Prefeitura de Cataguases-MG

What Prefeitura de Cataguases-MG does

Prefeitura de Cataguases-MG is the municipal government administration of the city of Cataguases in the Zona da Mata region of Minas Gerais state, Brazil. The municipality, established around 1876 (148th anniversary celebrated in 2024), is administered under Mayor José Henriques and operates through twelve municipal secretariats covering Education, Health, Social Development, Urban Services, Agriculture and Environment, Sports, Culture and Tourism, Administration, Economic Development, Treasury, Legal Affairs, and Public Works. It serves the local resident population and businesses through a combination of physical offices (Praça Santa Rita headquarters plus dedicated licensing and HR offices), a digital services portal, and the Cataguases Mais mobile application launched during FINC 2026. Core service offerings include property tax administration (IPTU Digital on Betha e-gov), electronic service invoicing (NFS-e), business licensing (Alvará), protocol tracking, and citizen complaint handling via Ouvidoria and SIC channels.

Name

Prefeitura de Cataguases-MG

Legal name

Prefeitura Municipal de Cataguases

Website

https://cataguases.mg.gov.br

Company type

Public

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal Government Services

NAICS

Other General Government Support (921190), Public Administration (92), Administration of Urban Planning and Community and Rural Development (925120)

SIC

Services-Management Services (8741)

akta.pro primary industry

Mayor/City Manager & General Administration (BPAIACAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Municipal Finance, Treasury, Budget & Procurement (BPAIACAC), Municipal Tax & Revenue Administration (Local) (BPAIACAD), Land Administration & Cadastral Services (Public Land Records, Parcel Management) (BPAIANAH)

Keywords

• Municipal government services
• Public administration
• Tax collection services
• Digital government portal
• Public procurement

Headquarters

HQ city

Cataguases

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Imposto Predial e Territorial Urbano (IPTU): Property tax collected annually from real estate owners in the municipality. Carnês issued with payment options including parcelamento.
2. Imposto Sobre Serviços (ISS/ISSQN): Municipal service tax on services rendered within the city limits.
3. Transferências Intergovernamentais: Federal and state government transfers including FPM, ICMS, SUS, FNAS, and other intergovernmental fiscal transfers.
4. Taxas e Emolumentos: Fees for municipal services including Alvará issuance, licensing, protocol processing, and other administrative services.
5. Licitações e Contratos: Public procurement processes for goods and services acquisition including playgrounds, vehicles, medications, printing services, and construction.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Prefeitura de Cataguases is a municipal government administration providing public services to citizens of Cataguases-MG through 12 secretariats covering education, health, social development, urban services, agriculture, sports, culture, administration, economic development, treasury, legal affairs, and public works. Core offerings include property tax (IPTU) collection, service tax (ISS) collection, business licensing (Alvará), public procurement processes, official municipal communications, and citizen participation in budgetary planning. Service delivery occurs through physical municipal offices, a digital government portal, and the Cataguases Mais mobile application.

Product overview

Prefeitura de Cataguases-MG operates a unified digital government services portal that integrates citizen-facing municipal services, transparency mechanisms, and civic participation tools. The core offering consists of the main services portal (portal web), the electronic official gazette (Diário Oficial Eletrônico), a mobile application (Cataguases Mais), and specialized service modules for tax management (IPTU Digital), electronic invoicing (NFS-e), and citizen feedback (Ouvidoria/SIC). The portal also maintains an Open Data (Dados Abertos) section providing structured JSON datasets for transparency and accountability. All services are built on the Instar Tecnologia platform and utilize the Betha e-gov system for specific transactional functions like property tax and protocol management.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Portal de Serviços ao Cidadão The main municipal government portal providing citizens access to services, information, news, official gazette, licitations, public notices, and government transparency data.
• Diário Oficial Eletrônico Electronic official gazette publishing all municipal government official acts, decrees, ordinances, and legal publications.
• Cataguases Mais (Mobile Application) Mobile application launched during FINC 2026 as a solution to increase efficiency and reduce bureaucracy in municipal services.
• Emissão de NFS-e (Nota Fiscal de Serviços Eletrônica) Electronic service invoice system enabling businesses to issue and manage digital service invoices.
• IPTU Digital Digital property tax (IPTU) system for consultation, payment, and second-via issuance.
• Portal da Transparência Government transparency portal providing public access to municipal expenditure, budgets, and financial data.
• Ouvidoria Municipal Municipal ombudsman service for receiving citizen complaints, denunciations, and service requests.
• Sistema de Informação ao Cidadão (SIC) Freedom of Information system allowing citizens to formally request access to government information.
• Dados Abertos (Open Data Portal) Open government data platform providing structured datasets in JSON format covering organizational, financial, legislative, and service delivery information.
• Consulta Pública e Participação Cidadã Citizen participation platform for public consultations on municipal planning, budget directives (LDO), and the Multi-Year Plan (PPA).

Quantifiable outcome

• Portal da Transparência with continuous updates and citizen evaluation system (average satisfaction rating of 4/5)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Organizações da Sociedade Civil (OSCs)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 April 2026Various OSCs selected through public calls (chamamento público) for social assistance services, cultural projects (Aldir Blanc), sports programs, and community integrated projects under MROSC framework (Lei 13.019/2014). Active partnerships include Serviço de Convivência e Fortalecimento de Vínculos, community preservation projects, and Cine Teatro Edgard renovation studies.
• Agricultura Familiar - Programa Nacional de Alimentação Escolar (PNAE)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 April 2026Public call for acquisition of food products from Family Agriculture for school nutrition programs. Estimated value of R$444,093.52 for food supply to municipal schools.
• Harsco Minerais LTDAcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2025Harsco Minerais LTDA, based in Timóteo, donates agrosilício (agro-silica fertilizer) to the municipality. SAMA (Secretaria de Agricultura e Meio Ambiente) distributes 45 tonnes annually to 47 rural producers for the second consecutive year as part of the State Project of Agro-Silica Distribution.
• SEDESE - Programa Esporte LEDminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 August 2024State partnership for installation of LED floodlights at Campo de Futebol in Bairro Ibraim. Convênio n° 1481001089/2024 under SEDESE sports program.
• Instituto RecicleirosminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2014Partnership with Instituto Recicleiros for recycling and environmental sustainability programs. Active since 2014 through public call/chamamento público process.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Prefeitura de Ubá-MG: Small Minas Gerais municipality with comparable population scale, agricultural economic base, and reliance on FPM/ICMS transfers. Direct peer for tax-base and intergovernmental transfer benchmarking.
• Prefeitura de Leopoldina-MG: Adjacent Minas Gerais municipality in the same mesorregião with similar administrative footprint and economic base. Direct functional peer for benchmarking citizen services and digital governance.
• Prefeitura de Muriaé-MG: Neighboring Minas Gerais municipality with similar population size in Zona da Mata. Comparable on scale, tax base structure, and rural/agricultural producer services profile.
• Prefeitura de Juiz de Fora-MG: Municipal government in the same Zona da Mata region of Minas Gerais with comparable structure (prefeitura, secretarias, IPTU/ISS revenue streams, electronic bidding, transparency portal). Strong direct comparability on scale and administrative model.

Others

• Betha Sistemas: Vendor of the e-gov platform powering Cataguases' IPTU Digital, Alvara, and Protocol systems. Enabling technology provider directly relevant to the municipality's technology stack and procurement roadmap.
• Instar Tecnologia: Technology platform provider for the Cataguases portal infrastructure. Adjacent enabling peer — relevant as a benchmarking reference for similar small/medium municipalities adopting digital portals.

Broad incumbents

• Prefeitura de Belo Horizonte-MG: State capital municipal government with a fully digitized tax collection, transparency portal, and citizen participation platform. Acts as a top-tier reference model for what scaled municipal digital transformation looks like in Minas Gerais.
• Prefeitura de Niterói-RJ: Mid-sized Brazilian municipal government known for advanced digital services and transparency initiatives (Niterói Transparente). Comparable on citizen-services modernization trajectory.
• Prefeitura de Santos-SP: Larger Brazilian municipal government operating a much more extensive digital services portal and transparency platform (Santos Digital). Broader incumbent benchmark for e-government maturity comparison.
• Prefeitura de Curitiba-PR: Historically leading Brazilian municipality for urban planning, citizen participation (IPPUC), and transparency. Reference benchmark for Plano Diretor, orçamento participativo, and integrated urban services delivery.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• Instagraminstagram.com/cataguasesprefeitura
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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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