What Consejo Privado de Competitividad does

Consejo Privado de Competitividad (DBA: Compite) is a Colombian non-profit private council headquartered in Bogotá that produces competitiveness research, indices, and policy recommendations for national and subnational stakeholders. The organization is funded through membership fees from "Miembros de número" and "Miembros de asociados" — primarily large Colombian corporations — and distributes its research outputs free of charge via its website and social channels. Its core product portfolio comprises five annual publications: the Informe Nacional de Competitividad (the flagship 15-chapter national report, with the 2025–2026 edition titled "Distintos, no distantes: acuerdos incómodos para avanzar"), the Índice Departamental de Competitividad (IDC) covering 32 departments and Bogotá across 13 pillars, the Índice de Competitividad de Ciudades (ICC) covering 32 capital cities, the Índice Subnacional de Emprendimiento (ISEM), and the Medición Subregional de Brechas de Género (MSBG).

The underlying technology is a proprietary analytical framework rather than a software platform: standardized indicator methodologies, longitudinal data collection across regions, and benchmarking frameworks developed in collaboration with Universidad del Rosario and partners such as Fundación Bolívar Davivienda and Davivienda. Beyond indices, the organization delivers specialized presentations on housing, energy, internationalization, and agroindustry, a podcast series ("Escucha y Aprende sobre Competitividad"), and a best-practices repository. It also operates on-the-ground cluster and inclusion programs through regional competitiveness commissions and partners such as the Cámara de Comercio de Bogotá, Cámara de Comercio de Manizales, ProAntioquia, MinTIC, Banco Agrario, and Fondo Nacional de Garantías.

The go-to-market is membership-driven and relationship-led rather than transactional. The organization engages directly with government institutions, regional competitiveness commissions, member companies, and academic partners, with research content distributed freely through compite.com.co. Customer segments span regional and municipal governments (primary users of benchmarking outputs), private sector member companies (primary funders), academic and research institutions (collaborators on methodology), and national government agencies (secondary users of policy recommendations). Leadership consists of Ana Maiguashca (President) and Daniel Gómez (Vicepresidente Técnico), with a core team of 1–10 employees executing an annual publication cycle across all indices and reports.

Name

Consejo Privado de Competitividad

Legal name

Consejo Privado de Competitividad

Website

https://compite.com.co

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Consejo Privado de Competitividad (Compite) is a Colombian non-profit think tank that publishes annual competitiveness indices and policy reports covering all 32 departments and 23 capital cities, funded by member company fees and serving government, private, and academic stakeholders.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Competitiveness Policy Research

NAICS

Business Associations (813910)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro primary industry

Democratic Governance & Public Administration Reform (BPADAGAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Governance, Public Financial Management & Service Delivery Reform (BPADAEAD)

Keywords

• Competitiveness research
• Policy analysis
• Regional development indices
• Economic benchmarking
• Subnational competitiveness

Headquarters

HQ city

Bogotá

HQ country

Colombia

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Membership fees: The organization is funded by member companies (Miembros de número and Miembros de asociados) who pay membership fees to support the council's operations and research activities.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Consejo Privado de Competitividad is a Colombian non-profit policy research council that develops and publishes annual competitiveness indices and reports measuring the performance of Colombia's 32 departments and capital cities across 13 pillars (institutions, infrastructure, ICT, environment, health, education, business environment, labor market, financial system, market size, sophistication, innovation, and entrepreneurship). Its main outputs are the Informe Nacional de Competitividad, the IDC, ICC, ISEM, and MSBG indices, developed with Universidad del Rosario and delivered free of charge to governments, member companies, and the public.

Product overview

Consejo Privado de Competitividad (CPC) is a Colombian policy research organization that produces a portfolio of competitiveness indices and reports. The core offerings include the annual Informe Nacional de Competitividad (National Competitiveness Report), the Índice Departamental de Competitividad (IDC) evaluating 32 departments, the Índice de Competitividad de Ciudades (ICC) for 32 capital cities, the Índice Subnacional de Emprendimiento (ISEM) for entrepreneurship analysis, and the Medición Subregional de Brechas de Género (MSBG) for gender equity measurement. These products are developed in collaboration with Universidad del Rosario and Fundación Bolívar Davivienda. The organization also produces specialized presentations, a podcast series, and a repository of regional best practices. All offerings are research and policy analysis tools rather than commercial software products.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CPC Podcast: Podcast series discussing competitiveness topics in Colombia

Products and services

• Informe Nacional de Competitividad Annual comprehensive report analyzing Colombia's national competitiveness across economic, institutional, and social dimensions, providing policy recommendations for improving productivity and sustainable development, distributed free of charge via compite.com.co.
• Índice Departamental de Competitividad (IDC) Index evaluating the competitive performance of Colombia's 32 departments and Bogotá across 13 key pillars, providing diagnostic tools for regional development planning.
• Índice de Competitividad de Ciudades (ICC) Index measuring and comparing the performance of Colombia's 32 capital cities across education, infrastructure, innovation, and business development, enabling strategic urban improvement.
• Índice Subnacional de Emprendimiento (ISEM) Index measuring and comparing regional capacity to foster entrepreneurship in Colombia, analyzing financing access, education, innovation, and business environment across major cities.
• Medición Subregional de Brechas de Género (MSBG) Index measuring gender equity progress in Colombia's regions, identifying key challenges and guiding public policies to promote equality between men and women across infrastructure, markets, leadership, education, and health.

Quantifiable outcome

• 32 departments and Bogotá evaluated annually
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Universidad del RosariocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partner for development of IDC, ICC, ISEM, and MSBG indices. Provides research methodology, data analysis, and academic credibility to competitiveness measurements.
• Fundación Bolívar DaviviendacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-developer of the Índice Subnacional de Emprendimiento (ISEM), contributing to measurement of entrepreneurial ecosystems in Colombian cities.
• DaviviendacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborator in the Medición Subregional de Brechas de Género (MSBG), supporting gender equity measurement in Colombian regions.
• Ministerio de Tecnologías de la Información y las Comunicaciones (MinTIC)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGovernment partner for digital connectivity initiatives in departments like Casanare and Vichada, supporting rural connectivity projects.
• Cámara de Comercio de BogotámajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner for the Water and Circular Economy Cluster Bogotá Región program, implementing inter-cluster business connection strategies.
• Cámara de Comercio de Manizales por CaldasmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLeads the Cluster Community strategy in Manizales and Caldas, managing 12 active cluster initiatives for productivity improvement.
• ProAntioquiamajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner for democracy protection and institutional strengthening initiatives, including strategic litigation and electoral observation.
• Banco Agrario de ColombiamajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFinancial partner for CrediPaz program in Nariño, enabling access to formal credit for the popular economy through interest rate compensation.
• Fondo Nacional de GarantíasmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRisk mitigation partner for CrediPaz credit access program, reducing credit risk to expand financial inclusion.
• Universidad Popular del CesarminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partner for the Software Development Diploma program in Cesar Digital initiative, forming youth in programming and emerging technologies.
• Corporación Unificada Nacional de Educación Superior (CUN)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in Talento Tech program in Vichada, providing free training in programming, AI, cybersecurity, and cloud architecture.
• Regional Competitiveness Commissions (Comisiones Regionales de Competitividad)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNetwork of regional competitiveness commissions including Probogota, Proantioquia, Probarranquilla, Procaldas, Proquindio, and others that implement regional competitiveness initiatives.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• World Economic Forum: Produces the Global Competitiveness Index and country-level competitiveness reports; comparable as a producer of widely cited competitiveness rankings and policy recommendations, operating at a global rather than subnational scale.
• CAF - Development Bank of Latin America: Latin American multilateral that produces the CAF Development Effectiveness Index and various subnational/regional economic diagnostics across the region; comparable as an institutional producer of country and subnational development indicators used for policy design.
• OECD Economics Department: Produces OECD Economic Surveys including the Colombia review, plus country and subnational competitiveness indicators; comparable as an institutional source of evidence-based competitiveness and structural reform recommendations.
• IMD World Competitiveness Center: Publishes the annual IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook ranking ~64 economies; comparable as an established producer of national-level competitiveness indices and country benchmark reports that inform policy and corporate decisions.
• World Bank Development Research Group: Produces Doing Business and Human Capital Index-type country/subnational rankings and supports reform benchmarking in emerging markets; comparable as a producer of global competitiveness diagnostic datasets that compete for the same government attention.
• UN ECLAC (CEPAL): Regional UN commission publishing Latin American and Caribbean economic/development studies and country reports; comparable as a producer of public sector-facing competitiveness and productivity diagnostics used by ministries and policy makers.

Direct peers

• Fedesarrollo: Colombian private-sector-funded economic think tank producing macroeconomic research and policy proposals; the closest functional peer to CPC in Colombia, with overlapping member-driven funding, policy advocacy and methodological rigor.
• ProBogotá: One of the regional competitiveness commissions in CPC's network that translates national competitiveness frameworks into Bogotá-level programs; comparable as a private-sector regional competitiveness actor executing on the same agenda.
• Cámara de Comercio de Bogotá: Colombian chamber of commerce and direct CPC partner on the Water and Circular Economy Cluster Bogotá Región and inter-cluster business connection initiatives; comparable because it produces regional competitiveness intelligence and cluster programs for the same Bogotá ecosystem.

Regional players

• Confecámaras: Colombian national federation of chambers of commerce publishing aggregated business environment indicators and policy positions; comparable as a private-sector-driven network producing regional competitiveness-related data and advocacy for the same target segments.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ColombiaCompite
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@ColombiaCompite
• Facebookfacebook.com/colombia.compite
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/consejo-privado-de-competitividad
• Instagraminstagram.com/colombia.compite

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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