Sindicato Rural

What Sindicato Rural does

Sindicato Rural de Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo is a rural workers' union (sindicato rural) founded on January 5, 1986, and headquartered at Rua Conselheiro Antônio Prado, 601, Centro, Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo, São Paulo, Brazil. The union holds a Carta Sindical granted by the Ministry of Labor on April 2, 1986, formally recognizing it as the representative of rural producers within its territorial base of Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo and Espírito Santo do Turvo municipalities. As of the current period, the union has 533 associated members and operates with a staff of 101-250 employees. The organization is affiliated with the FAESP/SENAR system, which is present in 557 of 645 municipalities in São Paulo state.

The union delivers administrative, legal, fiscal, technical, and rural credit services through six in-house departments: Accounting (income tax returns, rural bookkeeping, INCRA registration), Personnel (E-Social, payroll, RAIS, CAGED), Tax (producer registration, ITR, CCIR, vaccination declarations, NF-e support), Police Dispatch (vehicle licensing, CNH renewal), Legal Advisory (labor, agricultural contracts, rural credit), and Technical/Rural Credit (project formulation with Banco do Brasil and Caixa Econômica Federal). Through its SENAR-SP partnership, the union also facilitates vocational training courses on machinery operation, combine harvesters, and sustainable agriculture. Technology utilization consists of consuming existing third-party digital platforms — GEDAVE for pesticide monitoring, CAR/SICAR for environmental registration, E-Social for labor compliance, and government portals for electronic invoicing — without developing proprietary technology.

The business model is membership-based: the union is funded through membership fees from its 533 associated rural producers and provides services either free of cost or as subsidized member benefits rather than charging market rates. Services are not commercially priced. The union functions as an intermediary between producers and Banco do Brasil and Caixa Econômica Federal for rural credit programs, and generates operational reach through its FAESP federation affiliation, SENAR-SP training partnership, Canal Rural media partnership (since November 25, 2021), and Google Programa Rotas Rurais digital-addressing initiative. The GTM motion is community-led: services are delivered in-person at the union's headquarters and through regional agricultural events, training sessions, and collaborations with municipal agriculture secretariats and producer associations.

Name

Sindicato Rural

Legal name

Sindicato Rural de Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo

Website

https://sindicatosantacruz.com.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

1986

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Sindicato Rural de Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo is a rural workers' union founded in 1986, serving 533 associated agricultural producers in Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo and Espírito Santo do Turvo, São Paulo, Brazil, with accounting, legal, tax, and rural credit services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Santa Cruz Do Rio Pardo

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership-based association services: Sindicato Rural de Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo operates as a non-profit rural producers' union (sindicato rural). It generates no commercial revenue from product sales. Instead, it is funded through membership fees from its 533 associated rural producers and provides free or subsidized services to members including tax assistance, rural credit project formulation, legal counsel, and SENAR vocational training courses. The union acts as an intermediary between producers and financial institutions (Banco do Brasil, Caixa Econômica Federal) for rural credit programs.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Sindicato Rural de Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo is a rural producers' union (sindicato rural) that delivers in-person administrative, legal, fiscal, and technical services to its 533 associated members in Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo and Espírito Santo do Turvo. It acts as an intermediary between producers and financial institutions such as Banco do Brasil and Caixa Econômica Federal for rural credit programs, and partners with SENAR-SP to offer free vocational training courses to agricultural workers.

Product overview

Sindicato Rural de Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo is a rural workers' union serving producers in Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo and Espírito Santo do Turvo municipalities. The organization offers a portfolio of service departments including accounting/tax (income tax, rural bookkeeping), personnel/labor compliance (E-Social, payroll), fiscal services (producer registration, ITR, CCIR), legal advisory, and technical services for rural credit. Through SENAR partnerships, the union provides agricultural training courses. The union has partnerships with Banco do Brasil and Caixa Econômica Federal to facilitate rural credit programs. Currently serves 533 member producers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Departamento Contábil
• Departamento Pessoal
• Departamento Fiscal
• Serviço de Despachante Policial
• Assessoria Jurídica
• Departamento Técnico - Crédito Rural
• Cursos SENAR

Quantifiable outcome

• 304 rural credit projects (cost and investment) prepared for producers; 007 rural property evaluations; 120 client credit limit analyses

Named customers4 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

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App detail

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Canal RuralminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 25 November 2021Canal Rural is a media partner for the Projeto Caravana Família Nação Agro. Through this partnership, events hosted by the union were broadcast via Canal Rural's official YouTube channel, extending reach beyond local attendees to a national audience of rural producers. Canal Rural provides media coverage, reporting, and digital platform access.
• SENAR-SP (Serviço Nacional de Aprendizagem Rural)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSENAR-SP is the national rural vocational training service. The union is a key local partner for SENAR-SP, facilitating vocational training courses (SENAR courses) for rural workers and producers in the region, including machinery operation, maintenance, and sustainable agriculture training. The union has organized courses on Operation and Maintenance of Agricultural Machinery, Combine Harvesters, and Tractors, typically delivered over multi-day intensive sessions.
• FAESP (Federação da Agricultura e Pecuária do Estado de São Paulo)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFAESP is the state-level federation of agriculture and livestock. The union is a rural syndicate affiliated to FAESP, operating within its system present in 557 of 645 municipalities in São Paulo. FAESP provides policy advocacy, economic reports, technical support, and organizational guidance. The union participates in FAESP-led commissions and initiatives including the Projeto Integrar and climate impact reports.
• Banco do BrasilcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBanco do Brasil is a key financial partner for rural credit. The union maintains a formal agreement (convênio) with Banco do Brasil to formulate rural credit projects, evaluate properties for loan collateral, and assist producers with credit renegotiation and restructuring. The union prepares technical projects that enable producers to access rural credit lines.
• Caixa Econômica FederalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCaixa Econômica Federal is a financial institution partner for rural credit. The union maintains a formal agreement (convênio) with Caixa Econômica Federal to prepare and process rural credit applications, enabling producers to access government-supported agricultural financing programs.
• FAESP / SENAR / Municipal and State GovernmentcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe union works closely with FAESP, SENAR, municipal government (Prefeitura), and state agricultural secretariat on climate impact response, agricultural policy implementation, and rural development programs. In the 2023/24 soybean harvest crisis, the union coordinated with these bodies to collect data, engage experts, and seek relief measures from governments and financial agents.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• FAESP (Federação da Agricultura e Pecuária do Estado de São Paulo): State-level federation of agriculture and livestock in São Paulo, to which the subject union is affiliated. FAESP provides policy advocacy, technical support, and oversight across 557 of 645 São Paulo municipalities, operating as the broader system in which the sindicato sits.
• OCB (Organização das Cooperativas Brasileiras): National federation representing Brazilian agricultural and agroindustrial cooperatives. OCB-affiliated co-ops (Coamo, Lar, C. Vale) provide overlapping services — credit, inputs, technical assistance, marketing — to producer members, competing for the same farmer wallet.
• CNA (Confederação da Agricultura e Pecuária do Brasil): National confederation representing Brazilian rural producers. Operates as the umbrella national body paralleling FAESP at the federal level, providing policy voice, economic research, and institutional representation for agricultural producers across Brazil.

Direct peers

• Lar Cooperativa Agroindustrial: Agricultural cooperative in western Paraná providing inputs, credit, technical assistance, and marketing services to producer members. Comparable in providing a full-service support ecosystem to small and mid-sized rural producers.
• C. Vale Cooperativa Agroindustrial: Large agricultural cooperative operating across Paraná and western São Paulo, offering credit, inputs, technical agronomic support, and commercialization to producer members — directly comparable in service mix to the sindicato's intermediation functions.
• Coamo Agroindustrial Cooperativa: One of the largest agricultural cooperatives in Latin America, headquartered in Paraná. Provides member producers with inputs, technical assistance, credit, storage, and commercialization services — overlapping materially with the union's intermediation and support role.
• Sindicato Rural de Marília: FAESP-affiliated rural union serving producers in the Marília region of São Paulo state. Operates the same membership-based model providing fiscal, legal, accounting, and rural credit services — a direct structural peer in the same state-level federation.

Others

• SENAR (Serviço Nacional de Aprendizagem Rural): National rural vocational training service that partners with the sindicato to deliver free courses on machinery operation, sustainable agriculture, and technical training. SENAR is a key upstream enabler of the union's training offering rather than a competitor.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sindicato-rural

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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M&A

Investments

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