ASOJUNTAS

What ASOJUNTAS does

ASOJUNTAS, formally the Asociación Municipal de Juntas de Acción Comunal de Saravena, is a Colombian non-profit association (entidad sin ánimo de lucro) founded on September 22, 1976 under Personería Jurídica No. 0122 and operating under the Special Tax Regime (Régimen Tributario Especial). Headquartered in Saravena, department of Arauca, the organization functions as the umbrella body for 26 affiliated Juntas de Acción Comunal (3 urban, 23 rural) and is governed by an elected board of directors currently serving the 2022–2026 term under Auto No. 509.

Its core economic activity is Comunal de Servicios, a centralized public utility bill payment service that allows community members to pay water, electricity, and gas bills at a single location. The organization reports 44 employees and operates two physical offices in Saravena: the Oficina Principal on Calle 29 # 16–15, Barrio 6 de Octubre, and the Comunal de Servicios on Carrera 14 # 27-55, Barrio Centro, with weekday hours of 7:00 AM–5:00 PM and Saturday hours of 8:00 AM–12:00 PM. Complementary offerings include certifications, social cause support, and a stated mission of generating dignified employment, particularly for women heads of household.

ASOJUNTAS generates revenue through transaction fees on utility payments collected at its offices; pricing is not publicly disclosed. The organization has no proprietary technology platform, no mobile application, no disclosed digital infrastructure, and no marketing beyond organic social media (Facebook, YouTube, Instagram) and physical presence. Disclosed financial metrics are limited to non-profit accounting items: patrimonio of $316,431,000 COP as of December 31, 2022, and 2020 excedentes of $29,544,000 COP earmarked for legalization of property for communal entrepreneurship projects. There are no funding rounds, no parent company, no subsidiaries, and no M&A activity on record.

Name

ASOJUNTAS

Legal name

Asociación Municipal de Juntas de Acción Comunal de Saravena

Website

https://asojuntas.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1976

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Saravena

HQ country

Colombia

HQ region

Latin America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations

Revenue model

1. Public Utility Payment Services (Comunal de Servicios): The organization collects payments for public utilities (servicios públicos) from community members at a centralized location. This is the primary economic activity that generates revenue to support the association's operations and community initiatives. The service creates dignified employment, especially for women heads of household.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

ASOJUNTAS operates "Comunal de Servicios," a centralized public utility payment collection service that enables residents of Saravena, Arauca to pay electricity, water, and other public service bills through a single community-run point. It also offers certifications, support for social causes, and dignified employment programs primarily for women heads of household, functioning as a community association serving member Juntas de Acción Comunal since 1976.

Product overview

ASOJUNTAS (Asociación Municipal de Juntas de Acción Comunal de Saravena) is a non-profit community association that operates primarily through its economic activity arm called 'Comunal de Servicios'. The organization offers a unified portfolio of services centered on public utility bill collection and community development. The core offering is the public services payment service (Pago de Servicios Públicos), complemented by employment creation initiatives, certification services, and social cause support. All services are designed to serve the communal community of Saravena, Arauca, with a focus on social welfare rather than commercial technology products.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Comunal de Servicios: An entrepreneurial venture under Asojuntas that provides a centralized location for paying all public utility services (servicios públicos) and creates dignified employment opportunities, especially for women heads of household.

Products and services

• Comunal de Servicios (Public Utility Payment Collection) Centralized in-person service point where Saravena residents can pay public utility bills (electricity, water, etc.) and access related community services. Targeted at households affiliated with the local Juntas de Acción Comunal.
• Certificaciones (Community Certifications) Issuance of community-related certifications through ASOJUNTAS for member Juntas de Acción Comunal and their affiliated residents.
• Apoyo a Causas Sociales (Support for Social Causes) Programs through which ASOJUNTAS channels support to social causes within the Saravena community, leveraging its network of 26 Juntas de Acción Comunal.
• Generación de Empleos Dignos (Dignified Employment Program) Initiative through which ASOJUNTAS generates dignified employment, particularly for women heads of household, via its service operations and community programs.

Quantifiable outcome

• Centralized payment services reducing the need for community members to visit multiple locations for utility payments
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights1 record

Direct peers

• ASOCOMUNAL: ASOCOMUNAL is the national federation that aggregates Colombia's Juntas de Acción Comunal — the same communal action boards that ASOJUNTAS federates at the municipal level. It is the most direct structural peer, sharing the same non-profit mandate, member-based governance, and community development focus.

Broad incumbents

• Comfenalco Antioquia: Comfenalco Antioquia is a Caja de Compensación Familiar — a Colombian non-profit welfare organization that provides social services, employment, and community programs financed through payroll contributions. While much larger and broader in scope, it shares ASOJUNTAS's non-profit community service model and Special Tax Regime status.
• Comfama: Comfama is one of Colombia's largest Cajas de Compensación Familiar, providing community welfare, employment, education, and social services to affiliated workers. It shares ASOJUNTAS's non-profit social-welfare mandate and Special Tax Regime but operates at significantly greater scale with corporate financing.
• Súper Giros: Súper Giros is a Colombian payment network operating thousands of utility payment points across the country, including rural municipalities. It is a comparable commercial incumbent to ASOJUNTAS in the utility payment space, though with a profit motive and broader service menu.
• Baloto: Baloto is a Colombian payment network that processes utility bills, lottery payments, and financial services through a national agent footprint. Like Efecty, it competes with ASOJUNTAS at the walk-in utility payment counter but with a far larger agent network and brand recognition.
• Efecty: Efecty is Colombia's largest national utility bill payment network with thousands of physical points of sale. It directly competes with ASOJUNTAS's Comunal de Servicios in Saravena but operates at vastly greater scale, with broader service offerings and stronger commission economics from utilities.

Emerging players

• Nequi: Nequi is a leading Colombian digital wallet that increasingly allows users to pay utility bills directly from a mobile phone, bypassing physical payment points. It represents a structural threat to ASOJUNTAS's walk-in utility payment model as digital adoption deepens in rural Colombia.
• Daviplata: Daviplata is a Colombian digital wallet backed by Banco Davivienda that enables mobile utility bill payments and cash-in/cash-out through a national agent network. It competes with ASOJUNTAS on the same transaction — paying utility bills — but through a digital-first, partner-agent model rather than a community-association model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Profiles3 records

Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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