Colegio Oficial de Psicología de Andalucía Oriental

What Colegio Oficial de Psicología de Andalucía Oriental does

Colegio Oficial de Psicología de Andalucía Oriental (COPAO), legally the Ilustre Colegio Oficial de Psicología de Andalucía Oriental, is a public-law corporation established under Article 36 of the Spanish Constitution to regulate and represent the psychology profession across the four provinces of Eastern Andalusia — Almería, Granada, Jaén, and Málaga. Operating under the umbrella of the Consejo General de la Psicología de España, COPAO delivers mandatory professional registration, deontological code enforcement, and a bundled suite of member services through four physical provincial offices and a unified online portal.

The service platform is anchored by the Ventanilla Única (Single Window), which consolidates registration, certificate issuance, professional directory access, legal consultation, and downloadable forms. Supporting products include the Directorio Profesional (an AI-assisted search tool enabling users to locate psychologists by province, orientation, specialization, language, and modality), the Campus Virtual online learning platform, the Portal de Transparencia with electronic voting and document verification, the Asesoría Jurídica scheduled legal-advisory service, and group insurance products (collective accident policy with PSN, civil liability policy with AMA). The technology stack is a conventional web platform with conversational AI layered onto the directory.

COPAO's business model is a multi-tier subscription membership system: practicing psychologists pay €170.34 inscription plus a €127 semester fee; recent graduates receive a 50% inscription discount; non-practicing and retired members pay €63.50 per semester; pre-collegiate students pay €20 annually; and professional societies pay 50% of the annual fee. Additional revenue is generated through continuing-education courses, training events, the annual XXVII Convención de la Psicología, convenio partner arrangements, and administrative/document services, distributed across approximately 600 registered psychologists and a ~51-employee staff.

Name

Colegio Oficial de Psicología de Andalucía Oriental

Legal name

Ilustre Colegio Oficial de Psicología de Andalucía Oriental

Website

https://copao.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

COPAO is a public-law professional college that regulates and represents psychologists across the four provinces of Eastern Andalusia (Almería, Granada, Jaén, Málaga), providing mandatory registration, legal advisory, continuing education, and member services to its ~600 registered members.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Almería

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership fees - Practicing members (Ejercientes): Semi-annual membership fees charged to practicing psychologists. Ordinary new registration: 170.34€ inscription fee plus proportional part of 127€ semester fee. Recent graduates: 85.17€ inscription fee plus proportional semester fee.
2. Membership fees - Non-practicing members (No ejercientes): Semi-annual membership fees for non-practicing psychologists at reduced rate of 63.5€ per semester.
3. Membership fees - Pre-collegiates: Annual fee of 20€ for pre-collegiates (students with 75% of credits completed).
4. Membership fees - Retired members: Semi-annual reduced fee of 63.5€ for retired psychologists maintaining membership.
5. Professional societies fees: Professional societies pay 50% of annual membership fee.
6. Insurance services: Collective accident insurance policy with Previsión Sanitaria Nacional (PSN) provided free to members. Group civil liability insurance available through AMA.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

COPAO is a public law corporation (corporación de derecho público) that regulates and represents the psychology profession in Eastern Andalusia (Almería, Granada, Jaén, and Málaga). It provides mandatory professional registration, deontological code enforcement, a searchable professional directory with AI-assisted search, legal advisory services, continuing education, a virtual campus, group accident and civil liability insurance, and a transparency portal with electronic voting for its members.

Product overview

Colegio Oficial de Psicología de Andalucía Oriental (COPAO) is a public law corporation that regulates and supports the professional practice of psychology in Eastern Andalusia. Its offering consists of a unified service platform — the Ventanilla Única (Single Window) — integrating membership administration, a professional directory with AI-assisted search, legal advisory services, continuing professional development through events and a virtual campus, and a transparency portal with electronic voting and document verification. COPAO also provides group insurance (Póliza Colectiva PSN), organizes its members into professional sections and commissions, and publishes an AI-powered professional locator tool (Directorio Profesional). There are no standalone commercial software products; all offerings are service-oriented membership benefits of the professional college.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Directorio Profesional AI-assisted searchable directory of more than 600 registered psychologists, enabling users (clients and members) to find psychology professionals across Almería, Granada, Jaén, and Málaga by specialty, location, language, modality, and therapeutic orientation.
• Asesoría Jurídica Legal advisory service provided to members via email ([email protected]) and scheduled telephone consultations, covering professional deontological matters and labor-related issues for practicing psychologists.
• Formación y Eventos Continuing education program offering training courses, workshops, and the annual XXVII Convención de la Psicología for member psychologists, covering topics such as clinical intervention, virtual reality applications, neuropsychology, data protection, and adolescent sexual violence.
• Ventanilla Única Single-window online administrative service that consolidates membership registration, certificate issuance, professional directory access, legal consultation, FAQs, and downloadable forms for members.
• Portal de Transparencia

Quantifiable outcome

• Professional registration enables legal practice of psychology in Spain

Named customers3 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Centro Estudios AndalucesminorOthersPartner institution with collaboration agreement for member benefits
• CetursaminorOthersPartner institution with collaboration agreement for member benefits
• Protection ReportminorOthersPartner institution with collaboration agreement for member benefits
• Barceló Hotel GroupminorOthersPartner institution with collaboration agreement for member benefits
• TEA EdicionesminorOthersPartner institution with collaboration agreement for member benefits
• CIPEminorOthersPartner institution with collaboration agreement for member benefits
• Previsión Sanitaria Nacional (PSN)coreOthersProvides collective accident insurance policy for members, offered free of charge to all registered psychologists
• AMA (Aseguradora)coreOthersProvides group civil liability insurance for practicing members

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos del País Vasco: Basque Country regional psychology college. Comparable structure: public-law corporation, compulsory membership, professional directory, training, and ethics enforcement for psychologists in a defined Spanish region.
• Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos de Madrid: Madrid regional psychology colegio offering the same compulsory membership, directory, legal advice, and continuing-education service stack as COPAO; serves a larger metropolitan base in a different geography.
• Col·legi Oficial de la Psicologia de Catalunya (COPC): Regional professional college for psychologists in Catalonia running the same public-law registration, directory, training, and deontology mandate as COPAO, only at larger scale in a different Spanish region.
• Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos de Castilla y León: Regional psychology college for Castilla y León. Same public-law model, same member-driven subscription fees, same directory/training offering, simply in a different Spanish region.
• Colegio Oficial de Psicología de Andalucía Occidental: The mirror counterpart serving psychologists in Western Andalusia (Córdoba, Sevilla, Cádiz, Huelva). Operates the same public-law professional college model for the same profession in the complementary half of Andalusia, making it the most structurally comparable peer.

Broad incumbents

• Consejo General de la Psicología de España: National umbrella council coordinating all regional Spanish psychology colegios. Acts as the supra-regulatory and representational body, analogous to a federation that COPAO belongs to; broadly incumbent in the same professional category.

Emerging players

• Ilustre Colegio Oficial de Médicos de Granada: Provincial medical professional college operating the same public-law registration, insurance bundling, and continuing-education model as COPAO but in a different regulated profession; useful analog for service model and member economics.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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