Solidança

What Solidança does

Solidança (Fundació Solidança) is a Catalonia-based non-profit social entity founded in 1997 that operates a vertically integrated circular-textiles business in service of socio-labor insertion for vulnerable populations. The organization collects used textiles through an orange-container network deployed across 103 municipalities in Catalonia, then sorts, grades, and prepares garments for reuse, channeling suitable items through its own retail network (17+ second-hand stores operating under the Roba Amiga brand) and a curated vintage concept (CIRCULAR Second Hand). Unsuitable items are recovered for recycling or downcycled through programs such as ReparaTruck and Didaltruck, which extend the model into mobile repair and tailoring services. The organization served more than 800 people through insertion programs (Treballa't, Incorpora) and processed approximately 5.8 million kilograms of textile in 2025.

The business model combines three revenue streams: (1) municipal service contracts for textile collection and management, paid by 103 Catalan municipalities plus the Madrid-region operation acquired via Recumadrid in 2023; (2) retail revenue from Roba Amiga and CIRCULAR stores, including a planned Solidança Circular opening in Viladecans in June 2026; and (3) grants and program funding tied to social-employment outcomes. Operationally, the group structure spans Solidança Treball EI SLU (the operating arm), ADAD L'Encant Girona EI SLU, Recumadrid EI SLU (Madrid), EcoInserta, and Associació Solidança, with a headquarters in Sant Joan Despí and a workforce of 51-100 employees.

The company's strategic positioning blends regulatory anticipation (participation in the RE-VISTE pilot in Rubí, 2026; alignment with EU and Spanish textile EPR trajectories) with institutional recognition, including the Creu de Sant Jordi distinction (2023/2024). Recent moves indicate a shift from pure volume collection toward a higher-margin retail and reuse-services model while extending the social-employment mandate beyond Catalonia into Madrid.

Name

Solidança

Legal name

Solidança Treball, Empresa d'Inserció, SL

Website

https://solidanca.cat

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Solidança is a Catalonia-based non-profit that collects, sorts, and resells used textiles across 103 municipalities and 17+ retail stores, using the operation to deliver socio-labor insertion programs for vulnerable populations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Circular Economy and Social Insertion Services

NAICS

Materials Recovery Facilities (56292), Solid Waste Collection (562111)

SIC

Refuse Systems (4953)

akta.pro primary industry

Reuse & Resale / Recommerce Operations (EUAIANAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Donation, Resale & Textile Recycling Coordination (HSAFABAI), Textile & Apparel Sorting/Recovery Facilities (EUAIADAJ)

Keywords

• Textile waste management
• Social labor insertion
• Second-hand retail
• Circular economy services
• Municipal waste collection

Headquarters

HQ city

Sant Just Desvern

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices19 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Retail Sales of Second-Hand Products: Revenue from selling reused textiles, furniture, appliances, and other second-hand products through a network of 17+ physical stores and an online platform (circularsecondhand.org). The sale of second-hand clothing and goods provides sustainable economic support for social projects.
2. Municipal Service Contracts: Contracts with local governments (municipalities) for textile waste collection services, waste facility management, and environmental education programs. Services include managing orange containers, collection points, and waste sorting facilities.
3. Social Inclusion Services: Programs funded by public administration for insertion pathways and vocational training for people at risk of social exclusion. Includes programs like Treballa't, Incorpora, MAIS, and Treball i Formació ESAL.
4. Recumadrid Operations: Textile collection services in Madrid region through 55 containers across 5 municipalities, generating revenue from material recovery and reuse sales.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Solidança operates an integrated circular-economy platform that collects used textiles through orange containers across 103 municipalities, sorts and prepares them for reuse at its Preparation for Reuse plant in Sant Just Desvern, and sells the recovered clothing, furniture, and appliances through a network of 17+ second-hand retail stores and an online store. Revenues from retail and municipal waste-management contracts fund socio-labor insertion programs (Treballa't, Incorpora) and vocational training for people in vulnerable situations.

Product overview

Solidança is a social enterprise (Fundació Solidança) operating a network of 17 second-hand retail stores across Catalonia under the Solidança / Roba Amiga brand, focused on textile waste management and social inclusion. The core offering includes the Roba Amiga Program (Catalonia's leading textile collection and reuse system), complemented by physical stores (La Nau, CIRCULAR Second Hand, and location-specific outlets), a network of third-generation waste facilities, and environmental education services including ReparaTruck, Didaltruck, and the Cercle Zero activity portal. The portfolio extends to social programs (Treballa't, Incorpora), periodic markets (Mercats Circulars, Showroom de Núvies), and regional operations in Madrid through Recumadrid. Products range from second-hand clothing and accessories to restored furniture and appliances, all supporting socio-labor insertion for people in vulnerable situations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Roba Amiga: Textile collection and management program, leader in Catalonia since 2002, collecting clothing through orange containers across municipalities.
• ReparaTruck
• Cercle Zero

Products and services

• Solidança / Roba Amiga Second-hand Retail Network

Quantifiable outcome

• 5.8 million kg of textile collected in 2025
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Ajuntament de ViladecanscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 202615+ year partnership for waste facility management (deixalleria), second-hand shops (Els Encants, Solidança Circular), bulky waste collection, and environmental sensitization. Includes repair services (Viladecans Repara) and educational programs.
• Ajuntament de RubícoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Participates in state pilot project (RE-VISTE) for new textile and footwear collection model, together with Consorci per a la Gestió de Residus del Vallès Occidental, Agència de Residus de Catalunya, and other entities.
• CIRE (Centro de Iniciativas para la Reinserción)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Collaboration to facilitate digital training access for young people in the Youth Penitentiary Center.
• FEICAT - Empreses d'Inserció de CatalunyaminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2026FEICAT is the federation of insertion enterprises in Catalonia. Solidança participates in FEICAT initiatives including the 'Molt més que bona feina' audiovisual spot promoting insertion enterprises.
• Fundació Social ÀureaminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Collaboration for food and goods distribution to people in vulnerable situations, consolidating social work impact.
• Ajuntament de Sant Joan DespícoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Long-standing municipal partnership for waste management, social insertion, and environmental education. Solidança operates the Fontsanta waste facility, manages orange containers, and provides insertion services. In 2025, 16 people were inserted into the labor market and 60,000 kg of textile was collected.
• J.Mata Gestió i Transport de ResidusminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Key business partner supporting insertion projects in 2025 through waste management collaboration.
• Agència de Residus de CatalunyacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Government agency supporting Solidança projects through funding and recognition. Supported Viladecans store opening and various waste management initiatives.
• Consorci per a la Gestió de Residus del Vallès OccidentalminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Consortium collaborating in the RE-VISTE pilot project for new textile collection models in Rubí.
• RecumadridcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Part of Fundació Solidança group since 2023, operating textile collection in Madrid region through 55 containers across 5 municipalities. Collected 2,336 tonnes of textile and created 10 insertion jobs in 2025.
• ADAD L'Encant GironacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Part of Solidança group, operating second-hand shops in Salt and Girona (L'Encant de Salt, Girona Centro, Girona Nova). With 25+ years of trajectory, works to offer opportunities to people in vulnerable situations through waste management, training, and dignified employment.

Scale indicators16 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Cáritas Española: Cáritas is Spain's largest Catholic social services organization, with textile collection (Moda Re-) and second-hand store operations across Spain. While it is a much broader social services entity, its textile reuse program directly competes with Solidança for donated clothing and shares the social mission framing.

Direct peers

• Koopera: Koopera is a Spanish social enterprise network that combines textile and waste management with social labor insertion, operating regional insertion enterprises across several Spanish regions. It mirrors Solidança's dual mission of circular economy and social inclusion, with a similar operating model of collection, sorting, and resale.
• Humana Spain: Humana Spain is the largest textile collection and second-hand retail operator in Spain, collecting post-consumer textiles through container networks and selling via a chain of second-hand stores. It is the most direct comparable to Solidança's Roba Amiga program in scale, model, and target customer (municipalities and consumers), and competes for the same municipal contracts.
• Fundació Formació i Treball: Fundació Formació i Treball is a Catalan social insertion enterprise focused on labor insertion of vulnerable populations through waste management and circular economy activities. It operates in overlapping Catalan territory with similar programs (Treball, Formació, Inserció) and shares the same FEICAT federation affiliation as Solidança.
• El Reciclón: El Reciclón is a Spanish textile collection and reuse organization operating container networks and second-hand activities. It is comparable to Solidança's Roba Amiga program in its core textile collection and resale model, particularly in regions where both organizations compete for municipal contracts.
• Modareuse (Cáritas): Modareuse is Cáritas's dedicated textile reuse brand, combining collection and second-hand retail with social programs. It directly competes with Solidança's integrated collection-retail-insertion model and operates at a comparable scale across multiple Spanish regions.

Emerging players

• Wallapop: Wallapop is a major Spanish second-hand marketplace with strong presence in Catalonia, moving into fashion and circular categories. While it is a broader consumer-to-consumer platform, it competes for the same value-conscious and sustainability-minded Catalan consumers that Solidança's second-hand stores serve.
• Vinted: Vinted is a leading European C2C second-hand fashion marketplace that competes with Solidança's CIRCULAR Second Hand vintage store and online platform. While Vinted operates a pure marketplace model rather than municipal collection, it is reshaping consumer expectations for second-hand fashion resale and represents a structural competitive force for Solidança's retail operation.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/solidanca
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@solidanca
• Facebookfacebook.com/solidanca
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/solidanca-treball
• Instagraminstagram.com/solidanca_circular

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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