COOSPRAL

What COOSPRAL does

COOSPRAL (Cooperativa de Provisión de Servicios Públicos del Partido de Ramallo Limitada) is a member-owned cooperative headquartered in Ramallo, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, that delivers public utility and ancillary social services to the residents of the Partido de Ramallo. Its core offerings span regulated electricity distribution, broadband internet delivered over ADS (asymmetric digital subscriber) and wireless infrastructure, and bundled social services that include burial services, cemetery niches across multiple pantheons, cremation, and orthopedic equipment rentals. The cooperative is constituted under Argentine cooperative law (Ley 24224) and is overseen by INAC (Instituto Nacional de Acción Cooperativa).

The business model is a classic direct-to-member utility cooperative: residents of Ramallo subscribe to electricity and/or broadband services and are simultaneously members of the cooperative with voting rights in governance. Revenue is generated through regulated electricity tariffs, a four-tier broadband portfolio (BASIC 50, PLUS 70, MEGA 100, and PREMIUM 150 Mbps), and fees associated with social service usage such as niche acquisition and cremation. The cooperative supplements in-house capability with strategic partnerships, most notably a tie-up with Empresa de Servicios Fúnebres Hijos de Silvano Goenaga for funeral services delivery.

Operationally, COOSPRAL is a small organization of six employees with a localized digital footprint that includes a member webmail system, an electricity consumption calculator, an online provider registration portal, and a complaints handling channel. Technology deployment is functional rather than differentiated, focused on member self-service and administrative efficiency rather than advanced analytics. The cooperative is steadily expanding its cemetery capacity (Pantheon No. 24 with 1,728 niches is in service and Pantheon No. 25 is under construction) while layering digital tools onto its existing service lines; there is no evidence of geographic expansion beyond the Ramallo partido.

Name

COOSPRAL

Legal name

Cooperativa de Provisión de Servicios Públicos del partido de Ramallo Limitada

Website

https://coospral.com.ar

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

COOSPRAL is a six-employee Argentine cooperative providing electricity distribution, broadband internet, and social services (burial, niches, cremation, orthopedic equipment) to members across the Partido de Ramallo in Buenos Aires Province, regulated by INAC.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Utility Cooperative Services

NAICS

Electric Power Distribution (221122)

SIC

Electric Services (4911), Electric & Other Services Combined (4931), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEUADABAC

Electric Cooperatives (Rural/Member-Owned Utilities)

Energy, Utilities & Environment/Electric Transmission & Distribution (T&D)/Distribution System Operators (DSOs) & Electric Distribution Utilities

SECONDARYEUADABAJ

Multi-Utility Distribution Companies (Electric + Gas/Water Distribution)

Energy, Utilities & Environment/Electric Transmission & Distribution (T&D)/Distribution System Operators (DSOs) & Electric Distribution Utilities

Keywords

• Electricity distribution
• Residential internet service
• Cooperative utility services
• Burial social services
• Orthopedic equipment lending

Headquarters

HQ city

Ramallo

HQ country

Argentina

HQ region

Latin America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Infrastructure, Operations, Personnel, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Electrical Energy Distribution: Provision of electricity services to cooperative members in the Ramallo district. Revenue generated through monthly electricity consumption billing included in the electricity invoice.
2. Internet Services: Internet service provision with multiple plan tiers (BASIC 50, PLUS 70, MEGA 100, PREMIUM 150). Billing is monthly with various payment options including cash, debit/credit cards, and installments included in monthly invoice.
3. Provider Registration System: Administrative process for registering and managing suppliers/contractors for construction and service projects
4. Social Services - Sepelios: Funeral/burial services provided through a solidarity model. Members pay monthly social quotas for access to burial services. Includes sala velatoria, transportation, burial, and related services.
5. Social Services - Nichos y Cremación: Niche (crypt) provision for 20-year usage rights plus cremation services. Monthly quotas sustain the service.
6. Social Services - Banco de Elementos Ortopédicos: Loan and rental service for orthopedic equipment including walkers, crutches, wheelchairs, and hospital beds. Available free to social service members; rental for non-members.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

COOSPRAL is a community-owned cooperative that provides electricity distribution, residential internet (with multiple speed tiers), and social solidarity services including burial/sepelios, niche rental, cremation, and orthopedic equipment lending to members in the Ramallo district of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. All services are consolidated and billed through monthly electricity invoices under a cooperative membership model regulated by INAC.

Product overview

COOSPRAL (Cooperativa de Provisión de Servicios Públicos del partido de Ramallo Limitada) is a multi-service public utility cooperative based in Ramallo, Buenos Aires, Argentina. The organization operates three primary divisions: Electricidad (electricity distribution), Internet (residential connectivity with plans ranging from BASIC 50 to PREMIUM 150), and Servicios Sociales (social services including burial/sepelios, niche/crypt facilities, cremation, and orthopedic equipment lending). These services are offered independently under the cooperative umbrella, with customer support available via toll-free line, email, and in-person offices.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Electricity Service (Energía Eléctrica) Electrical energy distribution and supply service for residential and commercial customers in the Ramallo district. Revenue is generated through monthly electricity consumption billing consolidated with other cooperative services.
• Internet Plans
• Social Services (Servicios Sociales)

Quantifiable outcome

• 1,728 niche capacity for burial services

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Empresa de Servicios Fúnebres Hijos de Silvano GoenagacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCOOSPRAL has a partnership with this funeral service company for burial services. The company owns the funeral facilities (sala velatoria) at Gomendio 875, which were constructed with financial contribution from COOSPRAL. The funeral home is used to provide COOSPRAL's solidarity sepelios (burial) services to cooperative members.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• EDESUR: Major investor-owned electric distributor covering the southern Buenos Aires metropolitan area. Comparable regulatory environment and tariff structure to COOSPRAL, but at metropolitan scale and without the cooperative governance model.
• EPEC (Empresa Provincial de Energía de Córdoba): Provincial electric utility serving Córdoba province. Comparable in providing regulated electric distribution across a wide service territory under Argentine regulatory frameworks, though structured as a provincial state enterprise rather than a cooperative.
• EDENOR: Largest electric distribution company in Argentina, serving the northern Buenos Aires metropolitan area. Operates in the same regulatory and macro environment as COOSPRAL but at vastly larger scale, representing the broad incumbent benchmark for Argentine electricity distribution economics.

Others

• Fibertel: Established Argentine residential broadband ISP with cable and fiber offerings. Comparable as a competitor in the residential internet segment and a benchmark for technology and pricing in COOSPRAL's internet division.
• Claro Argentina (América Móvil): Major ISP and mobile operator in Argentina offering fiber and fixed broadband services. Comparable in the internet services segment where COOSPRAL's ADS/wireless offering competes, representing the threat of national-scale fiber entrants into regional markets.
• Telecom Argentina (Telecom / Personal / Cablevisión): Largest telecom group in Argentina providing fixed internet, pay-TV, mobile, and fiber services. Comparable as a competitor in the residential internet segment where COOSPRAL competes, and a benchmark for fixed-broadband ARPU economics in Argentina.

Direct peers

• Cooperativa Eléctrica de Venado Tuerto: Long-standing Argentine electric distribution cooperative serving Venado Tuerto (Santa Fe province). Comparable as a member-owned multi-service cooperative providing regulated electricity distribution under INAC oversight, with similar scale and rural/small-city service territory.
• Cooperativa Eléctrica de Bolívar: Electric distribution cooperative serving Bolívar, Buenos Aires province. Directly comparable in scale, governance, and service mix to COOSPRAL—operating under Argentine cooperative law with electricity as the core activity and supplementary community services.
• Cooperativa Eléctrica de Pergamino (CEyPS): Electric cooperative serving Pergamino in northern Buenos Aires province—geographically and operationally adjacent to COOSPRAL's territory. Comparable as an INAC-regulated cooperative offering electricity and adjacent services to a similar regional Argentine community.
• Cooperativa Eléctrica de Chacabuco: Member-owned electric cooperative in Chacabuco, Buenos Aires province. Highly comparable multi-service cooperative model (electricity + adjacent community services) serving a similar mid-sized Argentine district under the same federal cooperative framework.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/coospral

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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