Centro de Estudios Económicos y Sociales Scalabrini Ortiz

What Centro de Estudios Económicos y Sociales Scalabrini Ortiz does

Centro de Estudios Económicos y Sociales Scalabrini Ortiz (CESO) is an Argentine economic and social research organization founded in 2013 and legally constituted as Cooperativa de Estudios Economicos y Sociales Scalabrini Ortiz LTDA. It is headquartered in the Núñez neighborhood of Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, with operational reach across Argentina's Centro, Patagonia, and Cuyo regions, including a presence in Santa Fe and Viedma-Patagones. The organization works through a small core team augmented by an interdisciplinary network of more than 50 professionals and students drawn from across the country.

CESO's core products are a suite of monthly economic monitors and recurring analytical reports rather than a unified software platform. Its flagship proprietary datasets are the Indicador CESO rental price index (covering Rosario and CABA since 2019, tracking rents relative to minimum wage), the Índice de Precios Supermercados Santa Fe (a supermarket price index with disaggregated category analysis), and the Monitor de Ejecución Presupuestaria, an interactive dashboard tracking national public-administration budget execution. Complementary outputs include monthly conjuncture reports (Informes de Coyuntura Económica) covering inflation, employment, fiscal accounts, and international finance, plus a sub-brand called INCUBA dedicated to the popular, social, and solidarity economy (ESSyP).

The business model combines professional-services consulting (data collection, sector studies, macroeconomic projections, public-policy advisory, training, and surveys for government, academic, and cooperative clients) with a freemium content subscription ('SUSCRIBITE AL CESO') for premium reports. Distribution is multi-channel: a self-serve website (ceso.com.ar), social platforms (Facebook, Twitter/X, Instagram, YouTube), email newsletter, and earned-media placements in outlets such as El Ciudadano, Conclusión, ECOS 365, and The Dialogue. Reported customer relationships include the ESSyP commercializer network (joint monthly basic food basket monitoring with 15 commercializers) and provincial government analytical work, notably in Santa Fe. Pricing is not publicly disclosed.

Name

Centro de Estudios Económicos y Sociales Scalabrini Ortiz

Legal name

Cooperativa de Estudios Economicos y Sociales Scalabrini Ortiz LTDA

Website

https://ceso.com.ar

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

CESO is an Argentine cooperative economic research center founded in 2013, producing monthly rental, supermarket, budget, and conjuncture monitors for CABA, Santa Fe, and other regions. It serves government, academic, media, and cooperative clients via consulting, subscriptions, and training.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires

HQ country

Argentina

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Consulting and Advisory Services: CESO works comprehensively with interdisciplinary teams offering services of data collection, analysis, and consulting to institutions responding to their specific needs. Services include case studies, sectoral advice, macroeconomic analysis, and public policy projections.
2. Subscription Publications: Premium reports and publications available through subscription ('SUSCRIBITE AL CESO'), including detailed economic analysis reports for subscribers.
3. Training and Capacity Building: Formation and training services offered to institutions and organizations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

CESO is an Argentine economic and social research center that produces monthly economic monitoring reports (rental prices, supermarket prices, national budget execution) and macroeconomic conjuncture analyses, alongside consulting, capacity-building, and survey services for institutions. It distributes free public reports through its website and offers premium content via subscription, with the INCUBA unit extending into training and technical assistance for cooperatives and popular-economy entrepreneurs.

Product overview

Centro de Estudios Económicos y Sociales Scalabrini Ortiz (CESO) is an Argentine economic research center that operates as a unified research organization rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture. The organization produces a portfolio of economic monitoring products and research reports, including the Monitor de Alquileres (covering CABA and Rosario rental prices), Monitor de Precios Supermercados (covering supermarket prices across multiple Argentine regions), and Monitor de Ejecución Presupuestaria (budget execution tracking). Additionally, INCUBA serves as a specialized unit focused on popular and social economy. All products are published as periodic reports and interactive dashboards without a unified software platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• INCUBA: Unit oriented to the popular, social and solidarity economy, focused on training and technical assistance with cooperatives and entrepreneurs.

Products and services

• Monitor de Alquileres CABA Monthly rental price monitoring report for apartments in Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, tracking prices by number of rooms (1, 2, and 3 bedrooms) and analyzing price trends relative to inflation. Targets renters, landlords, journalists, and policymakers monitoring Buenos Aires rental markets.
• Monitor de Alquileres Rosario, Santa Fe Monthly rental price monitoring report for apartments in Rosario, Santa Fe, tracking median prices and analyzing affordability relative to minimum wage and pension incomes. Targets renters, landlords, journalists, and policymakers monitoring the Rosario rental market.
• Monitor de Precios Supermercados Supermarket price index monitoring covering multiple regions including Bariloche, GBA, CABA, Rosario, and Santa Fe, including basic food basket analysis. Targets consumers, journalists, cooperatives, and policymakers tracking food inflation and basic basket affordability.
• Monitor de Ejecución Presupuestaria Interactive dashboard monitoring national public administration budget execution, tracking government spending and fiscal balance. Targets government institutions, journalists, and researchers analyzing Argentine fiscal accounts.
• INCUBA - Capacitación y asistencia técnica Specialized unit within CESO focused on the popular, social, and solidarity economy, providing training and technical assistance to cooperatives and entrepreneurs, with reports on monotributo and related topics. Targets cooperatives, micro-entrepreneurs, and popular-economy actors.
• Informes de Coyuntura Económica Monthly economic situation reports analyzing Argentine economic and political conjuncture, covering topics such as inflation, employment, fiscal accounts, and international finance. Targets government institutions, journalists, academics, and informed citizens seeking accessible macroeconomic analysis.
• Servicios de Consultoría Económica Comprehensive consulting and advisory services delivered with interdisciplinary and participatory teams to institutions, covering automated information processing and specific reports, case studies and sectoral advice, macroeconomic analysis and projections, training and capacity building, research, and surveys. Targets government institutions, academic bodies, and organizations needing tailored economic analysis.

Quantifiable outcome

• Rental affordability has grown from 46% of minimum wage for a studio in Rosario in 2019 to 74% currently
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• CIFRA-CTA (Centro de Investigación y Formación de la República Argentina): Argentine labor-economy research center producing recurring inflation, labor and distributional reports; comparable cadence and B2B/ media audience to CESO.
• CIPPEC (Centro de Implementación de Políticas Públicas para la Equidad y el Crecimiento): Argentina's largest policy think tank, with comparable economic and fiscal research offerings and direct institutional/government clientele. Same customer base and revenue model (consulting, grants, publications) as CESO, but at materially larger scale.
• CEPA (Centro de Economía Política Argentina): Argentine economic think tank producing recurring reports on inflation, fiscal accounts, employment and policy analysis. Highly comparable in mandate, scale, ideological posture and product mix (monthly reports, price and budget monitoring) to CESO.
• Fundación Mediterránea (IER-ICEDD): Argentine economic research institute historically focused on Córdoba/regional analysis with national fiscal commentary, comparable to CESO's provincial-plus-macro focus and recurring report cadence.
• IARAF (Instituto Argentino de Análisis Fiscal): Specialist Argentine fiscal-analysis institute producing recurring tax-revenue and sub-national fiscal reports — directly overlapping with CESO's Monitor de Ejecución Presupuestaria and Santa Fe provincial coverage.
• FIEL (Fundación de Investigaciones Económicas Latinoamericanas): Long-established Argentine economic research foundation producing recurring macroeconomic reports, labor and price studies. Directly comparable scope, premium subscription/research model, and institutional readership.
• Fundar (Fundación para el Cambio Democrático): Buenos Aires-based policy think tank publishing recurring economic and social reports in Argentina, serving similar government, academic and multilateral audiences.

Broad incumbents

• ECON Journal (Universidad del CEMA / UCEMA research output): Established Argentine private university's economics department, publishing recurring macroeconomic research. Comparable outputs and audience with substantially broader institutional resources.

Emerging players

• P24 (Parlamentario / Poder Ciudadano / Observatorio Permanente de la Justicia): Argentine civil-society watchdog producing recurring institutional and economic accountability reports. Partial overlap with CESO's public-accounts and budget monitoring.
• EcoGo Consultores: Private Argentine economic consultancy offering recurring macro and sectoral analysis; overlaps with CESO's consulting arm and macro research.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/cesoargentina
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCAIz66E-D3HugxNij_tlnUg
• Facebookfacebook.com/cesoarg
• Instagraminstagram.com/cesoargentina
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/centro-de-estudios-scalabrini-ortiz

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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