Cepe - Caxias

What Cepe - Caxias does

CEPE-Caxias is a private social and sports club (clube associativo) founded in 1977 and headquartered on a 58,000+ m² campus at Rodovia Washington Luiz, Km 113,7 in the Campos Elíseos district of Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is recognized as the largest associative club in the municipality and maintains strong operational ties to Petrobras through its location near the REDUC refinery and a dedicated membership tier for Petrobras system employees, while remaining open to the general public. The club offers a unified membership product that bundles access to recreational facilities (semi-Olympic pool, children's pool, water slide, saunas, football field, tennis and beach volleyball courts, futsal, athletics track, sports gymnasium), structured physical activities (swimming lessons, hydrogymnastics, gym, localized gymnastics), event venues (hall, barbecue areas, game room, kiosk), restaurant and bar services, Wi-Fi, and reciprocal access to other CEPE clubs across Brazil.

The revenue model is a monthly subscription with three tiers: PETROBRAS system members at R$67.92/month, special contributing members at R$73.90/month, and contributing members at R$92.30/month, with separately priced add-on physical activities (R$20/month for member-rate swimming, R$60/month for non-members). Distribution is direct — in-person enrollment, phone, and email — supported by a basic website (cepecaxias.com.br) and social channels on Facebook and Twitter. Ancillary revenue is generated through an on-site restaurant (Restaurante Petra Grill), an aesthetic treatment outpost at REDUC, and a network of convênios partner discounts spanning universities, language schools, optical retail, travel, insurance, and cosmetics. The club lists only 5 direct employees, suggesting heavy reliance on outsourced instructors, partner-operated services, and volunteer or contracted labor; no financial figures, investor base, or ownership structure are disclosed.

Name

Cepe - Caxias

Legal name

CEPE-CAXIAS

Website

https://cepecaxias.com.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

1977

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

CEPE-Caxias is a private social and sports club founded in 1977 in Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro, serving Petrobras employees and the general public with a 58,000+ m² campus of pools, courts, gyms, event spaces, dining, and a national CEPE network membership.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Duque de Caxias

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others, Marketing or Sales

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

CEPE-CAXIAS is a private social and sports club (clube associativo) that sells monthly association memberships granting access to sports facilities, structured physical activity classes, event venues, on-site dining, Wi-Fi, and partner discounts. Members are organized into tiers (PETROBRAS system members at R$67.92/month, special contributing members at R$73.90/month, and general contributing members at R$92.90/month), and membership extends to reciprocal access across the national CEPE network of clubs in Brazil.

Product overview

CEPE-Caxias is a social and sports club (clube associativo) offering a unified membership service that combines recreational facilities, structured sports activities, event spaces, and dining options. The club operates as a single integrated product with multiple interconnected modules: core membership access, sports activities (swimming, hydrogymnastics, gym), recreational facilities (pools, sauna, courts, fields), event venues, restaurant services, and partner discount agreements. Members also gain access to the national CEPE network of clubs. The club spans over 58,000m² and is the largest associative club in Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Club Membership Services Monthly association membership providing individuals and families access to the club's recreational facilities, sports amenities, event spaces, dining, Wi-Fi, member discount agreements (convênios), and reciprocal access to other CEPE clubs across Brazil. Open to both PETROBRAS-affiliated individuals and the general public.
• Sports and Physical Activity Classes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

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No

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Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Unisuam (Universidade)</minorOthersUniversity partnership offering 40% discount on undergraduate monthly tuition and 20% discount on postgraduate monthly tuition. Contact: (21) 3882-9797
• Universidade Estácio de SáminorOthersUniversity partnership offering 10-28% discount on undergraduate monthly tuition and 15% discount on postgraduate monthly tuition. Contact: 2675-6400
• UnigranriominorOthersUniversity partnership offering up to 15% discount on undergraduate tuition (except medicine, veterinary medicine, and dentistry). Contact: 2672-7727 / 2672-7777
• Cultura InglesaminorOthersLanguage school partnership offering 15% discount on monthly tuition. Contact: 2671-4346 and 2671-2543
• Yes Inglês e EspanholminorOthersLanguage school partnership offering 50% discount on monthly tuition. Contact: 3331-2615
• Ótica Ponto de Visão (Ótica Carol)minorOthersOptical store partnership offering 30% discount on glasses, frames, or ophthalmic lenses. Contact: 2671-8521 / 2671-5982
• Ultramar Viagens, Turismo e CâmbiominorOthersTravel agency partnership offering various discounts on travel packages. Contact: 2505-4742 / 2505-4714
• Pousada Suarez - PenedominorOthersInn partnership offering: 15% discount low season, 10% discount high season (January-February), 10% discount holiday packages (except Carnival and New Year's). Contact: 2292-5618/5619/5620
• Restaurante Petra GrillminorOthersRestaurant partnership offering 15% discount on buffet. Contact: 2676-3530
• Porto Seguro (Grupo Fernandes)minorOthersInsurance partnership offering life, health, business, residential, vessel, and other insurance products. Advanced outpost at REDUC. Contact: 2677-2539
• Marmoraria VasconcelosminorOthersMarble/countertop shop partnership offering 15% discount on cash purchases and services. Contact: 3134-8627
• Restaurante Bistrô Nordestino - Casa AmarelaminorOthersRestaurant in Parque Equitativa, Santa Cruz da Serra offering 10% discount for members. Contact: 98766-0733
• Boticário (Elisabeth)minorOthersCosmetics retailer partnership offering up to 50% discount for members and employees. Sales point: every Friday at CEPE-Caxias entrance. Contact: 96492-2269 / 97038-1799
• Quitutes com ArteminorOthersFood/confections partnership offering 5% discount. Contact: 3155-5551 / 99633-9411. Facebook: /quitutescomarte, Instagram: @quitutescomarte
• Espaço de Tratamento Estético - CEPE CaxiasminorOthersAesthetic treatment space operated at the club, located at Rod. Washington Luiz, 114 - REDUC. Contact: 3744-7646 / 3657-0025 / 96911-7145

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• SEST SENAT: Employer-affiliated recreation and wellness centers for transportation-sector workers, offering sports facilities, fitness instruction, and social programming funded via payroll-linked contributions. Closely mirrors the PETROBRAS-affiliated, tiered-membership, recreational-club model that defines CEPE-Caxias.
• AABB (Associação Atlética Banco do Brasil): National network of employer-affiliated recreational/social clubs structured almost identically to CEPE-Caxias: corporate-sponsored access tiers (Bank of Brazil employees and dependents), sports facilities, event spaces, and monthly subscription model. Directly comparable business model and customer base.
• CEPE (Confederação Nacional dos Clubes Associativos): The national confederation/network of which CEPE-Caxias is a node, linking multiple CEPE-branded recreational clubs across Brazil. Direct network peer — members at any CEPE-affiliated club can access others, making each location a partial substitute and complement within the same brand and operating standard.

Broad incumbents

• SESC (Serviço Social do Comércio): Operates a national chain of recreational, sports, and cultural facilities tied to the commerce-sector workforce via employer contributions. Same associative-club model at vastly larger scale, with comparable sports/social programming and tiered access. CEPE-Caxias occupies a similar niche for the petrochemical workforce that SESC occupies for commerce workers.
• Smart Fit: Brazil's largest low-cost gym chain, operating hundreds of units nationally with a digital-first member experience and aggressive pricing below R$100/month. Competes for the same mass-market fitness-and-recreation wallet share as CEPE-Caxias's contributing-member tier, with a fundamentally different asset-light, tech-enabled delivery model.
• Clube de Regatas do Flamengo: Brazilian multi-sport social club offering recreational facilities, sports instruction, and member events alongside its high-performance teams. Operates a broader social-club component analogous to CEPE-Caxias but at much larger scale and with a stronger brand-driven member acquisition engine.

Regional players

• Iate Clube do Rio de Janeiro: Traditional Rio de Janeiro social and sports club offering pools, courts, gymnasium, event halls, restaurants, and tiered memberships to a similar Baixada/Guanabara Bay catchment. Comparable recreational amenities, family-oriented value proposition, and historical-club positioning in the same metro area.
• Clube dos 500: Rio de Janeiro-based traditional social and recreational club offering sports, events, dining, and tiered memberships in a comparable historic-club format. Same metropolitan competitive set for family-oriented, mid-priced club memberships.
• Tijuca Tênis Clube: Long-established Rio de Janeiro social sports club with multi-sport facilities, event venues, restaurant, and membership tiers similar to CEPE-Caxias. Directly comparable in scale, programming mix, and target member demographic in the same metropolitan market.
• Country Club de Nova Iguaçu: Country-style social and sports club serving the Baixada Fluminense (the same sub-region as Duque de Caxias), with membership tiers, sports facilities, event venues, and family programming. Most directly comparable geographic and demographic peer.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/cepecaxias
• Facebookfacebook.com/cepecaxias.petrobras
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cepe---caxias

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