Sagales
Sagalés is a privately held Spanish passenger transport group, headquartered near Barcelona, operating urban, interurban, school, charter, and tourist bus services across Catalonia, the Balearic Islands, and the Basque Country, transporting over 38 million passengers per year via 800+ vehicles under more than 50 public concessions.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded1941
- HeadquartersMollet Del Vallès, Spain
- Headcount501–1,000
- GTM typeB2C
- OfferingServices
What Sagales does
Sagalés is a privately held, family-controlled Spanish passenger transport group headquartered in Mollet del Vallès (Barcelona), operating across Catalonia, the Balearic Islands, and the Basque Country. Its origins trace to 1641, when the Sagalés family began transporting farmers to market, with formal incorporation on 8 August 1941 after the Spanish Civil War. Today the group employs approximately 1,800 people and operates a fleet of more than 800 modern vehicles (all under three years old), transporting over 38 million passengers per year.
The company's core business is concession-based public road transport: it runs over 50 regular transport concessions and more than 320 school transport lines under contract with the Generalitat de Catalunya and municipal authorities. Beyond regulated services, Sagalés operates a diversified mobility portfolio including discretionary/charter coach hire (9 to 80 seats), airport transfers (Barcelona El Prat, Girona), tourist excursions and a travel agency (Viatges Plus, Turisbus), demand-responsive transport via the Sagalés On Demand platform and mobile app, sanitary transport (La Fuente), coastal maritime tourism (Dofi Jet Boats), bike sharing (Ibizi), and bus station management across six municipalities. Sub-brands run point-to-point urban services in Granollers (Transgran), Manresa (BusManresa), Vic (Urba de Vic), Lloret de Mar (LloretBus), Mallorca (Sagalés-Caldentey), and Dénia (BusDénia).
Revenue mechanics blend recurring, contract-based revenue (public service concessions, school contracts, subscription-based ATM integrated tickets such as T-usual and T-jove) with transactional flows (charter bookings, attraction shuttles like La Roca Village, on-demand reservations via app, and travel-agency packages). Go-to-market combines direct-to-consumer ticket sales (online, ticket offices, on-bus), an authorized reseller network, and enterprise sales for charter and public contracts. Pricing is primarily transaction-based with zone-based multi-trip tickets (S1-S6) and is fully digitized through an e-commerce platform accepting card, Bizum, Google Pay, and Apple Pay. Distribution is concentrated in Catalonia and the Balearic Islands, with recent expansion into Bilbao (Basque Country) and Dénia (Valencia) reflecting an active but regionally focused growth agenda.
Sagales firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Sagales
- Legal name
- Sagales
- Website
- https://sagales.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 1941
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 501–1,000 employees
- Short description
- Sagalés is a privately held Spanish passenger transport group, headquartered near Barcelona, operating urban, interurban, school, charter, and tourist bus services across Catalonia, the Balearic Islands, and the Basque Country, transporting over 38 million passengers per year via 800+ vehicles under more than 50 public concessions.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Sagales industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Public Ground Passenger Transportation
- NAICS
- Charter Bus Industry (4855), Charter Bus Industry (485510), Interurban and Rural Bus Transportation (48521), Scenic and Sightseeing Transportation, Land (48711), Tour Operators (561520)
- SIC
- Local & Suburban Transit & Interurban Hwy Passenger Trans (4100)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Coach & Bus Charter Fleet Rental (With/Without Driver) (TLABADAE)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- Tour Bus Leasing/Rental (Sightseeing) (TLABADAK), Escorted Coach & Bus Package Tour Operators (THAKADAA), Multi-Country/Regional Circuit Tour Operators (THAKADAK)
Keywords
Where Sagales is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Mollet Del Vallès
- HQ country
- Spain
- HQ region
- Europe
Offices9 records
Markets served
Sagales business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2C
- Offering type
- Services
- Cost components
- Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales
Revenue model
- Regular Public Transport Services: Core revenue from managing over 50 regular transport concessions including urban, interurban, express, and night routes across Catalonia, serving millions of passengers annually.
- School Transport: Contracts for school transport services managing over 320 school transport lines throughout Catalonia.
- Discretionary/Charter Services: Custom transport services for groups, businesses, associations, educational centers, and tour operators, ranging from day trips to long-distance European circuits.
- Tourism and Excursions: Design and commercialization of tourist routes and day trips through Viatges Plus travel agency, including ski trips, museum visits, and shopping routes.
- Airport Transfer Services: Transport services connecting airports (Barcelona El Prat, Girona) with various destinations in Catalonia.
- Health Transport Services: Medical/health transport services operated through La Fuente brand.
- Maritime Tourism: Coastal maritime tourist transport operated through Dofi Jet Boats brand along the Costa Brava.
- Bike Sharing Management: Public bicycle sharing contracts management including services in Eivissa through Ibizi brand.
- Bus Station Management: Operation and management of bus stations in Sant Antoni de Portmany, Eivissa, Vic, Manresa, Granollers, and Caldes de Montbui.
- Workshop and Maintenance Services: Own maintenance workshops providing 24-hour technical assistance for the vehicle fleet throughout the year.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Transaction based/ take rate | Pay-as-you-go | La Roca del Vallès Shopping Bus - Round trip from Barcelona |
| Transaction based/ take rate | Pay-as-you-go | Sitges Beach Bus - Manresa/Igualada to Sitges |
| Transaction based/ take rate | Pay-as-you-go | Zone-based 10-trip tickets (S1-S6) |
| Transaction based/ take rate | Pay-as-you-go | Senior 10-trip ticket (Dsenior) |
| Transaction based/ take rate | Pay-as-you-go | Barcelona-Girona Airport routes |
| Transaction based/ take rate | Pay-as-you-go | T-10/120 multi-trip tickets |
| Subscription | Monthly | ATM integrated tickets (T-casual, T-usual, T-jove) |
| Transaction based/ take rate | Pay-as-you-go | Circuit de Catalunya Special Service |
Go-to-market motion3 records
Distribution channels8 records
Marketing channels8 records
Sagales product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Sagalés is a Spanish ground transportation operator that runs urban, interurban, express, and night public bus routes across Catalonia, the Balearic Islands, and the Basque Country via 50+ concessions and 320+ school transport lines using a modern 800+ vehicle fleet. In addition to scheduled public services, the company provides charter/discretionary coach hire, airport transfers, school transport, tourism excursions, on-demand responsive transport, health transport, maritime tourism, bike sharing, and bus station management through multiple wholly-owned sub-brands. Distribution combines physical ticket offices, on-bus purchase, an online ticketing platform, a mobile on-demand app, and authorized reseller and travel-agency networks.
Product overview
Sagalés operates as an integrated transportation services company with a diversified portfolio of mobility solutions. The core offering includes regular public bus routes (urban, interurban, express, and night lines), demand-responsive transport through Sagalés On Demand platform, and discretionary/charter coach hire services. The company provides specialized services including airport transfers, tourism excursions (Turisbus), and shopping shuttles. Sagalés manages multiple sub-brands across Catalonia, the Balearic Islands, and Basque Country: Transgran (Granollers), BusManresa (Manresa), Urba de Vic (Vic), LloretBus (Lloret de Mar), Sagalés-Caldentey (Mallorca), and others. Additional services include medical transport (La Fuente), maritime tourism (Dofi Jet Boats), bike sharing (Ibizi), and travel agency services (Viatges Plus). The company also operates bus stations and provides maintenance services for its fleet of over 800 vehicles.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- Viatges Plus: Travel agency and tourism packages (tourist outings and packages)
- La Fuente
- Dofi Jet Boats
- Ibizi
- Transgran
- Sagalés-Caldentey
- BusManresa
- Urbà de Vic
- LloretBus
- Sagalés On Demand
- Sagalés Airport Line
- BusDénia
- Turisbus
Products and services
- Sagalés Regular Routes Network of urban, interurban, express, and night bus lines operating over 250 routes across Catalonia, primarily in Vallès Oriental, Osona, Bages, and Costa lines, carrying 38+ million passengers annually as a scheduled public transport service.
- Sagalés On Demand Technology-enabled demand-responsive transport platform for pre-booked services in areas with dispersed populations, with flexible routing based on user needs. Available to individual passengers through a self-service web and mobile platform.
- Sagalés Discretionary Service (Charter Coach Hire) Charter and private coach hire service for groups, businesses, associations, educational centers, and tour operators, ranging from day trips to long-distance European circuits, with vehicles from 9 to 80 seats.
- Sagalés Airport Line Airport transfer services connecting Barcelona El Prat and Girona airports with destinations in Catalonia, including direct routes and multi-zone tickets such as Barcelona-Girona-UAB.
- School Transport Services Daily student and staff transport for schools, institutes, and educational centers, plus organized school excursions, managed across 320+ school transport lines throughout Catalonia.
- Viatges Plus Travel Agency Travel agency sub-brand designing and marketing tourist routes, day trips, ski excursions, museum visits, and shopping trips throughout Catalonia, sold to individual travelers, groups, and tour operators.
- Turisbus Tourism and Excursions Sub-brand offering tourism excursions and day trips to major attractions including PortAventura World, Water World, and Marineland, available to individual travelers and groups.
- Sagalés Shopping Bus Direct shuttle service from Barcelona (Estació del Nord) to La Roca Village, Mango Outlet, and Nike Factory Store with daily departures and free Wi-Fi for individual shoppers and tourist groups.
- La Fuente Health Transport Medical and sanitary transport sub-brand providing patient transport services to hospitals, clinics, and healthcare facilities for medical appointments and hospital transfers.
- Dofi Jet Boats Maritime Tourism Coastal maritime tourist transport sub-brand operating boat services along the Costa Brava for individual tourists and groups.
- Ibizi Bike Sharing Public bicycle sharing sub-brand operating a private shared bike service in Eivissa (Ibiza) under public bike sharing contracts for individual users and tourists.
- Transgran Urban Transport Urban bus transport sub-brand operating public transport services in the Granollers conurbation for individual commuters.
- BusManresa Urban Transport Urban bus transport sub-brand operating local routes in the city of Manresa for individual commuters.
- Urba de Vic Urban Transport Urban bus transport sub-brand operating local routes in the city of Vic (Osona region) for individual commuters.
- LloretBus Urban Transport Urban bus transport sub-brand operating local routes in Lloret de Mar (Costa Brava tourist destination) for commuters and tourists.
- Sagalés-Caldentey Interurban Mallorca Interurban bus transport sub-brand operating routes on Mallorca across Llevant and Migjorn zones for commuters and travelers.
- BusDénia Urban Bus Service Urban bus service recently launched in Dénia with 5 lines, operating sustainable buses and providing free service during the launch month to commuters and residents.
- Bus Station Management Services Operation and management of six bus stations in Sant Antoni de Portmany, Eivissa, Vic, Manresa, Granollers, and Caldes de Montbui, delivered as a managed service for public administrations and transport operators.
Quantifiable outcome
- 38+ million passengers transported annually
- +3 more outcomes
Companies that use Sagales
Customer profileNamed customers6 records
Segments6 records
Ideal customer profiles5 records
Sagales technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed No
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Feature5 records
Sagales partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
13 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.
- Eix-BuscoreEix-Bus is a cooperative of bus companies operating interurban routes across Catalonia, providing coordinated regional transport services. Sagales participates as a member of this network.
- Exprés.catcoreExprés.cat is the express bus service network of the Government of Catalonia's public transport system. Sagales operates multiple express routes under this brand.
- RyanairminorPartnership for airport transfer services providing bus connections to/from Ryanair flight destinations at Barcelona and Girona airports.
- Bages ExprésLocal express service brand for the Bages region connecting Manresa and surrounding municipalities.
- Viatges PluscoreViatges Plus is Sagales' own travel agency brand specializing in package holidays, day trips, and tourist excursions throughout the region.
- TransgrancoreSubsidiary brand for public transport in the Granollers conurbation, managing urban bus services in the area.
- BusManresacoreSubsidiary brand for urban transport in Manresa city, operating local bus routes.
- Urbà de ViccoreSubsidiary brand for urban transport in Vic city, operating local bus routes in the Osona region.
- LloretBuscoreSubsidiary brand for urban transport in Lloret de Mar, serving the Costa Brava tourist destination.
- Sagalés CaldenteycoreSubsidiary brand for interurban transport on Mallorca island, operating routes in the Llevant and Migjorn zones.
- La FuenteminorSubsidiary brand for health transport services, providing medical patient transportation.
- Dofi Jet BoatsminorSubsidiary brand for coastal maritime tourist transport along the Costa Brava.
- IbiziminorSubsidiary brand for public bike sharing service in Eivissa.
Scale indicators7 records
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights5 records
Sagales competitors and assessment
Company assessmentEmerging players
- FlixBus: FlixBus is a fast-growing European long-distance bus-tech platform connecting passengers with operating partners. It is comparable to Sagalés on the interurban and express-route layer in Spain (Exprés.cat-style services) and represents the new model of asset-light, network-led competition.
Direct peers
- ALSA (National Express Group): ALSA is Spain's largest passenger road-transport operator, providing regular long-distance, regional, urban and charter bus services across the country. It directly overlaps with Sagalés in interurban Catalonia routes, charter services and tourist excursions, competing head-to-head for similar concession-based contracts.
- Monbus: Monbus is a Spanish group operating regular and discretionary bus services across multiple autonomous communities, with growing presence in Catalonia and the Balearics. It is comparable to Sagalés on multi-region regular service, school transport and coach-hire offerings, directly contesting regional concessions.
- Moventis (formerly TUSGSAL): Moventis operates urban and interurban bus services in the Barcelona metropolitan area and broader Catalonia. It is a direct regional competitor to Sagalés' Transgran, BusManresa and Urbà de Vic subsidiaries for municipal concessions and feeder routes.
- Avanza (Grupo Avanza): Avanza operates urban, interurban and metropolitan bus services across Spain, including Catalonia and the Balearics. Its mix of contracted public services and discretionary charter mirrors Sagalés' business model and customer segments.
Broad incumbents
- National Express Group: National Express is a large international bus and coach operator and parent of ALSA, operating scheduled, charter and school transport across multiple countries. It is comparable to Sagalés on portfolio breadth (urban, long-distance, charter, school) and as the institutional owner of its closest Spanish competitor.
- First Bus (FirstGroup): First Bus is one of the UK's largest bus operators running urban, regional and school services under public concession. It mirrors Sagalés' model of concession-driven recurring revenue, school transport contracts and fleet-led operations.
- Stagecoach Group: Stagecoach is a large UK-listed bus and coach operator running regional, urban and charter services. It is comparable to Sagalés on multi-region regular services, school transport and coach-hire segments, providing a benchmark for a diversified, regulated-concession bus operator.
- ComfortDelGro Transit: ComfortDelGro is a global multi-modal public transport operator including scheduled bus, coach and charter services across multiple geographies. It is comparable to Sagalés on the regulated public-transit, charter and tour-services mix and as a benchmark for fleet-and-driver-heavy operating models.
Regional players
- Empresa Llobregat (TMB group operators): Empresa Llobregat operates concession bus lines in the Barcelona metropolitan area as part of the TMB public transport ecosystem. It is comparable to Sagalés on concession-based urban and interurban services in Catalonia, though operating under a different public-ownership model.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat5 records
Key highlights11 records
Customer concentration
Sagales social profiles
Digital presenceSagales compliance and trust
Trust signalCompliance10 records
Sagales financial estimates
Financial estimateRevenue estimate
Valuation estimate
Sagales leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles1 record
Sagales subsidiaries and ownership
Company hierarchySubsidiaries9 records
Sagales funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds
Investors
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Sagales M&A and investment
M&A and investmentM&A
Investments
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Frequently asked questions about Sagales
What does Sagales do?
Sagalés is a Spanish ground transportation operator that runs urban, interurban, express, and night public bus routes across Catalonia, the Balearic Islands, and the Basque Country via 50+ concessions and 320+ school transport lines using a modern 800+ vehicle fleet. In addition to scheduled public services, the company provides charter/discretionary coach hire, airport transfers, school transport, tourism excursions, on-demand responsive transport, health transport, maritime tourism, bike sharing, and bus station management through multiple wholly-owned sub-brands. Distribution combines physical ticket offices, on-bus purchase, an online ticketing platform, a mobile on-demand app, and authorized reseller and travel-agency networks.
Is Sagales a public or private company?
Sagales is a private company. It is classified as family owned and is currently operating.
When was Sagales founded?
Sagales was founded in 1941. It employs 501 to 1,000 people.
Where is Sagales based?
Sagales is headquartered in Mollet Del Vallès, Spain, in the Europe region.
How does Sagales make money?
Ten revenue lines are on record. Regular Public Transport Services are the primary driver. The others are school Transport, discretionary/Charter Services, tourism and Excursions, airport Transfer Services, health Transport Services, maritime Tourism, bike Sharing Management, bus Station Management and workshop and Maintenance Services.
Who are Sagales's main competitors?
FlixBus is listed as an emerging player. Direct peers are ALSA (National Express Group), Monbus, Moventis (formerly TUSGSAL) and Avanza (Grupo Avanza). Broad incumbents are National Express Group, First Bus (FirstGroup), Stagecoach Group and ComfortDelGro Transit. Empresa Llobregat (TMB group operators) is listed as a regional player.
Does Sagales have an API?
No public API is recorded for Sagales.
What industry is Sagales in?
Sagales's product category is Public Ground Passenger Transportation. Its primary akta.pro industry code is TLABADAE, Coach & Bus Charter Fleet Rental (With/Without Driver), with a secondary code of TLABADAK, Tour Bus Leasing/Rental (Sightseeing). Its NAICS code is 4855 and its SIC code is 4100.