Administración Nacional de la Seguridad Social

What Administración Nacional de la Seguridad Social does

ANSES (Administración Nacional de la Seguridad Social) is Argentina's national social security administration, operating as a decentralized government agency under the Argentine Ministry of Capital Human. The agency administers social security contributions, family allowances, retirements and pensions, unemployment benefits, and educational support programs for Argentine citizens across all life stages—from prenatal and maternity support through retirement and survivor benefits. Its service portfolio is organized around six beneficiary segments: pregnancy and birth, children, education, work, retirement/pensions, and widowhood/death, with flagship programs including Asignación Universal por Hijo (AUH), Plan 1000 Días, Progresar scholarships, ANSES credit products, and the Monotributo Social regime.

The agency distributes services through a multi-channel platform including 500+ physical offices searchable by province, the mi ANSES mobile application (available on iOS and Android), an Atención Virtual remote-service platform, a national phone service line (130), and the "ANSES va a tu trabajo" mobile workplace service. Underlying administrative services include Historia Laboral (contribution history queries), Constancia de CUIL issuance, and Certificación Negativa (proof of non-entitlement). A July 2026 product enhancement extended mi ANSES to provide retirees and pensioners complete salary receipt history directly on mobile. The technology footprint is conventional transactional: no public APIs, SDKs, or AI capabilities are evidenced.

ANSES does not operate as a commercial enterprise. Services are provided to citizens free of charge, with operations funded through payroll-based social security contributions from workers and employers, supplemented by national budget allocations. There are no private shareholders, venture funding, or M&A activity; the entity is fully state-owned and statutorily mandated. Periodic benefit adjustments are governed by Argentina's movilidad (mobility) indexation formula, with a 2.15% increase applied in July 2026 alongside a $70,000 minimum pension bonus supplement.

Name

Administración Nacional de la Seguridad Social

Legal name

Administración Nacional de la Seguridad Social

Website

https://anses.gov.ar

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

ANSES is Argentina's national social security agency, administering pensions, family allowances, unemployment benefits, and educational scholarships for Argentine citizens through 500+ offices, the mi ANSES mobile app, and virtual channels, funded by payroll contributions and government budget.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social Security Administration

NAICS

Health and Welfare Funds (525120), Public Administration (92), Direct Life, Health, and Medical Insurance Carriers (52411)

SIC

Life Insurance (6311), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Self-Funded Employer Plan TPA (ASO Administration) (HLAEALAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Flexible Benefits Administration (FSA/HSA/HRA) (HLAEALAK), Ancillary Benefits TPA (Dental/Vision/Life/Accident/Critical Illness) (HLAEALAN), Worksite Supplemental Life Insurance (Voluntary Life) (FSAIAMAF)

Keywords

• Social security administration
• Pension benefits
• Family allowances
• Unemployment benefits
• Public welfare services

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

ANSES administers Argentina's national social security system, collecting payroll contributions and distributing government-funded benefits including retirement pensions, family allowances (notably the Asignación Universal por Hijo), unemployment insurance, maternity and prenatal allowances, educational scholarships (Progresar), survivor pensions, and affordable credit products (Créditos ANSES). Services are delivered free of charge to Argentine citizens through physical offices, a mobile app (App mi ANSES), virtual attention, phone support, and an online portal.

Product overview

ANSES (Administración Nacional de la Seguridad Social) is Argentina's national social security administration offering a unified platform of citizen services centered on the App mi ANSES mobile application. The product portfolio encompasses four core areas: (1) Family Allowances including Asignación Universal por Hijo (AUH), prenatal, maternity, birth/adoption benefits, Plan 1000 Días, and oncopediatric assistance; (2) Retirement & Pensions covering jubilaciones, pensiones, debt payment plans, and historical reparations; (3) Employment & Education including unemployment benefits, Progresar scholarships, educational vouchers, ANSES credits/loans, and Monotributo Social; and (4) Administrative Services via the miANSES app, virtual attention, appointment scheduling, Historia Laboral, CUIL certificates, and negative certifications. All services are accessible through the main mobile app, office network, virtual channels, and the ANSES va a tu trabajo mobile service.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• App mi ANSES Mobile application available for iOS and Android providing citizens with access to ANSES services, including appointment scheduling, assignment queries, retirement procedures, CUIL certificate requests, and salary receipt history.
• Asignaciones Familiares (Family Allowances) Family allowance programs including Universal Child Allowance (AUH), family allowances per child, prenatal allowances, birth/adoption allowances, and spouse allowances for eligible Argentine families.
• Plan 1000 Días Comprehensive support program for pregnancy and early childhood development, including maternity allowances and specialized programs such as Maternidad Down.
• Prestación Alimentar Food assistance benefit for families with children, part of the comprehensive child support framework.
• Prestación Mensual Oncopediatría Monthly oncopediatric assistance for children undergoing cancer treatment, providing financial support to affected families.
• Progresar Educational scholarship program supporting students from low-income families to complete their studies at various educational levels.
• Vouchers Educativos Educational vouchers program providing financial assistance for school-related expenses.
• Créditos ANSES Loan and credit products offered to pensioners, retirees, and workers through ANSES, providing access to affordable credit.
• Jubilaciones y Pensiones Retirement and pension services including retirement initiation, pension requests, care task recognition, historical repair programs, and special retirement for people with disabilities or chronic illnesses.
• Desempleo (Unemployment Benefits) Unemployment benefits and related services for workers who have lost their employment.
• Monotributo Social Social monotax regime for low-income self-employed workers and beneficiaries of economic repair programs.
• Plan de Pago de Deuda Previsional Social security debt payment plan allowing workers to regularize missing contributions.
• Beneficio Capital Humano ANSES Discount and benefits program for ANSES beneficiaries at supermarkets and affiliated merchants nationwide.

Quantifiable outcome

• 2.15% mobility increase applied to pensions and allowances in July 2026
• +1 more outcomes

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• ADP Workforce Now: ADP's employer-facing payroll and benefits-administration platform overlaps with ANSES functions like labor history verification (Historia Laboral), negative certification, and employer-side contribution reporting — relevant for benchmarking digital API-driven servicing.

Broad incumbents

• Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS): Mexico's IMSS administers statutory social security including pensions, disability, and family benefits for private-sector workers, funded via payroll contributions. Operates a similar life-cycle benefits model (maternity, child support, retirement) and a comparable multi-channel (offices + digital) delivery model across a single large emerging market.
• WageWorks (now HealthEquity): Pre-merger WageWorks operated consumer benefits administration (FSA/HSA/commuter) at employer scale — a structural analogue to ANSES's administration of family allowances, educational vouchers, and similar payroll-funded consumer benefits.
• Administración de la Seguridad Social (US): The U.S. Social Security Administration is the closest functional analogue to ANSES — a national statutory body that administers payroll-funded retirement, survivor, and disability benefits. Comparable in mandate (compulsory social insurance, national scale, tax-funded operations) though much larger; useful as a benchmark for product scope and digital modernization.
• HealthEquity: U.S. HSA/FSA/HRA administrator that runs flexible benefits accounts for millions of Americans, structurally comparable to ANSES's family allowance and benefit-payment operations (AUH, Prestación Alimentar). Useful as a digital-administration benchmark for consumer-facing benefits platforms at scale.

Regional players

• AFIP (Administración Federal de Ingresos Públicos): Argentina's federal tax authority collects the payroll contributions that fund ANSES benefits and is therefore a tightly coupled upstream peer. Comparable as a government-state entity operating nationwide payroll/contribution infrastructure, sharing contributor identity (CUIL/CUIT) data with ANSES for benefit eligibility.
• Banco de la Nación Argentina: Argentina's largest state-owned bank, which competes with ANSES on the distribution of social benefits (pensions and AUH are paid through banking channels). Comparable as a state-owned entity providing nationwide benefit-distribution infrastructure and as a co-administrator of pension payments.
• OSDE / Swiss Medical (Argentine prepaid health): Argentina's leading private prepaid health plans operate the supplementary health-obra-social layer that complements ANSES's statutory benefits. Comparable as consumer-facing benefit administrators at national scale in Argentina and as integration partners for ANSES beneficiaries.

Direct peers

• Instituto Nacional de Previsión Social (INPS) — Chile (historically), or IPS today: Chile's Instituto de Previsión Social administers statutory pensions, family allowances, and social security benefits under a similar Latin-American statutory model. The closest direct peer to ANSES by mandate, funding source, and product mix — useful benchmark for regional social-security-administration practice.

Others

• Nación AFJP (historical) / Private Pension Fund Administrators: Argentina's private AFPs administered the country's private pension pillars before nationalization in 2008, and successor fund administrators (e.g., Orion Portfolio Solutions) now manage recovered assets. Useful peer for capital-markets-linked retirement administration, even though ANSES today runs the pay-as-you-go pillar directly.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• Facebookfacebook.com/ANSESgob
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/administraci%C3%B3n-nacional-de-la-seguridad-social
• Instagraminstagram.com/ansesoficial

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