Ajuntament de Castelló de Rugat

What Ajuntament de Castelló de Rugat does

Ajuntament de Castelló de Rugat is a municipal government (Ayuntamiento) providing public administration services to the residents and businesses of Castelló de Rugat, a small municipality in the province of Valencia within Spain's Valencian Community. The entity delivers the full scope of local government functions, including urban planning (Pla General Ordenació Urbana - PGOU), public works (e.g., the 2025 renovation of the Ausias March wastewater collector), local policing, health network coordination (Xarxa Salut), youth services, sports facilities management (municipal pool, poliesportiu, padel courts), tourism promotion, environmental conservation, and job placement programs. It is staffed by approximately 6 employees and operates from its headquarters at Plaça de la Constitució, nº 7.

The municipality's underlying technology stack consists of a website-based municipal services platform delivered through castelloderugat.es and a back-end hosted by Portales Municipales, a dedicated electronic administration portal (Seu Electrònica via sedelectronica.es), integration with the national FAC-E electronic invoicing platform and the estatal public procurement portal (contrataciondelestado.es), and a citizen-facing mobile application. Citizen engagement is supported through an unusually broad set of social channels including Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, WhatsApp, and a local tourism microsite (turismecastelloderugat.com).

The entity does not operate a commercial business model. It is funded through local taxes, municipal fees, and intergovernmental transfers (notably from the Diputación de Valencia and the Generalitat Valenciana), with no pricing model or revenue mechanics applicable to a commercial investment evaluation. The municipality pursues external grant funding for capital projects, such as the IVACE subsidy for the Eixample del Molí industrial polygon modernization, and partners with provincial authorities for shared administrative services.

Name

Ajuntament de Castelló de Rugat

Legal name

Ajuntament de Castelló de Rugat

Website

https://castelloderugat.es

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Ajuntament de Castelló de Rugat is a municipal government entity providing local administrative services, digital government tools, and community programs to the residents of Castelló de Rugat in the Valencian Community, Spain.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Administration / Municipal Government Services

NAICS

Public Administration (92), Administration of Urban Planning and Community and Rural Development (925120)

akta.pro primary industry

Mayor/City Manager & General Administration (BPAIACAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Parks, Recreation & Cultural Services (BPAIACAI), Land Administration & Cadastral Services (Public Land Records, Parcel Management) (BPAIANAH), Local Transportation, Parking & Mobility Administration (BPAIACAM)

Keywords

• Public administration
• Municipal services
• Electronic administration
• Citizen services
• Urban planning

Headquarters

HQ city

Castelló de Rugat

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Municipal Tax Revenue: Revenue generated from local taxes and municipal fees collected from citizens and businesses within Castelló de Rugat municipality.

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Ajuntament de Castelló de Rugat is the municipal government (Ayuntamiento) of the town of Castelló de Rugat, providing local public administration and citizen services. Its core activities include electronic administrative procedures through the Seu Electrònica, local police services, urban planning (PGOU), management of municipal sports facilities (poliesportiu, piscina municipal, padel courts), tourism promotion, a Land Bank (Banc de Terres), youth participation programs (1r Pla Jove), public procurement, and a bus service to Gandía.

Product overview

Ajuntament de Castelló de Rugat operates as a municipal government entity offering a unified digital portal for local administration services. The portal serves as the central hub for municipal information, administrative procedures, citizen services, and government transparency. Key services include padel court reservations, bus schedules, youth participation programs, municipal facilities management, employment services, health network coordination, urban planning, and tourism information. The municipality also maintains Electronic Administration (FAC-E), Electronic Headquarters (Seu Electrònica), and public procurement platforms for administrative operations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Seu Electrònica (Electronic Administrative Headquarters) Online electronic headquarters where citizens and businesses can submit administrative procedures, certifications, and official communications to the municipal government. Replaces and supplements in-person Atención al Ciutadà services.
• Banc de Terres (Land Bank) Municipal program that manages the registry and allocation of agricultural and rural land in Castelló de Rugat, supporting local land use and rural development. Targeted at landowners and farmers in the municipality.
• Tourism Portal (turismecastelloderugat.com) Official tourism website of Castelló de Rugat providing information about monuments, hiking routes, local history, and visitor services. Targeted at tourists and visitors to the municipality.
• Policia Local (Local Police Service) Municipal local police force providing public safety, traffic enforcement, and citizen protection services within Castelló de Rugat.
• Xarxa Salut (Health Network) Municipal health program coordinating public health initiatives, including the Consell Xarxa Salut, serving residents of Castelló de Rugat.
• Public Procurement Portal (Perfil Contractant) Municipal public procurement portal where the government publishes tenders and contract opportunities (licitacions), including infrastructure projects such as the Poliesportiu Municipal Almud. Targeted at suppliers and contractors.
• Urban Planning (PGOU) Municipal urban planning framework governing land use, building permits, and urban development within Castelló de Rugat. Targeted at property developers, architects, and residents seeking building or land use authorizations.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Portales MunicipalesminorOthersPartnership with Portales Municipales platform for municipal website infrastructure and services.
• Diputación de ValenciacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvincial government partnership with Deputación de Valencia for regional development, infrastructure support, and municipal services coordination. The municipality is affiliated with this provincial body for various administrative and development programs.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Ajuntament de Xàtiva: Mid-sized inland Valencian municipality with active heritage/tourism programming, urban planning responsibilities, and a multi-channel citizen engagement model — a strong functional peer given geographic and institutional proximity within the same Diputació de Valencia orbit.
• Ajuntament de Gandia: Larger neighboring municipality in the Valencian Community operating the same provincial e-government ecosystem and serving citizens of the same region (including the bus route that connects Castelló de Rugat to Gandia). Same Ajuntaments de Valencia mobile-app platform and shared Diputación de Valencia ecosystem make it a structurally analogous, larger-scale peer.
• Ajuntament de Dénia: Comparable Valencian-region municipality running a multi-channel citizen portal (web, app, social) with electronic administration and active tourism programming — closely analogous operating model to Castelló de Rugat at a larger scale.
• Ajuntament d'Ontinyent: Small-to-mid inland Valencian municipality with comparable population scale and a similar mix of urban-planning, sports, cultural, and citizen-service activities; operates within the same Diputació de Valencia framework, making it a direct functional peer for governance structure and service scope.

Broad incumbents

• Generalitat Valenciana: Autonomous-community government that administers regional grant programs (including IVACE industrial subsidies and natural-space conservation subventions received by Castelló de Rugat) — represents the higher-level public-administration incumbent that competes for the same limited talent and shapes the regulatory/funding environment for the anchor.
• Diputación de Valencia: Provincial governing body that is simultaneously Castelló de Rugat's core strategic partner and the higher-tier public administration that provides funding, technical assistance, and coordination to all municipal entities in the province — a broader-incumbent peer operating one administrative level above the anchor.
• Ajuntament de València: Provincial-capital municipality within the same Valencian Community operating a much larger but structurally similar electronic-administration and citizen-services model — serves as a reference point and broader-incumbent peer for governance modernization, transparency, and e-government practices.

Emerging players

• Localret: Catalan municipal-ICT consortium providing shared e-government infrastructure, municipal websites, and digital service platforms to local councils in Catalonia — comparable enabling-technology peer to Portales Municipales (Castelló de Rugat's actual provider) and indicative of the municipal shared-services model the anchor relies upon.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xcastelloderugat.es/movil/lajuntament-fa-sabe
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCDJlHPmxQNG_9f9q7oRu8ow
• Facebookfacebook.com/AjuntCastellodeRugat
• Instagraminstagram.com/ajuntamentcastelloderugat
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ajuntament-de-castell%C3%B3-de-rugat

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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