What Cofano does

Cofano (legal name: COFANO FARMACEUTICA DEL NOROESTE, S.C.G.) is a Galician cooperative pharmaceutical distributor founded in 1951 and headquartered in Vigo, Spain. The cooperative serves more than 800 member pharmacies across the Autonomous Community of Galicia through four automated warehouses located in Vigo, Coruña, Ourense, and Pontevedra. Its business model is structured as a cooperative: ownership and governance are distributed among the pharmacy members who use its distribution services, and revenue is generated through pharmaceutical distribution fees and margins on products delivered to its 800+ member partners.

The cooperative's technology stack centers on automated regional warehousing and a growing digital integration layer. The member-facing online platform (online.cofano.org) provides pharmacy owners with a 'clave de titular' (owner access key) system that gates access to specific online services. More recently, Cofano has undertaken a data preparation and integration project for incorporation into FARMACLOUD, a pharmaceutical-sector data space, covering commercial agreements, tariffs, delivery notes, suppliers, and stock data. The initiative is supported by EU Next Generation EU funding through the Kit Espacios de Datos program and is governed by data interoperability, traceability, security, and governance criteria.

Cofano operates in a single Spanish autonomous community (Galicia) and does not have disclosed revenue, external funding, M&A activity, or external parent ownership. Its commercial relationships include the four regional pharmacy professional colleges of Galicia (A Coruña, Lugo, Ourense, Pontevedra), supplier ACOFARMA, and the sector platform Farmacéuticos.com, positioning the cooperative as an embedded player in the regional pharmaceutical supply chain. The stated employee count is 51-100, consistent with a mid-sized regional distributor.

Name

Cofano

Legal name

COFANO FARMACEUTICA DEL NOROESTE, S.C.G.

Website

https://cofano.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1951

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Cofano is a Galician cooperative pharmaceutical distributor founded in 1951, serving 800+ member pharmacies across the Galicia region of Spain through four automated warehouses. The cooperative is owned by its pharmacy members and focused on regional pharmaceutical supply chain and digital data integration.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Vigo

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Infrastructure, Personnel, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Pharmaceutical Distribution: Cofano operates as a cooperative distributing pharmaceutical products to its member pharmacies. The cooperative model suggests revenue is generated through distribution fees or margins on pharmaceutical products sold to 800+ member pharmacies across Galicia.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Cofano is a pharmaceutical distribution cooperative that supplies pharmaceutical products to its 800+ member pharmacies in the Galicia region of Spain. It operates four automated warehouses located in Vigo, Coruña, Ourense, and Pontevedra to provide distribution, commercial agreement management, and tariff services exclusively to its member pharmacy network.

Product overview

Cofano is a pharmaceutical distribution cooperative (COFANO Farmacéutica del Noroeste, S.C.G.) serving over 800 pharmacy member partners in the Galicia region of Spain. The cooperative operates four automated warehouses located in Vigo, Coruña, Ourense, and Pontevedra. Its online platform (online.cofano.org) provides member-exclusive services including a "clave de titular" (owner access key) system that restricts access to specific online services determined by the pharmacy owner. The cooperative has developed a data integration project to join FARMACLOUD, a pharmaceutical sector data space, for sharing commercial, logistics, and operational information including commercial agreements, tariffs, delivery notes, suppliers, and stock data. The offering is a single cooperative platform rather than a modular product suite.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Pharmaceutical Distribution Services
• Member Online Portal
• FARMACLOUD Data Integration

Quantifiable outcome

• 800+ member pharmacies served in Galicia
• +1 more outcomes

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• FARMACLOUDcoreTechnology or IntegrationFARMACLOUD is a data space oriented toward the pharmaceutical sector. Cofano has developed a data preparation and integration project for incorporation into FARMACLOUD, covering commercial, logistics, and operational information including agreements, tariffs, delivery notes, suppliers, and stocks.
• Colexio Oficial de Farmacéuticos da Coruña (COFC)minorOthersRegional pharmacy professional association in Galicia shown as partner logo on the website.
• Colexio Oficial de Farmacéuticos de Lugo (COF LUGO)minorOthersRegional pharmacy professional association in Galicia shown as partner logo on the website.
• Colexio Oficial de Farmacéuticos de Ourense (COF Ourense)minorOthersRegional pharmacy professional association in Galicia shown as partner logo on the website.
• Colexio Oficial de Farmacéuticos de Pontevedra (COFPO)minorOthersRegional pharmacy professional association in Galicia shown as partner logo on the website.
• ACOFARMAminorOthersPharmaceutical company shown as partner logo on the website.
• Farmacéuticos.comminorOthersPharmaceutical sector platform shown as partner logo on the website.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Cofares: Spain's largest pharmaceutical distribution cooperative, serving thousands of pharmacies nationally. Operates the same cooperative distribution model as Cofano but at a national scale with a much broader product and service portfolio.
• Phoenix Group: European pharmaceutical wholesale and pre-wholesale group with operations across multiple countries including Spain. A broader incumbent in the same pharmaceutical distribution category as Cofano, though operating at a much larger scale and corporate structure.
• Bidafarma: Andalucía-based pharmaceutical distribution cooperative formed from the merger of several regional co-ops. Highly comparable business model to Cofano but operates at significantly larger scale across multiple southern Spanish regions.
• Alliance Healthcare Spain: International pharmaceutical wholesaler (Walgreens Boots Alliance subsidiary) operating in Spain with full-line distribution and pre-wholesale services. Competes with Cofano for pharmacy customers but with broader portfolio and corporate (non-cooperative) ownership.

Direct peers

• Fedefarma: Catalonia-based pharmaceutical cooperative distributing to member pharmacies with automated warehouse operations. Direct peer to Cofano in cooperative structure, regional concentration, and pharmacy distribution focus.
• Cecofar: Asturias-based pharmaceutical distribution cooperative serving member pharmacies in northern Spain. Closely comparable to Cofano in regional focus, cooperative governance, and automated warehouse distribution model.
• Hefame: Pharmaceutical distribution cooperative headquartered in Murcia serving member pharmacies across southeastern Spain. Closely comparable to Cofano in cooperative governance, member-driven distribution model, and warehouse-based regional footprint.
• Novaltia: Aragón-based pharmaceutical distribution cooperative serving pharmacies in northeastern Spain. Comparable to Cofano as a regional cooperative with multi-warehouse automated distribution and member-owned governance.
• Centro Farmacéutico (Grupo Cofarcir): Cooperative group of pharmaceutical distributors operating across multiple Spanish regions. Comparable to Cofano as a member-owned pharmaceutical wholesale cooperative serving regional pharmacy networks.

Others

• Cencora: One of the world's largest pharmaceutical distributors (formerly AmerisourceBergen). Operates in the same pharmaceutical wholesale category as Cofano but at global scale; relevant as a benchmark for distribution best practices and competitive benchmarks rather than as a direct geographic competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/CofanoCoop
• Facebookfacebook.com/cofanocooperativa
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cofano-farmaceutica-del-noroeste-sociedad-cooperativa-gallega

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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