ACCEDE

What ACCEDE does

ACCEDE SOCIAL, S.L.U is a Spanish Centro Especial de Empleo (Special Employment Center, CEEIS) headquartered in Santiago de Compostela that provides adapted passenger transport services for people with disabilities across all four provinces of Galicia (A Coruña, Lugo, Ourense, Pontevedra). Founded in 2001 as an initiative of COGAMI (Confederación Galega de Persoas con Discapacidade) to address COGAMI's own mobility needs, the company expanded materially in 2009 by securing contracts with the Consorcio Gallego de Igualdad y Bienestar to provide daily transport to Day Centers, and by forming operational agreements with local transport operators in Ferrol, Cerdedo, Monforte, and Ourense. The company is structured as a single-member limited company (S.L.U) without profit motive, with 100% of its workforce having disabilities — exceeding the 70% legal minimum for CEE classification — and is a beneficiary of social economy support programs (Bono Consolida Economía Social). Its core technology is a specialized fleet of adapted microbuses (19 seats each, configurable to carry up to 4 wheelchair users) supplemented by partner-operated vehicles and supported by trained route-companion personnel who accompany passengers throughout each journey.

Revenue is generated primarily through public-sector transport contracts managed by the Consorcio Gallego de Igualdad y Bienestar, covering 20 Day Centers and approximately 230 persons transported daily. A secondary revenue stream consists of on-demand and discretionary services (airport transfers, group leisure travel, association services) sold directly to individuals, associations, and disability groups. No public pricing is disclosed; service fees are negotiated on a contractual basis. The company's go-to-market relies on institutional procurement relationships, COGAMI's network of disability associations, and a bilingual (Galician/Spanish) corporate website, with no commercial digital marketing infrastructure. Three core service products — 'Luz verde a tus desplazamientos' (transportation assistance with companion staff), 'Móvete con nosotros' (daily day-center transport), and 'Viajes rodados' (pre-planned leisure and tourism transport) — define its service portfolio. The company operates within the COGAMI social-economy ecosystem alongside the adjacent CEE COINCO.

Name

ACCEDE

Legal name

ACCEDE SOCIAL, S.L.U

Website

https://accedesocial.gal

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

ACCEDE SOCIAL is a Galician Centro Especial de Empleo providing adapted passenger transport for people with disabilities across all four provinces of Galicia, operating a fleet of wheelchair-accessible microbuses and serving Day Centers under contract with the Consorcio Gallego de Igualdad y Bienestar.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Accessible Transportation Services

NAICS

Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (624120), Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (62412)

SIC

Transportation Services (4700)

akta.pro primary industry

Ambulatory Paratransit (ADA/Dial-a-Ride) Operators (TLAFAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Disability Services & Independent Living Support (BPAGACAG), Accessible (ADA) & Special-Needs Group Charters (THAIAIAK), Paratransit & NEMT Vehicle Upfitting / Accessibility Equipment Providers (TLAFAKAL)

Keywords

• Accessible transportation services
• Disability transport services
• Adapted microbus services
• Social employment services
• Demand responsive transport

Headquarters

HQ city

Mos

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Public transportation contracts: ACCEDE Social generates revenue primarily through contracted services with the Consortium Gallego de Igualdad y Bienestar, providing daily transport for people with disabilities to day centers across Galicia. This is a recurring, contract-based revenue stream tied to service provision in four Galician provinces.
2. On-demand and discretionary transport services: Services offered to associations, disability groups, and individual clients requiring accessible transport, including airport trips and group leisure travel. These are demand-driven, non-recurring service revenues.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

ACCEDE SOCIAL operates as a Centro Especial de Empleo (Special Employment Center) in Galicia, Spain, providing adapted passenger transportation services for people with disabilities. Created in 2001 as an initiative of COGAMI (Confederación Galega de Persoas con Discapacidade), the company runs a fleet of 16 microbuses supplemented by partner operators, serves 20 Day Centers across the four Galician provinces, and transports approximately 230 people daily. 100% of its employees are people with disabilities.

Product overview

ACCEDE Social is a specialized adapted transportation company for people with disabilities, operating as a Special Employment Center (Centro Especial de Empleo) where 100% of employees have disabilities. The company offers three core transportation services: 'Luz verde a tus desplazamientos' (ongoing transportation assistance with trained personnel), 'Muévete con nosotros' (daily transport to day centers), and 'Viajes rodados' (pre-planned trips and tourism transport). All services feature adapted vehicles and professional drivers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Luz verde a tus desplazamientos Contract-based transportation and displacement management service that handles daily scheduled transport for users of 20 disability Day Centers across the four Galician provinces on behalf of the Consortium Gallego de Igualdad y Bienestar.
• Muévete con nosotros On-demand, door-to-door adapted transport service for people with disabilities in Galicia for non-routine trips such as medical appointments, administrative visits, and personal errands.
• Viajes rodados Adapted leisure and excursion transport service that organizes trips and outings for associations and groups of people with disabilities across Galicia.

Quantifiable outcome

• 230 people transported daily to day centers across 4 Galician provinces
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Consorcio Gallego de Igualdad y BienestarcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 2009The Consortium Gallego de Igualdad y Bienestar is the primary institutional client, managing Day Centers across Galicia. ACCEDE Social holds contracts to provide daily accessible transport services for persons with disabilities attending these centers. This is the main recurring revenue relationship.
• Local transport operators (transportistas locales)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2009Since 2009, ACCEDE Social has partnered with local transport operators across Ferrol (11 vehicles), Cerdedo (2 vehicles), and Monforte/Ourense (acting as companions on 11 additional routes). These partners extend ACCEDE's service reach into areas where the company does not operate its own fleet, with ACCEDE providing expertise and coordination.
• COGAMI (Confederación Gallega de Personas con Discapacidad)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2001ACCEDE Social is an initiative of COGAMI, originally established in 2001 to provide adapted transport for COGAMI's own activities. COGAMI remains the parent organization, and ACCEDE Social serves COGAMI's disability resource centers as a key customer. The relationship is foundational: ACCEDE is part of the COGAMI ecosystem of social economy enterprises including COINCO (another Centro Especial de Empleo focused on recycling).
• COINCO (Centro Especial de Empleo de Iniciativa Social)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCOINCO is another Centro Especial de Empleo within the COGAMI ecosystem, focused on recycling. The COINCO page on ACCEDE Social's website describes its fleet of 16 microbuses and service operations, suggesting a close operational or brand relationship between ACCEDE Social and COINCO within the shared COGAMI group.
• Invbit (diseño y desarrollo web)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerInvbit designed and developed the self-manageable website for ACCEDE Social using WordPress with custom development, jQuery, Bootstrap, CSS3, and HTML5. This is a one-time web development and maintenance partnership.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Others

• Plena Inclusión España: Spanish confederation of organisations supporting people with intellectual disabilities and their families, many of whose member entities operate day centers and ancillary services. Closely adjacent ecosystem actor with overlapping end-user population but not a transport operator.
• Fundación ONCE: Spanish foundation for the employment and training of people with disabilities, parent of the Ilunion group. Operates in the same disability-services and inclusive-employment policy space as ACCEDE's COGAMI ecosystem.
• COCEMFE: Spanish Confederation of People with Physical and Organic Disabilities, representing the national federation of disability associations. Mirrors COGAMI's role as a Galician disability confederation at the national level.

Broad incumbents

• ALSA: Spain's largest private bus operator, providing accessible intercity and regional transport services. Competes in the broader passenger transport market with overlapping accessibility requirements, but as a broad incumbent rather than a specialised disability-focused operator.
• Grupo Avanza: Major Spanish passenger transport group operating urban, interurban, and adapted services across multiple autonomous communities. Overlaps with ACCEDE on accessible transport provision but serves broader mobility demand at significantly larger scale.

Regional players

• EMT Madrid: Madrid municipal transport operator providing accessible bus and on-demand services for people with reduced mobility. Direct functional analogue of ACCEDE's day-center transport in a different Spanish region.
• Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona (TMB): Barcelona metropolitan transport operator with accessible bus and metro services plus a demand-responsive transport service for people with disabilities. Comparable accessible-transport mandate in a different region from ACCEDE's Galician base.

Direct peers

• Specialisterne: International social enterprise dedicated to employing people with disabilities (notably autism) in operational roles. Highly comparable mission and inclusive-employment moat, though operating across multiple sectors and geographies rather than transport specifically.
• Ilunion: Spanish social enterprise conglomerate (ONCE group) operating businesses including accessible services and adapted transport, sharing the Centro Especial de Empleo model and public-sector contract base. Most direct analogue to ACCEDE in scale, mission, and customer mix.

Emerging players

• ABD Associació Benestar i Desenvolupament: Catalan non-profit providing social services including support for vulnerable groups, with operational overlap in disability and social-inclusion services. Comparable mission-driven social-services operator in a neighbouring Spanish region.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Compliance3 records

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Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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