Consell Comarcal del Vallès Occidental

What Consell Comarcal del Vallès Occidental does

Consell Comarcal del Vallès Occidental is a supramunicipal public administration entity (consell comarcal) founded in 1988 and headquartered in Terrassa, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It operates under the Generalitat de Catalunya as the coordinating government body for the Vallès Occidental comarca, serving 23 member municipalities and the broader citizen population across a portfolio of delegated and self-initiated public services. The council employs 114 staff and delivers services through a combination of in-person offices, the Seu electrònica electronic administration portal, delegated programs via schools, and partnerships with regional and European funders.

Its core service lines span education support (school transport serving 1,455 students across 90 routes and 25 educational centers; school meal subsidies with 24,854 grants awarded in 2024-2025), environmental services (county-level municipal waste treatment via the jointly controlled Consorci per a la Gestió de Residus del Vallès Occidental, environmental licensing for smaller municipalities, forest biomass, and the energy transition office), housing (the Oficina Comarcal de Rehabilitació processing 223 applications in 2025 with 1,891 citizen advisory contacts), social programs (Recooperem: Mercat Circular food-recovery initiative launched in 2021, gender-equality programs such as the Concurs Piula), and territorial/observatory functions. The technology footprint is limited to a public-sector web portal with cookie-consent management (CookieYes), analytics (Google Analytics, Adobe Analytics), and data-visualization tools (Infogram); no proprietary technology or AI capabilities were identified.

The business model is that of a publicly funded administration: revenue derives from regional and national government budgets, tax collection, delegated program funding (notably from the Departament d'Educació and the Agència de l'Habitatge de Catalunya), and EU Next Generation pass-through funds. Pricing where applicable to citizens is fee- or grant-based (e.g., non-obligatory school transport fees held constant since 2013-2014; school meal subsidies covering 70% or 100% of cost). The entity is not commercially traded and is governed by elected officials; Xavier Garcés serves as President.

Name

Consell Comarcal del Vallès Occidental

Legal name

Consell Comarcal del Vallès Occidental

Website

https://consellvallesoccidental.cat

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Public county council under the Generalitat de Catalunya providing supramunicipal services — school transport, school meal subsidies, waste treatment, housing rehabilitation, and environmental licensing — to 23 municipalities and citizens of the Vallès Occidental comarca in Catalonia, Spain.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Terrassa

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Public funding and government budgets: The council operates as a public administration funded through regional and national government budgets, tax collection, and public service fees. Services such as school transport, school meal subsidies, and waste management are funded through a combination of public budgets and user fees.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Consell Comarcal del Vallès Occidental is a public administration entity that coordinates and delivers supramunicipal public services across the Vallès Occidental comarca in Catalonia, Spain. It operates programs in education (school transport, meal subsidies), environmental services (waste treatment, biomass, energy transition), housing rehabilitation, social welfare, and gender equality. Services are funded by government budgets, grants, and user fees, and delivered through its Terrassa headquarters, electronic administration portal, and partnerships with municipalities and educational centers.

Product overview

Consell Comarcal del Vallès Occidental operates as a regional government institution providing public services across multiple domains. The organization offers a portfolio of interconnected services including educational support (school transport serving 1,455 students and school meal subsidies with 24,854 grants awarded in 2024-25), environmental services (waste treatment, forest management, biomass energy, and the Recooperem circular economy initiative launched in 2021), housing support (rehabilitation office processing 223 applications in 2025), and environmental licensing for smaller municipalities. The institution also maintains digital infrastructure including an electronic administrative headquarters (Seu electrònica) for online procedures and an Observatory for data collection and reporting. Key initiatives include the Concurs Piula for gender equality education and various climate action programs under the energy transition office.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CCVOC: Abbreviated name used for the county council
• Recooperem: Mercat Circular
• Mercavallès
• Observatori

Products and services

• Servei de transport escolar (School Transport Service)

Quantifiable outcome

• School meal aid program with 79.5% approval rate and 24,854 approved grants in 2024-2025 academic year
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Integration8 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Fundació Autònoma Solidària (UAB)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Collaboration with Campus Ítaca program, an initiative of the Autonomous University of Barcelona that incentivizes students from 3rd year of ESO to continue their education. The council supports socio-educational programs including Croma 2.0, Campus Ítaca, and volunteer promotion.
• Agència de Residus de Catalunya (Generalitat de Catalunya)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021The Agència de Residus de Catalunya supports the Recooperem: Mercat Circular project, which recovers fresh produce from Mercavallès market for distribution to social organizations. This partnership enables food waste reduction while supporting vulnerable populations.
• Departament d'Educació de la Generalitat de CatalunyacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe council manages school transport by delegation of powers from the Generalitat de Catalunya. The Department of Education provides partial funding for each new academic year to offer the service.
• Agència de l'Habitatge de CatalunyacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration to reinforce the Oficina Comarcal de Rehabilitació, supporting citizens and municipalities in managing housing rehabilitation aid funded by European Next Generation funds. The second addendum to the agreement extends collaboration until March 31, 2027.
• Diputació de BarcelonaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvides support for youth programs such as Estiu Jove activities in various municipalities of the comarca. The council collaborates with the diputació to support youth leisure and educational initiatives.
• Ajuntaments dels municipis del Vallès OccidentalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMunicipalities of the comarca collaborate with the council for service delivery including school meal aid processing, citizen services, and various regional programs. The council provides technical assistance to municipalities with fewer than 50,000 inhabitants.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Consell Comarcal de l'Alt Penedès: Catalan consell comarcal providing the same supramunicipal coordination role (education, social services, waste, environment) over a smaller-municipality profile — a useful structural peer for benchmarking.
• Consell Comarcal del Vallès Oriental: Neighboring comarca council serving the parallel Vallès Oriental region with the same consell comarcal governance structure under the Generalitat de Catalunya. Operates an almost identical catalog of supramunicipal services.
• Consell Comarcal del Maresme: Catalan county council of similar scale and mandate, providing regional coordination across education, social welfare, environment, and housing for the Maresme comarca municipalities.
• Consorci per a la Gestió de Residus del Vallès Occidental: Jointly-controlled subsidiary/consortium of CCVOC itself for county-level waste management — not a separate peer in the strict sense but listed because it is the operational vehicle through which CCVOC executes its waste-treatment mandate alongside member municipalities.
• Consell Comarcal del Baix Llobregat: Adjacent Catalan county council (consell comarcal) of comparable population and service portfolio, including waste management, social services, education support, and environmental licensing for member municipalities. Direct structural and functional peer to CCVOC.
• Consell Comarcal del Garraf: County council in southern Catalonia delivering an analogous mix of delegated educational, environmental, and social services to member municipalities. Comparable scale and operating model.

Broad incumbents

• Diputació de Barcelona: Provincial-level public administration that provides funding, technical support, and oversight to CCVOC and other consells comarcals in the Barcelona province. Acts as a higher-tier governing body that the council collaborates with (e.g., youth programs).
• Àrea Metropolitana de Barcelona (AMB): Larger metropolitan-tier public administration overlapping part of the CCVOC territory, responsible for transport, urban planning, and environmental coordination. Provides a benchmark for higher-tier supramunicipal service integration.
• Generalitat de Catalunya: Regional government that delegates core services to CCVOC (school transport, housing rehabilitation) and provides departmental funding. The council is institutionally a lower-tier arm of the Generalitat's territorial structure.

Regional players

• Ajuntament de Terrassa: Largest municipality within the CCVOC comarca and host of its headquarters. Exercises governance representation on the council while also delivering overlapping citizen services — a key intra-territorial stakeholder and partial operational peer.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/consellvallesoc
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCDn7SdmhTWKolpF706s5GAw
• Facebookfacebook.com/vallesoccidental
• Instagraminstagram.com/consell_comarcal_valles_occ
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/consell-comarcal-del-vall%C3%A8s-occidental

Compliance1 record

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Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 record

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