theory extend into adjacent administrative services, making it a strategically adjacent player.
• Open-es: Sustainability assessment platform integrating CSA Coesi's voluntary cooperative ESG indicators. Functions as an ecosystem partner rather than direct competitor, but as ESG measurement scales, Open-es and adjacent platform providers represent both a distribution channel and a potential source of disintermediation.

Emerging players

• Fondazione Triulza: Milan-based foundation aggregating Italian Third Sector entities for project design, EU funding access, and impact measurement. Operates in adjacent geographic territory (Lombardy) with overlapping funded-project and ESG positioning, making it a credible emerging peer.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/csa-coesi

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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