Rodoviária Caxangá

Name

Rodoviária Caxangá

Legal name

CAXANGÁ EMPRESA DE TRANSPORTE COLETIVO LTDA

Website

https://rcaxanga.com.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Urban Public Bus Transportation

NAICS

Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation (485)

SIC

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

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYTLAFAAAI

Public Transit Bus Operators (Municipal/Regional)

Transportation & Logistics/Passenger Transportation (Air, Rail, Bus, Taxi/Rideshare)/Commercial Airlines (Full-Service & Regional)

SECONDARYTHAIAEAB

Regional/County Public Bus Operators

Travel & Hospitality/Rail, Bus & Ground Passenger Transport/Urban Public Bus & BRT Operators

Keywords

• Urban bus transportation
• Public transit services
• Passenger transportation
• Metropolitan bus routes
• Municipal transit operations

Headquarters

HQ city

Olinda

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Public Transportation Fares: Revenue generated from passenger fares on urban bus routes. The company operates under government concession/permission framework for public transportation services in the Recife Metropolitan Region.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Rodoviária Caxangá operates urban public passenger bus transportation services under a government concession framework in the Recife Metropolitan Region and Olinda municipality in Pernambuco, Brazil. The company runs 48 bus lines with a fleet of 396 vehicles, performing approximately 3,664 trips daily on business days and transporting about 184,000 passengers on weekdays (4.5 million per month). Founded in 1992, the firm also operates an integrated ecosystem including the SARC customer feedback system, an online recruitment portal, and a restricted employee portal.

Product overview

Rodoviária Caxangá operates as a unified public urban passenger transportation service consisting of a core bus transportation network (48 lines, 396 vehicles) supported by three customer-facing digital modules: SARC/Fale Conosco for passenger feedback and complaints, a job recruitment portal, and a restricted employee portal. These components function as integrated parts of the company's service ecosystem rather than standalone products.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Urban Public Passenger Bus Transportation Service

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Guanabara Empresa de Transporte Coletivo LtdacoreOthersSister company within the corporate group. Full legal name: GUANABARA EMPRESA DE TRANSPORTE COLETIVO LTDA, CNPJ 08.419.673/0001-92 (MATRIZ). Data sharing occurs within the corporate group.
• Metropolitana Empresa de Transporte Coletivo S.A.coreOthersSister company within the corporate group. CNPJ 10.407.005-0001-97 (MATRIZ). Data sharing occurs within the corporate group.
• PFC Holding S.A.coreOthersHolding company within the corporate group. CNPJ 10.756.502/0001-09. Data sharing occurs within the corporate group.
• Prisma Locação de Imóveis Ltda.minorOthersReal estate leasing company within the corporate group. CNPJ 04.444.342/0001-51. Data sharing occurs within the corporate group.
• Vértice Negócios e Empreendimentos Empresariais EireliminorOthersBusiness ventures company within the corporate group. CNPJ 08.967.674/0001-71. Data sharing occurs within the corporate group.
• CTTU (Companhia de Trânsito e Transporte Urbano do Recife)minorOthersGovernment transportation authority. Listed as useful link. Regulatory oversight and route coordination.
• Grande Recife Consórcio de TransporteminorOthersMetropolitan transportation consortium. Listed as useful link. Coordinates public transportation in the Greater Recife region.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Viação Urbana (Recife/PE): Urban public bus operator in the Recife Metropolitan Region participating in the same Grande Recife consortium; directly competes with Caxangá for passengers and operates under the same regulatory and concession framework.
• Grande Recife Consórcio de Transporte: Metropolitan transportation consortium that coordinates and integrates public bus operators including Caxangá across the Greater Recife region; the governing body that allocates routes and integrates fare systems among peer operators.
• Metropolitana Empresa de Transporte Coletivo S.A. Sister company within the same corporate group providing urban public bus transportation in the Recife Metropolitan Region under a similar concession framework; directly comparable in service type, geography, and operating model.
• Guanabara Empresa de Transporte Coletivo Ltda: Sister company within the same corporate group operating urban public bus transit; provides a direct intra-group comparison for fleet size, route network, and concession economics in the Recife metro.

Broad incumbents

• EMTU (Empresa Metropolitana de Transportes Urbanos de São Paulo): State-level metropolitan transit authority managing bus concessions in the São Paulo metro; comparable as a regulator/convener of urban bus operators but operating at materially larger scale than a single private operator like Caxangá.
• Consórcio BRT Rio: Bus rapid transit operator consortium in Rio de Janeiro; comparable as a metropolitan bus operator under concession with municipal oversight, but serving a different Brazilian metro.

Others

• CittaMobi: Brazilian mobility technology partner listed by Caxangá on its website; provides route information and digital transit tools to urban bus operators, making it an enabling/adjacent technology peer rather than a direct competitor.
• CTTU (Companhia de Trânsito e Transporte Urbano do Recife): Municipal transportation authority that regulates and coordinates urban transit in Recife; a regulatory counterparty to Caxangá rather than a competitor, but materially shapes the operator's concession economics and route allocations.

Emerging players

• 99 (ride-hailing, formerly 99 Táxis): Brazilian ride-hailing and moto platform; while not a bus operator, it is a direct substitute for urban mobility in Recife and is named in Caxangá's own news feed as a competitive force shifting rider behavior away from buses.
• Uber Brazil: App-based ride-hailing and moto platform operating in the Recife Metropolitan Region; competes for the same urban mobility trips that historically fed Caxangá's fixed-route bus ridership.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/voudecaxanga

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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