Asalma (Agrupación de Sociedades Laborales de Madrid)

What Asalma (Agrupación de Sociedades Laborales de Madrid) does

Asalma (Agrupación de Sociedades Laborales de Madrid) is a non-profit business association founded in 1986 and headquartered in Madrid, Spain, with a current headcount of 28 employees. The organization represents and supports worker-owned companies known as 'sociedades laborales' (labor societies) within the Community of Madrid region. Its member base consists of small and medium-sized cooperatives that receive advisory and administrative services across labor law, legal affairs, taxation, accounting, financial planning, public subsidies, training, and digital transformation. Asalma approaches its 40-year anniversary and currently participates in the ES_MAD 2026 Awards.

Its service portfolio combines traditional professional advisory with structured initiatives operating under sub-brands E-SOCIAL HUB, CRIO, OTRE, and SAVIA. The SAVIA program is delivered in partnership with Fundación Endesa. The association also partners with the Ayuntamiento de Madrid on a digitalization project for member cooperatives, and is aligned with Spanish Government funding frameworks tied to the Next Generation EU / PRTR (Recovery and Resilience Mechanism).

Revenue is generated primarily through membership fees paid by affiliated labor societies, supplemented by public-sector grants and project-specific funding — including Spanish Government Next Generation EU / PRTR resources — and supplemented further by corporate partnerships such as Fundación Endesa/SAVIA. Advisory services to members are largely free, anchoring the value proposition around representation and access rather than transactional pricing. Go-to-market is regionally bounded to the Community of Madrid, with member cooperatives as the sole customer segment.

Name

Asalma (Agrupación de Sociedades Laborales de Madrid)

Legal name

AGRUPACIÓN DE SOCIEDADES LABORALES DE MADRID (ASALMA)

Website

https://asalma.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1986

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Asalma is a Madrid-based non-profit business association founded in 1986 that provides labor, legal, tax, accounting, and digital transformation advisory services to worker-owned companies (sociedades laborales) across the Community of Madrid region.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Business Association Services — Social Economy / Labor Society Support

NAICS

Business Associations (813910), Professional Organizations (813920)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Workforce Development & Inclusive Employment (Job Training, Placement) (BPAGALAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Workforce Readiness, Career Pathways & Youth Employment Nonprofits (BPAGADAF)

Keywords

• Labor society advisory
• Social economy association
• Collective entrepreneurship support
• Business creation services
• Public subsidy facilitation

Headquarters

HQ city

Madrid

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership and associative services: Asalma operates as a non-profit business association representing labor societies in Madrid. Revenue is derived from membership fees, service provision to entrepreneurs, and public funding or subsidies for economic development programs.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Asalma is a non-profit business association that represents, promotes, and supports labor societies (sociedades laborales) and collective entrepreneurs in the Community of Madrid. It delivers advisory services (labor, legal, tax, accounting, economic-financial), training through its Escuela de Formación, technical management for member companies, and facilitation of public subsidies and grants. Its offerings are anchored in the Portal de Emprendimiento and complemented by funded projects (SAVIA, CRIO, E-SOCIAL HUB, PRTR/Next Generation EU, Digitalización).

Product overview

Asalma (Agrupación de Sociedades Laborales de Madrid) is a non-profit business association providing a comprehensive suite of services to support the creation, development, and consolidation of labor societies in the Community of Madrid. The core offering centers on the Portal de Emprendimiento, which integrates collective entrepreneurship support (Emprendimiento Colectivo), company creation guidance (CREA TU EMPRESA), a training school (Escuela de Formación), and technical management services. Additional support services include subsidy management (Ayudas a la Creación), Punto PAE for entrepreneur attention, and integral advisory services covering labor, legal, tax, and accounting matters. The organization also manages multiple initiatives and projects including E-SOCIAL HUB (enterprise hub), Proyecto SAVIA (senior employability), Proyecto CRIO (business creation and equal opportunities), digitalization programs for commerce, and participation in the EU Next Generation/PRTR plan. Services are delivered both through direct consulting and via various projects funded by public administrations including the Madrid City Council and regional government.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SAVIA: Project promoted by Fundación Endesa for the enhancement of employment opportunities for professionals over 50 years old, in collaboration with ASALMA.
• E-SOCIAL HUB
• CRIO
• OTRE

Products and services

• Portal de Emprendimiento (Entrepreneurship Portal) Comprehensive online portal providing resources, guidance, and services for collective entrepreneurship and labor society creation in the Community of Madrid. It integrates Emprendimiento Colectivo, CREA TU EMPRESA, information on labor societies, and the Escuela de Formación.
• Emprendimiento Colectivo (Collective Entrepreneurship Support) Support service for collective entrepreneurship, helping groups of workers create and establish labor societies in the Community of Madrid.
• CREA TU EMPRESA (Create Your Company) Step-by-step guidance service for creating a labor society company, from business idea analysis to formal establishment.
• Escuela de Formación (Training School) Training school offering professional development programs and courses for entrepreneurs and workers in labor societies.
• Servicio Técnico de Gestión (Technical Management Service) Technical management service providing ongoing administrative and operational support for labor societies.
• Ayudas a la Creación de una Sociedad Laboral (Aid for Labor Society Creation) Financial aid and subsidy management service helping entrepreneurs access economic support (€5,000–€10,000 per worker partner; €12,000–€15,000 for startup costs; 50% matching for capital contributions) for establishing labor societies.
• Punto PAE (Punto de Atención al Emprendedor) Business Angel Point providing specialized attention and guidance for entrepreneurs at various stages of business creation in the Community of Madrid.
• E-SOCIAL HUB Enterprise hub showcasing products and services from labor societies and social economy enterprises in Madrid.
• Asesoría Integral (Integral Advisory — Labor, Legal, Tax, Accounting) Comprehensive advisory services covering labor consulting, legal advice, tax advice, and accounting services for labor societies and their members.
• Gestión de Subvenciones y Ayudas (Subsidy and Aid Management) Subsidy and aid management service helping labor societies and member businesses identify and apply for available grants and financial support from public programs.
• Plataforma Comercial de Venta Online (Online Sales Platform) Online sales and commerce platform integrated with establishment websites, e-commerce, and social networks for retail and hospitality businesses, supporting digital sales channels for member companies.
• Viveros de Empresas — CIFE Fuenlabrada (Business Incubator) Business incubator service in Fuenlabrada managed by CIFE, supporting new enterprise creation in collaboration with the Fuenlabrada municipality.
• Proyecto de Digitalización (Digitalization Program — Madrid City Council) Digitalization support program for small retail and hospitality businesses in Madrid municipality, providing website development, e-commerce implementation, SEO optimization, social media presence, and digital business management tools.
• Plan de Recuperación, Transformación y Resiliencia (PRTR / Next Generation EU) Support Support service for accessing Spain's Recovery, Transformation, and Resilience Plan (PRTR) funded by the European Union's Next Generation EU, including the Kit Digital program and facilitation of subsidies and grants for labor societies and social economy enterprises.

Quantifiable outcome

• Comprehensive business creation support from idea analysis to company constitution and consolidation
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Fundación EndesacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFundación Endesa partnered with ASALMA through the SAVIA project to support professionals over 50 years old (seniors) in re-entering the labor market through collective entrepreneurship. ASALMA provides free information services about labor society formation, constitution, and available subsidies to participants referred through the SAVIA platform (generacionsavia.org).
• Ayuntamiento de Madrid (Madrid City Council)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMadrid City Council provides funding for ASALMA's digitization project targeting small retail and hospitality businesses in Madrid municipality. The project offers website development, e-commerce implementation, SEO optimization, social media presence, and digital business management tools.
• Gobierno de España (Spanish Government) - Next Generation EUcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerASALMA participates in Spain's Recovery, Transformation, and Resilience Plan (PRTR) funded by the European Union's Next Generation EU. This includes promoting the Kit Digital program and facilitating access to various subsidies and grants for labor societies and social economy enterprises.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Cooperativas Agro-alimentarias de España: National federation of agri-food cooperatives; broader cooperative federation that overlaps with Asalma's social-economy ecosystem representation at the national level.
• Cámara de Comercio de Madrid: Madrid's official chamber of commerce, a broader incumbent that offers generalized entrepreneur advisory, training, and business-creation services. Competes with Asalma for SMB mindshare on subsidy access and business formation.
• CEIM (Confederación Empresarial de Madrid-CEOE): Madrid's largest business confederation affiliated with CEOE; represents the broader Madrid private sector and competes for member companies and influence over regional SME policy.
• CEPES (Confederación Empresarial Española de la Economía Social): National confederation representing the entire Spanish social economy ecosystem (cooperatives, labor societies, mutuals, insertion companies, etc.). CEPES operates at the national advocacy level where Asalma operates at the Madrid regional delivery level — a logical upstream/downstream relationship.

Regional players

• Confederación de Cooperativas de la Región de Murcia: Regional cooperative federation in Murcia offering cooperative formation and advisory services; comparable to Asalma at a regional level but in a different autonomous community.
• FAECTA (Federación Andaluza de Cooperativas de Trabajo): Andalusian federation of worker cooperatives offering advisory, training, and representation services to member cooperatives. Direct structural analog to Asalma, but operating in southern Spain rather than Madrid.

Direct peers

• COCETA (Confederación Española de Cooperativas de Trabajo Asociado): National confederation of worker cooperatives (cooperativas de trabajo asociado), the closest structural cousin to sociedades laborales. COCETA provides federation-level advisory, training, and representation similar to Asalma's Madrid-specific value proposition.
• ANAIT (Asociación Nacional de Empresas de Trabajo Asociado): National association representing work-associated enterprises in Spain; shares Asalma's mandate of promoting and supporting employee-owned business models with advisory and policy engagement.
• CIFE (Centro de Iniciativas para la Formación y el Empleo) - Fuenlabrada: Fuenlabrada municipality's business incubator and employment initiative, already an Asalma operational partner. Functions as a comparable regional entrepreneur-support entity within the same Madrid autonomous community.
• FECOMA (Federación de Cooperativas y Empresas de Madrid): Federation of cooperatives and social economy enterprises in Madrid; ASALMA was explicitly recognized at FECOMA's ES_MAD 2026 awards. Both organizations serve overlapping Madrid-based collective entrepreneurship and social-economy members with training, advocacy, and representation.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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• Instagraminstagram.com/asalma_madrid
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/asalma-agrupaci%C3%B3n-de-sociedades-laborales-de-madrid-

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