Emaus

What Emaus does

Batuz Gizarte Fundazioa (formerly Emaus Gizarte Fundazioa, rebranded on May 27, 2026) is a Spanish non-profit foundation headquartered in Donostia-San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, that provides social inclusion and circular economy services. The organization operates social services for inclusion (day care, supported housing, residential centers, socio-educational accompaniment) in collaboration with public administrations, alongside accredited employment training, sociolaboral itineraries in logistics, treatment, sewing, cleaning and maintenance, and a network of six second-hand retail stores (Arrasate, Donostia I and II, Errenteria, Hernani, Irun) supported by a home pickup collection service covering five Gipuzkoa comarca regions. The foundation is embedded in a network of 62 alliances that includes core affiliations with Emmaüs Europe, Emmaüs International, and REAS Euskadi, and it pursues transformative community projects such as Elkartu (community vs. loneliness), Haziguneak, Bidegurutzean II, Elkarbideak, Nomada III, and a beach sustainability campaign.

The foundation's revenue is generated through managed service contracts with public administrations for social inclusion work, supplemented by retail revenue from second-hand sales of donated and collected goods; total annual billing is disclosed at €12.5M and the organization employs approximately 350 workers. The operating model integrates productive activity (collection, sorting, treatment, resale) with the labor inclusion mission, creating a circular economy pipeline that served 3,055 people in social services, trained 411 for employment, and created 65 insertion positions in the most recent reporting period, while collecting 3,055 tons of materials with a 35% reuse rate. No proprietary technology, AI/ML systems, APIs, or SDKs are disclosed; the core technology footprint is not publicly documented and operations are fundamentally labor-intensive.

Strategic posture as of mid-2026 is one of active transformation rather than expansion: the rebrand to Batuz Gizarte Fundazioa, the launch of multiple transformative projects, expansion of the training catalog, and hosting of the European RING/POCTEFA cross-border project meeting indicate an organization investing in repositioning and programmatic breadth within its established Gipuzkoa geography rather than pursuing geographic or vertical expansion at scale.

Name

Emaus

Legal name

Batuz Gizarte Fundazioa

Website

https://emaus.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1981

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Batuz Gizarte Fundazioa (formerly Emaus) is a Gipuzkoa-based Spanish non-profit that delivers social inclusion services and employment training through a circular economy model, operating six second-hand stores and home collection across Gipuzkoa in partnership with public administrations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Donostia-san Sebastián

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Social Services Contracts: Collaboration with public administrations to design and manage social inclusion services, funded through government contracts

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Emaus (legally Batuz Gizarte Fundazioa) provides social inclusion services and employment opportunities for vulnerable individuals within a circular economy framework. The foundation operates a network of second-hand retail stores across Gipuzkoa, delivers accredited employment training programs, manages sociolaboral itineraries combining training with productive activity, and runs social services (day care, supported housing, residential centers) in collaboration with public administrations.

Product overview

Batuz Gizarte Fundazioa (formerly Emaus Gizarte Fundazioa) is a social foundation offering an integrated portfolio of services centered on social inclusion and circular economy. The portfolio comprises: Social Services for Inclusion (day care, residential care, supported housing), Employment Training programs, Sociolaboral Itineraries (logistics, treatment, sewing, cleaning, maintenance), and a network of Second-Hand Stores across Gipuzkoa. Transformative Projects like Elkartu, Haziguneak, Bidegurutzean II, Nomada III, and beach campaigns complement the service offering. A Home Pickup Service enables material collection across the territory.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Social Services for Inclusion

Quantifiable outcome

• 3,055 people served in social services
• +4 more outcomes

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• HedatzenminorOthersNetwork affiliation listed in the foundation's partner network logos
• GizardatzminorOthersNetwork affiliation listed in the foundation's partner network logos
• SargiminorOthersNetwork affiliation listed in the foundation's partner network logos
• REAS EUSKADIcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNetwork of social economy entities in the Basque Country, part of the broader REAS (Red de Economía Alternativa y Solidaria) network
• iLabminorOthersNetwork affiliation listed in the foundation's partner network logos
• GizateaminorOthersNetwork affiliation listed in the foundation's partner network logos
• i SocialminorOthersNetwork affiliation listed in the foundation's partner network logos
• aclimaminorOthersBasque cluster organization for environmental sustainability
• Green FashionminorOthersNetwork affiliation related to sustainable fashion listed in the foundation's partner network logos
• aeressminorOthersSpanish association of reuse and social insertion entities
• Emmaüs EuropecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPart of the Emmaüs European movement, a major international solidarity movement fighting exclusion and poverty through social action
• Emmaüs InternationalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPart of the Emmaüs International movement, a worldwide solidarity organization working for social justice

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Gizardatz (Asociación de Empresas de Inserción del País Vasco): Basque Country association of insertion enterprises, of which Batuz is a member. Represents the immediate regional peer set of social insertion businesses operating with public contracts in the same territory.
• REAS Euskadi (Red de Economía Alternativa y Solidaria): Basque network of social and solidarity economy entities, of which Batuz is a documented partner. Comparable regional peer network focused on alternative economy principles in the same Basque territory.

Broad incumbents

• Cáritas Española: Spain's largest Catholic social services network, providing employment insertion, housing support, and social accompaniment across all regions. Broader portfolio than Batuz but overlapping heavily on workforce development and social inclusion services funded by public administrations.
• Fundación La Caixa (Incorporación y Empleo): Large Spanish foundation funding and operating social inclusion, employability, and housing programs through CaixaBank resources. Overlaps with Batuz on training, insertion, and supported housing services, particularly vulnerable populations.
• Fundación ONCE / Inserta Fundación: Spain's leading disability employment foundation running training, labor insertion, and supported employment programs funded through public contracts and the ONCE social lottery. Comparable workforce development focus with much larger scale.

Direct peers

• Emmaus International: Global federation of Emmaus groups including Batuz; both organizations share the mission of social inclusion through second-hand collection and sale, community-based employment, and support for excluded populations. Direct movement peer.
• Humana Fundación Pueblo para Pueblo: Spanish foundation collecting, sorting, and selling second-hand clothing to fund social and development cooperation programs. Closely comparable to Batuz's circular economy + social mission model and a direct competitor for donated textile volumes.
• AERESS (Asociación Española de Recuperadores de Economía Social y Solidaria): Spanish association of social economy reuse entities, of which Batuz is a documented member. Represents the peer network of social insertion organizations running second-hand collection and employment programs nationwide.
• Fundación Secretariado Gitano: Spanish foundation delivering employment training, labor insertion, and social inclusion programs for the Roma community, with public administration contracts across Spain. Closely comparable mission and funding model focused on vulnerable-population workforce integration.
• Koopera (Cooperativa Social): Spanish social cooperative running second-hand stores and labor insertion programs in the Basque Country and other regions. Operates an essentially identical model of used goods collection, retail, and employment training for vulnerable groups.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCTIxGxvMgyCrGZlcEoRxDAg
• Facebookfacebook.com/emausgizartefundazioa
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/emausgizartefundazioa
• Instagraminstagram.com/batuzgizartefundazioa
• Xx.com/grupoemausfs

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Valuation estimate

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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