What Coashiq does

COASHIQ (Comisión Autónoma de Seguridad e Higiene en el Trabajo de Industrias Químicas y Afines) is a Spanish non-profit business association (asociación empresarial sin ánimo de lucro) headquartered in Madrid that serves the occupational risk prevention (PRL) needs of companies in the chemical industry and related sectors, including petroleum, gases, general chemicals, fine chemicals, and pharmaceutical laboratories. Founded on April 30, 1985, with origins tracing back to ASIQ (1963) and COSHIQ (1967), the association currently counts approximately 200 member companies whose prevention technicians—more than 170 professionals with 100% technical roles—participate in Working Commissions organized by sector, territory, and general advisory areas, in addition to technical conferences and training sessions throughout the year.

The organization does not operate a commercial technology platform or sell products; its core knowledge outputs are semi-annual accidentality reports that enable member companies to benchmark their own safety data against sector averages (validated by professional mutual insurance companies), an exclusive members-only technical forum for resolving field-level prevention queries, technical publications and guidelines, and the annual Premios COASHIQ a la Gestión de la Seguridad (Safety Management Awards) recognizing companies that achieved zero accident rates over the preceding year. Distribution is exclusively via direct membership to enterprises in the Spanish chemical ecosystem, supported by a separate cohort of sponsor companies (Empresas Patrocinadoras) and collaborating entities (Entidades Colaboradoras) spanning prevention services, environmental consulting, HSE inspection, training, and chemical-industry trade bodies.

The revenue model is recurring membership fees from approximately 200 chemical-sector companies, supplemented by sponsor and collaborating-entity contributions; COASHIQ does not disclose pricing, revenue figures, or external funding, and operates on a non-profit governance basis with no parent company, subsidiaries, venture capital, or private equity ownership identified. Geographic reach is restricted to Spain, with no global footprint claim made, and no AI/ML, API, SDK, or proprietary software products are offered.

Name

Coashiq

Legal name

COASHIQ (Comisión Autónoma de Seguridad e Higiene en el Trabajo de Industrias Químicas y Afines)

Website

https://coashiq.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1985

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

COASHIQ is a Spanish non-profit business association, founded in 1985 and headquartered in Madrid, that serves approximately 200 chemical and related-industry companies by coordinating prevention-technician Working Commissions, semi-annual accidentality benchmarking, and the annual COASHIQ Safety Management Awards.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Madrid

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Member company fees: COASHIQ is a non-profit association sustained by membership fees from approximately 200 chemical and related industry companies. The association's primary activity is managing industrial safety, occupational health, and environmental programs for its member companies.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

COASHIQ is a non-profit business association that provides industrial safety, occupational health, and environmental management services to its ~200 member companies in the Spanish chemical and related industries. Its core offering is the COASHIQ membership, through which more than 170 member-company prevention professionals participate in Working Commissions, access a members-only technical forum, receive semi-annual sector accidentality reports for benchmarking, and are eligible for the annual Premios COASHIQ a la Gestión de la Seguridad (Safety Management Awards).

Product overview

COASHIQ is a non-profit business association for the chemical and related industries, not a product or software company. Its primary activities are industrial safety management, occupational health, and environmental protection. Member company prevention technicians collaborate through working commissions organized by sector, territory, and general advisory areas. Core services include semi-annual accident statistics reports with comparative sector data, annual 'Premios COASHIQ a la Gestión de la Seguridad' (Safety Management Awards), technical publications and guidelines, an exclusive member forum, and training sessions and technical conferences throughout the year.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• COASHIQ Association Membership (Asociación COASHIQ)
• Premios COASHIQ a la Gestión de la Seguridad (COASHIQ Safety Management Awards)

Quantifiable outcome

• Companies receive reliable, sector-specific accidentality data for comparative benchmarking against peers in petroleum, gases, general chemicals, fine chemicals, pharmaceutical laboratories, etc.

Named customers18 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

20 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• FEIQUE (Federación Empresarial de la Industria Química Española)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 February 1979In February 1979, COSHIQ (predecessor of COASHIQ) signed a protocol of adherence to FEIQUE, through which COSHIQ provided the federation its organization, experience, and advisory services in Safety and Hygiene. This protocol has been without effect since 2010.
• CaryosaminorOthersSponsor company of COASHIQ, listed among Empresas Patrocinadoras on the official COASHIQ website.
• CordisIntegralisminorOthersSponsor company of COASHIQ, listed among Empresas Patrocinadoras on the official COASHIQ website.
• 3MminorOthersSponsor company of COASHIQ, listed among Empresas Patrocinadoras on the official COASHIQ website.
• 3L-groupminorOthersCollaborating company of COASHIQ, listed among Empresas Patrocinadoras on the official COASHIQ website.
• IturriminorOthersSponsor company of COASHIQ, listed among Empresas Patrocinadoras on the official COASHIQ website.
• PrevenplanminorOthersCollaborating entity of COASHIQ, listed among Entidades Colaboradoras. Focused on prevention and occupational health services.
• AlentaminorOthersCollaborating entity of COASHIQ, listed among Entidades Colaboradoras. Focused on environment and sustainability consulting.
• eSolveminorOthersCollaborating entity of COASHIQ, listed among Entidades Colaboradoras.
• StimulusminorOthersCollaborating entity of COASHIQ, listed among Entidades Colaboradoras. Focused on consulting services.
• Asecorp HSEminorOthersCollaborating entity of COASHIQ, listed among Entidades Colaboradoras. Offers HSE (Health, Safety, Environment) services.
• ArcadisminorOthersCollaborating entity of COASHIQ, listed among Entidades Colaboradoras. International design and consultancy for the natural and built environment.
• PrevorminorOthersCollaborating entity of COASHIQ, listed among Entidades Colaboradoras.
• DekraminorOthersCollaborating entity of COASHIQ, listed among Entidades Colaboradoras. Specialist in safety and quality inspection services.
• PrevencontrolminorOthersCollaborating entity of COASHIQ, listed among Entidades Colaboradoras. Focused on occupational risk prevention.
• ExpoquimiaminorOthersCollaborating entity of COASHIQ, listed among Entidades Colaboradoras. Chemical industry trade fair.
• AfaquimminorOthersCollaborating entity of COASHIQ, listed among Entidades Colaboradoras.
• Tandem HSEminorOthersCollaborating entity of COASHIQ, listed among Entidades Colaboradoras. Focused on HSE consulting.
• CordisminorOthersCollaborating entity of COASHIQ, listed among Entidades Colaboradoras.
• MD FormacióminorOthersCollaborating entity of COASHIQ, listed among Entidades Colaboradoras. Focused on training and professional development.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• FEIQUE (Federación Empresarial de la Industria Química Española): The Spanish Chemical Industry Business Federation, the national employer body for the chemical sector. Directly comparable to COASHIQ in mission (serving the Spanish chemical industry), Spanish geographic focus, and member-driven model, though FEIQUE covers the full chemical industry agenda while Coashiq specializes in safety, health, and environment.
• CCPS – Center for Chemical Process Safety: AIChE's Center for Chemical Process Safety is a global, member-funded technical organization focused exclusively on process safety in the chemical industry. The most direct functional analog to Coashiq's chemical-industry safety focus, though operating at international rather than national level.

Broad incumbents

• CEFIC (European Chemical Industry Council): The pan-European chemical industry federation. Comparable in serving chemical-industry members with sector-specific advocacy, data, and working groups, but at continental scale and with a much broader policy and commercial remit than Coashiq's narrow safety/health/environment focus.

Regional players

• Chemical Industries Association (CIA, UK): The UK trade association for the chemical and chemical-using industries. Closely comparable as a national chemical industry membership body in Europe, with similar advocacy, health/safety, and member-services functions; serves the UK market rather than Spain.
• American Chemistry Council (ACC): US trade association for the chemical industry with a member-driven model, sector data products, and advocacy focus. Directly comparable in operating model and member structure, but serves the United States rather than Spain.
• Verband der Chemischen Industrie (VCI): The German chemical industry association, the largest national chemical industry federation in Europe. Comparable as a national-level chemical industry membership body with safety, health, and environment functions analogous to Coashiq's, but operating in Germany at much larger scale.
• France Chimie (UIC France): The French chemical industry trade association. Comparable in serving chemical-industry members in a single European country with working groups spanning safety, environment, and social issues; the closest functional analog to Coashiq in the French market.
• Federchimica: The Italian chemical industry federation, another European national chemical industry membership body. Comparable in mission, member-driven structure, and country-level geographic focus, but operating in Italy at a larger scale than Coashiq in Spain.

Emerging players

• EIGA – European Industrial Gases Association: The European industry body for industrial, medical, and food gases companies. Comparable as a chemical/industrial subsector membership association producing safety standards, technical publications, and working groups, but narrower in vertical scope (gases only) than Coashiq's broader chemical remit.

Others

• CIAA – Confederation of the Food and Drink Industries of the EU: The European food and drink industry confederation, an EU-level membership association. Comparable in operating model (industry trade association, member-funded, working groups, data products) but serving an adjacent sector; relevant as a structural analog for potential vertical expansion from Coashiq's chemical base.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/COASHIQ_oficial
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCT04bQrNEeqj75AIuXpl4kA/featured
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/coashiq

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