What Empresa Activa does

Empresa Activa is a Spanish-language business and professional development book publisher, operating as an imprint (sello editorial) within the multi-imprint Ediciones Urano group. Its legal and operational parent is URANO WORLD SPAIN, S.A., a privately held company (NIF A08847220) headquartered at Calle López de Hoyos 92, Madrid, with the imprint's copyright referenced from 2021. The catalog spans leadership, entrepreneurship, sales, personal branding, and AI-era professional skills, drawing on both international and Spanish authors, and is offered in three core formats: physical books (€9-€19), ebooks (€5.99-€9.99), and audiobooks.

Commercially, Empresa Activa runs a unit-sale revenue model through a broad Spanish-market distribution footprint: the owned e-commerce site amabook.es, Amazon.es, Casa del Libro, El Corte Inglés, FNAC, and Agapea, supplemented by author events and book signings at physical bookstores. Marketing is led by organic social (Facebook, Instagram, X), a newsletter, earned media coverage, and in-person author activations, including Día del Libro signings in Barcelona. The value proposition targets Spanish-speaking business professionals and entrepreneurs seeking structured reading content for leadership, sales, and career development rather than any proprietary technology or platform.

The imprint has no disclosed AI/ML, software, or platform capabilities; its technology footprint is a content publishing platform built on standard book, ebook, and audiobook formats. No funding rounds, M&A activity, leadership hires, patents, awards, or financial disclosures appear in the available data, and revenue, headcount, and management team details are absent, limiting forward visibility into financial trajectory.

Name

Empresa Activa

Legal name

URANO WORLD SPAIN, S.A.

Website

https://empresaactiva.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Empresa Activa is a Spanish-language business and professional development book publisher, operating as an imprint of the Ediciones Urano group, selling print, ebook, and audiobook titles to Spanish-speaking professionals through own and third-party retail channels.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

NAICS

Book Publishers (513130), Book Publishers (51313), Newspaper, Periodical, Book, and Directory Publishers (5131)

SIC

Books: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2731)

akta.pro primary industry

Audiobook Publishers (Trade & Consumer) (MPAJAIAA)

Keywords

• Business book publishing
• Professional development books
• Audiobook publishing
• Ebook publishing
• Editorial services

Headquarters

HQ city

Barcelona

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Revenue model

1. Book Sales: Revenue generated from selling physical books, ebooks, and audiobooks through direct online sales and third-party retail partners

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels7 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Empresa Activa is a Spanish-language publishing imprint under Ediciones Urano that publishes business, leadership, professional development, and personal growth books. It releases titles in three formats: physical paper books, ebooks, and audiobooks (MP3), distributed through its own online store and partner retailers.

Product overview

Empresa Activa is a Spanish publishing house specializing in business, management, and professional development literature. The company offers its catalog in three primary formats: physical books (papel), digital ebooks (EPUB/PDF), and audiobooks (MP3). The portfolio includes works by notable authors on topics such as leadership, entrepreneurship, sales, artificial intelligence, and professional skills development.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Segments1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• URANO WORLD SPAIN, S.A.coreOthersURANO WORLD SPAIN, S.A. is the parent company and responsible entity for Empresa Activa publishing imprint. The company is the legal entity operating the empresaactiva.com website and all associated publishing activities.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Plataforma Editorial: Independent Spanish publisher focused on business, management, and personal growth books in Spanish — a comparable niche player competing for the same reader segment and international business author rights.
• Alienta Editorial: Planeta Group imprint specializing in business, management, and personal development books in Spanish — a peer in niche, format (paper/ebook/audiobook), and audience, often releasing titles by the same international business authors.
• Ediciones Granica: Argentine-Spanish publisher of business, management, and professional development titles in Spanish — comparable niche focus and editorial positioning, with broader Latin American market reach than Empresa Activa.
• Paidós Editorial: Spanish-language imprint under Grupo Planeta focused on psychology, self-help, leadership, and professional development — the most direct comparator in business/professional publishing for Spanish readers, competing for the same author pool and shelf space.
• Gestión 2000: Planeta Group business book imprint publishing management, leadership, and entrepreneurship titles in Spanish — comparable scale, distribution, and editorial focus to Empresa Activa within the same competitive set.
• Conecta Editorial: Spanish business and personal development imprint under Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial, publishing business, leadership, and entrepreneurship titles in Spanish — directly overlapping with Empresa Activa's catalogue and target audience.

Broad incumbents

• Audible (Amazon): Dominant Spanish-language audiobook platform and retailer — competes with Empresa Activa's audiobook distribution through Amazon.es and shapes consumer audiobook discovery, pricing expectations, and listening habits in Spain.
• Grupo Planeta: Largest Spanish-language publishing group, parent of Paidós, Alienta, and Gestión 2000 — a broad incumbent whose multiple business-focused imprints collectively dwarf Empresa Activa's scale and compete for the same shelf, author, and reader wallet.
• Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial: Largest Spanish-language trade publisher with broad business, fiction, and non-fiction catalogue; competes broadly with Empresa Activa across multiple business titles while offering far greater scale and author signing capacity.

Others

• Urano Audio: Sister imprint within Ediciones Urano focused on audiobook publishing — operates inside the same parent corporate umbrella, sharing rights negotiation, distribution, and production capabilities with Empresa Activa's audiobook line.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/empresa-activa

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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