Cootrasana

What Cootrasana does

Cooperativa de Transportadores San Antonio (Cootrasana) is a Colombian transportation cooperative founded in 1954 and headquartered in San Antonio de Prado, Medellín, in the department of Antioquia. The cooperative operates licensed public terrestrial passenger transport services using a fleet with stated capacity of 236 vehicles, deployed across 19 routes in 5 municipalities, and staffed by approximately 600 collaborators. Its transport portfolio comprises four service types: collective public transport, special public transport, and feeder/integrator routes that connect secondary areas to main corridors, all delivered directly to end-users at fixed stops and routes.

Alongside its core transport operation, Cootrasana runs the Centro de Educación y Aprendizaje (CEA), a regulated driver training and licensing unit that delivers services across four license categories—A2 (motorcycle), B1 (private vehicle), C1 (public service and private vehicles), and C2 (bus)—together with complementary offerings including license renewal and recategorization, RUNT registration assistance, medical aptitude examinations, private practice sessions, duplicate licenses, and document changes. The CEA package typically bundles medical exams, theoretical hours, practical hours, and license issuance, with a modest discount available for obtaining two licenses.

Cootrasana earns revenue through fare collection on public transport routes (transaction-fee model) and through professional service fees for CEA licensing and training (professional services model). As a cooperative entity, it is owned and governed by its members rather than external shareholders, with no disclosed venture capital, private equity, or parent company involvement. Distribution is direct-to-consumer via fixed-route operations and company facilities; digital presence is limited to a basic company website with no app, API, or active social media profiles identified.

Name

Cootrasana

Legal name

Cooperativa de Transportadores San Antonio

Website

https://cootrasana.com.co

Company type

Private

Founded year

1954

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Cootrasana (Cooperativa de Transportadores San Antonio) is a Colombian member-owned transport cooperative founded in 1954, operating public passenger transport across 19 routes in 5 Antioquia municipalities with a 236-vehicle fleet, and offering driver licensing services through its CEA training center.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Passenger Ground Transportation

NAICS

Interurban and Rural Bus Transportation (485210), Bus and Other Motor Vehicle Transit Systems (485113)

SIC

Local & Suburban Transit & Interurban Hwy Passenger Trans (4100)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYTHAIANAD

Dispatch, Control Centers & Operations Management (OCC)

Travel & Hospitality/Rail, Bus & Ground Passenger Transport/Ground Passenger Transport Operations & Fleet Services (Depots/Maintenance/Dispatch)

SECONDARYTLAFAGAG

Intermodal Public Transit Operators (Bus + Rail Integrated Agencies)

Transportation & Logistics/Passenger Transportation (Air, Rail, Bus, Taxi/Rideshare)/Public Transit Bus Operators (Municipal/Regional)

Keywords

• Public passenger transport
• Intermunicipal transportation
• Driver licensing services
• Driving school training
• Cooperative bus services

Headquarters

HQ city

San Antonio De Prado

HQ country

Colombia

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Public Passenger Transportation Services: Revenue generated from fare collection for public ground transportation services including collective transport, special services, feeder and integrator passenger services operating across 19 routes in 5 municipalities.
2. CEA Driving School Services: Revenue from driving school services including license examination preparation, medical fitness exams, theory and practical driving instruction, RUNT registration services, and license renewal/categorization services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Cootrasana operates intermunicipal public passenger ground transportation services — collective, special, feeder and integrator routes — across 5 municipalities in Antioquia using a fleet of 236 vehicles over 19 routes. Through its CEA (Centro de Educación y Aprendizaje) division, it also delivers driver training, medical aptitude exams, and licensing services for motorcycle (A2), private vehicle (B1), public service (C1), and bus (C2) categories.

Product overview

Cootrasana (Cooperativa de Transportadores San Antonio) operates as a transportation cooperative founded in 1954, offering a dual service portfolio. The first core offering is public terrestrial transport services, including collective public transport, special public transport, and feeder/integrator services operating across 19 routes in 5 municipalities with a fleet capacity of 236 vehicles. The second major offering is the Centro de Educación y Aprendizaje (CEA), a driver education and training center that provides licensing services across four categories (A2 for motorcycles, B1 for private vehicles, C1 for public service vehicles, and C2 for buses), along with supplementary services including license renewals, recategorizations, driving aptitude exams, private practice sessions, document changes, duplicates, and RUNT registration assistance. The transport operations and driver education services operate as integrated offerings under the cooperative umbrella.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Public collective passenger transport service Collective public terrestrial passenger transport service operated by the cooperative, serving passengers across 19 routes in 5 municipalities with a fleet capacity of 236 vehicles.
• Special public terrestrial transport service Special public terrestrial transport service operated by the cooperative for specific routes, organized groups, or passenger categories requiring dedicated transport.
• Feeder and integrator passenger transport service Feeder and integrator transport service connecting secondary routes and areas to main transport corridors within the 5 municipalities of influence.
• CEA Driver License A2 (Motorcycle) Motorcycle license service for motorcycles and mototricycles of any engine displacement. Includes medical aptitude exams, 28 theoretical hours, 15 practical hours, and license issuance. Requires RUNT registration.
• CEA Driver License B1 (Private Vehicle) Private vehicle license service for automobiles, motocarros, quadricycles, SUVs, and pickup trucks. Includes medical aptitude exams, 30 theoretical hours, 20 practical hours, and license issuance.
• CEA Driver License C1 (Public Service Vehicle) Public service and private vehicle license covering automobiles, motocarros, quadricycles, SUVs, pickup trucks, and minibuses. Includes medical aptitude exams, 35 theoretical hours, 30 practical hours, and license issuance.
• CEA Driver License C2 (Bus) Bus license service requiring prior C1 certification. Covers automobiles, motocarros, quadricycles, SUVs, pickup trucks, minibuses, trucks, and buses. Includes medical aptitude exams, 30 theoretical hours, 15 practical hours, and license issuance.
• License renewal and recategorization service License renewal and recategorization service for drivers needing to update or upgrade their existing licenses.
• RUNT issuance and update service RUNT (Registro Único Nacional de Tránsito) issuance and update service, required for all license processes. CEA assists with RUNT registration.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Arriva: Large European public transport operator running regional bus, coach, and urban transit services under concession. Comparable on government-concession route business model and fleet-based passenger service at scale.
• ComfortDelGro: Singapore-listed global land transport conglomerate with bus, coach, and taxi operations. Comparable as a broad incumbent exposing the unit economics and multiple profile of scheduled bus services internationally.
• FirstGroup: UK-listed international transport group operating scheduled and contracted passenger bus services in multiple geographies. Relevant as a scaled, listed reference for valuing fleet-led passenger bus operations.

Direct peers

• Rápido Ochoa: Established Colombian passenger transport company operating scheduled intercity and regional bus routes. Comparable on fleet-based intermunicipal passenger service, route concessions, and fare model.
• Conducciones Andalucía: Spanish transport cooperative operating scheduled bus routes with a member-owned structure analogous to Cootrasana. Comparable on cooperative governance, intermunicipal scheduled services, and route economics.
• Cootransuroccidente: Colombian transport cooperative running passenger and freight bus services in western Colombia. Directly comparable cooperative ownership, route-based pricing, and fleet operations.
• Copetran: Long-standing Colombian transport cooperative (Bucaramanga) running scheduled intercity passenger bus services across multiple departments. Matches Cootrasana on cooperative structure, fleet-led service, and intermunicipal reach.
• Cooperativa de Transportadores de Medellín (Cootransmede): Cooperativa-based passenger transport operator serving the Medellín metropolitan area under a similar collective/special/feer service model. Highly comparable as a same-region, same-model cooperative competitor sharing regulatory and labor dynamics.
• Flota Magdalena: Colombian scheduled passenger bus operator with intermunicipal route concessions. Comparable on Colombian regulatory regime, fleet operations, and fare-driven revenue model.

Regional players

• Megabus (Medellín): Medellín-area integrated mass transit/BRT system that competes for the same commuter pool via feeder routes. Relevant as a regional incumbent in integrated ground transit on overlapping service areas.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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