Companhia de Restauro 21

Name

Companhia de Restauro 21

Legal name

Companhia de Restauro Séc. XXI

Website

https://co21.com.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Heritage Restoration and Conservation Services

akta.pro primary industry

Historic Preservation & Conservation Planning (BPAHAKAH)

Keywords

• Heritage restoration services
• Architectural conservation
• Preventive conservation
• Historical building restoration
• Cultural heritage preservation

Headquarters

HQ city

São Paulo

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Restoration Projects (Private): Direct restoration and conservation project contracts with private companies and property owners, including facade restoration, structural conservation, and historical monument preservation.
2. Restoration Projects (Public): Projects secured through public procurement (licitações, convites), government contracts, and regulatory settlements (TAC) for heritage preservation.
3. Cultural Incentive Projects: Projects funded through Brazilian cultural incentive laws (LIC – Lei de Incentivo à Cultura, ProAC, Pro-MAC), where private sponsors receive tax benefits in exchange for supporting heritage restoration.
4. Consulting Services: Technical consulting for conservation and restoration projects including documentation, diagnostics, chromatic and pictorial prospection, and technical reports for preservation bodies.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Companhia de Restauro 21 (CO.21) is a Brazilian heritage restoration and conservation firm founded in 1997 that delivers end-to-end architectural restoration, preventive conservation, technical consulting, design, surveys and diagnostics, regulatory approval, 3D laser scanning documentation, training, and research services for listed (tombado) and non-listed historical buildings and monuments. It primarily serves government bodies, private property owners, and corporate sponsors through direct contracts, public procurement, and cultural incentive law financing (LIC, ProAC, Pro-MAC), operating across Brazil with emphasis in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.

Product overview

Companhia de Restauro 21 (CO.21) operates as a services-based company rather than a unified software product. Its offering is organized around two core service lines — Restauro (restoration execution) and Conservação (preventive conservation) — supported by complementary modules including Consultoria, Projetos, Levantamentos e Diagnósticos, Aprovação nos Órgãos, Escaneamento Digital 3D, Capacitação, and Pesquisas. The company also offers financial viabilization services for heritage projects, leveraging cultural incentive laws (LIC, ProAC, Pro-MAC) and public funding mechanisms. The portfolio spans buildings, monuments, facades, clock towers, sculptures, and industrial heritage across São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Restoration Services (Restauro) Projects and execution of restoration works on historical buildings and monuments, covering initial study, preliminary design, basic and legal design, executive design, and technical detailing. For government bodies, private property owners, and corporate sponsors of heritage assets.
• Conservation Services (Conservação) Development of preventive conservation projects and plans aimed at preserving original characteristics of listed cultural heritage properties and reducing future restoration costs. For heritage property owners and preservation authorities.
• Consultancy Services (Consultoria) Technical consultancy for public bodies, companies, and heritage property owners, including preparation of conservation and restoration projects, monitoring of interventions, and technical reports for preservation authorities.
• Design and Planning Services (Projetos) Executive design projects including conservation plans, preventive conservation actions, and architectural restoration and intervention design from initial study through to execution.
• Survey and Diagnostic Services (Levantamentos e Diagnósticos) Historical and iconographic research, architectural analysis, metric-architectural survey, damage mapping, chromatic and pictorial prospecção, photographic documentation, and preservation guidelines for heritage assets.
• Regulatory Approval Services (Aprovação nos Órgãos) Preparation of executive and technical projects for approval by heritage preservation authorities (IPHAN, CONPRESP, DPH), including original condition analysis, conservation state diagnosis, photographic reports, and maintenance planning.
• 3D Laser Scanning of Heritage (Escaneamento Digital de Patrimônio Histórico) 3D laser scanner service that captures precise, detailed information for future restoration, expansion, or reconstruction of cultural heritage, delivering a digital 3D point cloud model for documentation and expert assessment.

Quantifiable outcome

• 23+ years operating in heritage preservation since 1997
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers19 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• STAN IncorporadoracoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint development partnership on heritage preservation projects including the Casarão da Rua Padre João Manuel com Alameda Santos project, awarded the 2018 Prêmio Master Imobiliário.
• Triptyque ArchitecturecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership on the Red Bull Station project, awarded the 2014 Prêmio Murillo Marx by São Paulo's Department of Historical Heritage.
• VEC EngenhariaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEngineering partner for Palácio dos Campos Elísios restoration project via LIC cultural incentive.
• Fundação Energia e SaneamentominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFoundation partner for Palácio dos Campos Elísios restoration project via LIC cultural incentive.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• AECOM: Global engineering and design firm with a heritage and cultural resources practice. Larger and broader portfolio, but competes for the same federal, corporate, and institutional heritage restoration commissions in Brazil and the wider region.
• Stantec: International design and engineering firm with a heritage services line including conservation planning, building surveying, and adaptive reuse. Competes for the same kind of institutional and corporate heritage commissions globally.
• WSP Global: Global engineering consultancy with cultural heritage and buildings-conservation practices. Provides adjacent professional services that overlap with CO.21's restoration, diagnostics, and conservation-planning offerings.

Others

• Getty Conservation Institute: Los Angeles-based research and training institute that advances conservation practice globally. Comparable as an adjacent ecosystem player influencing heritage-restoration standards CO.21 adheres to.
• International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS): International advisory NGO that sets heritage-conservation doctrine (the Venice Charter, etc.) and advises UNESCO. Relevant adjacent institution shaping the technical standards CO.21 applies in its restoration projects.
• World Monuments Fund: International nonprofit that funds and advocates for the preservation of imperiled heritage sites. Indirectly connected via the global heritage-preservation ecosystem in which CO.21's projects are positioned.
• National Trust for Historic Preservation: US-based nonprofit focused on saving historic places through advocacy, grants, and stewardship. Useful analog for the regulatory and funding ecosystem that surrounds heritage-restoration service providers.

Regional players

• Historic England: UK public body that combines heritage advisory, listing, conservation guidance, and grant-funding functions. Useful comparison for the regulatory-approval-plus-funding-viabilization model CO.21 operates with CONPRESP/IPHAN/LIC.

Direct peers

• Construtora Adolpho Lindenberg: São Paulo-based luxury developer with a long track record of high-end adaptive reuse of heritage buildings in the city. Overlaps with CO.21's premium São Paulo heritage client base and competes for similar trophy-asset restoration scopes.
• Concremat Engenharia: Major Brazilian engineering and construction group that performs heritage restoration and adaptive-reuse projects alongside its broader infrastructure portfolio. Most directly comparable Brazilian peer competing in similar licitações and corporate restoration tenders.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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