ACIC Chapecó

What ACIC Chapecó does

ACIC Chapec\u00f3 (Associa\u00e7\u00e3o Comercial, Industrial, Agroneg\u00f3cio e Servi\u00e7os de Chapec\u00f3) is a 78-year-old Brazilian non-profit business association headquartered in Chapec\u00f3, Santa Catarina. Founded in 1947, it represents more than 1,800 member companies spanning commerce, industry, agribusiness, and services in western Santa Catarina. The association operates a hybrid membership-and-events model: it charges recurring membership fees for access to 16 active Business Nuclei (N\u00facleos Empresariais), training programs via ACIC Academy, partner benefits (Util Benef\u00edcios, Cart\u00f5es Bee, Unimed health plans, Uniodonto dental, FACISC solutions including foreign trade, digital certificates, Previsc, Dell partnership, Bee Despesas Corporativas), and representation before municipal, state, and federal government bodies.

Its flagship commercial asset is Mercoagro, the largest meat processing industry trade fair in Latin America, which generated over R$1.1 billion in business and attracted 37,000+ visitors from 21 countries at its 2026 edition (30th anniversary). The association also runs the Portal Social ACIC for fiscal-incentive-based social investment, the MEI UP microentrepreneur mentorship program with Sebrae/SC, and an internal Nucleus of Cooperatives anchoring major regional players such as Aurora Coop and Cooperalfa. Technology infrastructure is deliberately light: the core platform consists of the acichapeco.com.br website, a Linktree-based APP ACIC mobile gateway, and a member portal at superaentidades.com.br \u2014 there are no proprietary technology products or AI/ML capabilities.

The business model combines (a) recurring subscription revenue from 1,800+ member companies, (b) transactional event revenue from Mercoagro (exhibitor fees, sponsorships, tickets), and (c) service fee and commission streams from partner-distributed financial, healthcare, and FACISC solutions. The 2026 leadership transition installed Carlos Roberto Klaus (Mogano Hotel Group) as president for the 2026-2027 biennium, succeeding Helon Ant\u00f4nio Rebelatto, with a new Institutional and Fairs Directorate formalized alongside the operational executive directorate.

Name

ACIC Chapecó

Legal name

Associação Comercial, Industrial, Agronegócio e Serviços de Chapecó

Website

https://acichapeco.com.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

1947

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

ACIC Chapec\u00f3 is a 78-year-old Brazilian business association representing 1,800+ member companies in commerce, industry, agribusiness, and services, operating 16 Business Nuclei and organizing Mercoagro, Latin America's largest meat industry trade fair.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Chapecó

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Fees: ACIC generates revenue primarily through annual membership fees charged to associated companies (more than 1,800 member businesses). Members gain access to services, nuclei networks, training, and events.
2. Event Revenue (Mercoagro): Mercoagro, the international meat industry trade fair organized by ACIC, generates revenue through exhibitor fees, sponsorships, ticket sales, and ancillary services. The 2026 edition exceeded R$1.1 billion in business generated.
3. Service Fees: Fees from services offered to members and non-members, including auditorium rentals, certificate issuance, health plans, dental plans, benefits programs (Util Benefícios, Cartões Bee), FACISC solutions (digital certificates, vehicle lookup, foreign trade), and partnership commissions.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

ACIC Chapecó is a non-profit business association that represents and serves more than 1,800 member companies in western Santa Catarina through collective services, advocacy, training, and the Mercoagro trade fair. It offers member benefits (Util Benefícios, Cartões Bee, health/dental plans, Equifax, Garanticoop, Convênios), FACISC-routed solutions (foreign trade, digital certificates, Previsc, Dell partnership), professional training via ACIC Academy, event venue rental, and a network of 16 sector-specific Business Nuclei.

Product overview

ACIC Chapecó is a business association offering a comprehensive portfolio of services to its 1,800+ member companies. The core offerings include financial services (Cartões Bee corporate cards, Bee Despesas Corporativas expense management), credit/risk services (Equifax - Boa Vista), healthcare benefits (health plans, dental through Uniodonto), and facility services (auditoriums). Through the FACISC partnership, members access foreign trade, digital certificates, pension planning, and technology solutions including Dell partnerships. The ACIC Academy provides business training and capacitation programs, while the 16 Núcleos Empresariais (Business Nuclei) create specialized networks for sectors like Technology, Sustainability, Succession, and Tourism. The association also organizes Mercoagro, Latin America's largest meat industry trade fair, and manages the Portal Social for fiscal incentive initiatives.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Mercoagro: Feira Internacional de Negócios, Processamento e Industrialização da Carne - the largest meat industry trade show in Latin America, organized by ACIC.
• Academy
• APP ACIC
• Portal Social

Quantifiable outcome

• R$1.1 billion+ in business generated at Mercoagro 2026, with 37,000+ visits from 21 countries
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Movimento Pró-FerroviascoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019ACIC is a founding member of the Pró-Ferrovias Movement (initiated 2019), an 8-entity coalition advocating for railway infrastructure development in Southern Brazil. Members include ABPA, FACISC, CEC, FAESC, FIESC, OCESC, and Sindicarne. The movement contributed to a state railway law in June 2025 and inter-state railway linking.
• FACISC (Federação das Associações Empresariais de Santa Catarina)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerACIC Chapecó is affiliated with FACISC, the federation of business associations in Santa Catarina. Through this partnership, ACIC distributes FACISC solutions to members including foreign trade services, Previsc, digital certificates, Gold Soluções, Dell partnership, and vehicle lookup. FACISC also provides programmatic and institutional support to ACIC's nuclei activities.
• Unochapecó (Universidade Comunitária da Região de Chapecó)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership in the ABEx (Aprendizagem Baseada em Experiências) discipline where Unochapecó Administration students develop marketing plans for ACIC member businesses. Partnership has been active for a decade. Also collaborates on events, the Sustainability Award, and journalism students' Mercoagro coverage.
• Sebrae/SCcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership in the MEI UP program, which provides 12-month mentorship and training for microentrepreneurs. First edition achieved 92.5% revenue increase among participants and 20% graduated from MEI to Microenterprise. Second edition completed; third planned for 2026.
• Unoesc ChapecóminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on events, training programs (NJE Feirão do Imposto talk held at UNOESC Chapecó), and academic exchange. University students benefit from ACIC network for internships and research.
• Aurora CoopminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMajor meat processing cooperative (14 singular cooperatives, 87,000+ producers, 52,000 collaborators) participates in ACIC's Nucleus of Cooperatives and Mercoagro, representing the backbone of Chapecó's agribusiness economy.
• Neto Zampier (ex-footballer, Portal Social ambassador)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerNeto Zampier serves as ambassador for ACIC's Portal Social initiative, promoting the culture of fiscal incentives to keep tax resources in Chapecó. The partnership leverages his public profile to expand awareness of fiscal donation opportunities.
• CASAN (Companhia Catarinense de Águas e Saneamento)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerState water utility presented a R$3 million infrastructure project to ACIC's new president (January 2026), involving replacement of 7.1 km of pipes in Chapecó's central area. ACIC acts as institutional convener between utility and business community.
• Dell (Parceria Dell via FACISC)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorTechnology hardware partnership through FACISC providing ACIC members with access to Dell equipment at negotiated pricing, distributed via ACIC's service offering.
• Pollen Parque Científico e TecnológicominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerScience park partner in the MEI UP program, contributing infrastructure and innovation ecosystem connections for member entrepreneurs.
• Mercoagro (event brand)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMercoagro is organized by ACIC and is the largest meat processing industry fair in Latin America. It generates R$1.1B+ in business, attracts 37,000+ visitors from 21 countries, and serves as the premier distribution channel for the meat industry supply chain.
• Unimed ChapecóminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorHealth cooperative offering health plans to ACIC members as part of the association's benefits portfolio. Unimed Chapecó invests in robotic surgery, oncology (Albert Einstein partnership), and bone marrow transplants, positioning it as a regional healthcare leader.
• FIESC / Banco de Alimentos de Santa Catarina (BASC)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerACIC serves as a founding member and supporter of the BASC unit in Chapecó. Helon Rebelatto (then president of ACIC) assumes the Directoria de Benefícios role. FIESC chairs BASC nationally. The initiative fights food insecurity using an associativist model.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Associação Comercial de São Paulo (ACSP): Brazil's largest commercial association, headquartered in São Paulo. Same associative/membership business model serving thousands of companies, providing services, advocacy and events — directly comparable to ACIC at much larger scale.
• Associação Empresarial de Joinville (ACIJ): Major Santa Catarina business association serving Joinville's industrial base. Same membership-association model with diversified services, training and advocacy programs.
• CDL Chapecó (Câmara de Dirigentes Lojistas): Parallel retailer-focused business association operating in the same city of Chapecó. Competes for member companies, events and advocacy mandates in the same geography.
• ACIB Blumenau (Associação Empresarial de Blumenau): Regional business association in neighboring Santa Catarina city of Blumenau, also affiliated with FACISC. Closely matches ACIC's structure, services portfolio and nuclei-style model.
• AmCham Brasil: Brazilian-American chamber of commerce offering premium membership, executive training and high-level networking events. Comparable membership-association model with higher-end positioning.

Broad incumbents

• CNI (Confederação Nacional da Indústria): National industry confederation representing Brazilian manufacturing. Operates SESI/SENAI/FIESC-style ecosystem; ACIC connects to it via FIESC for industrial advocacy and workforce training.
• SEBRAE (Serviço Brasileiro de Apoio às Micro e Pequenas Empresas): National SME support entity with massive training and consulting footprint; ACIC partners with SEBRAE on MEI UP but competes for SME mindshare and program funding.

Regional players

• FIESC (Federação das Indústrias do Estado de Santa Catarina): State-level industry federation covering Santa Catarina, sister organization to ACIC. Comparable in mission (industrial representation, training, events like FIEMG/FIESC expos) and partners with ACIC through shared infrastructure advocacy.
• Fecomércio SC: State-level commerce federation serving retail and service businesses in Santa Catarina. Overlapping member base with ACIC in the commerce/services segment; comparable training and advocacy portfolio.

Emerging players

• Hannover Fairs / Deutsche Messe (IFFA): Global trade-fair organizer running IFFA (international meat-industry expo). Comparable to Mercoagro in subject matter (meat processing) and provides a benchmark for international scaling of ACIC's flagship event.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/acicchapeco
• Xx.com/ACICchapeco
• Facebookfacebook.com/acic.chapeco
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/acic-associacao-comercial-e-industrial-de-chapeco

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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