CORECON-RS - Conselho Regional de Economia do Rio Grande do Sul

What CORECON-RS - Conselho Regional de Economia do Rio Grande do Sul does

CORECON-RS (Conselho Regional de Economia do Rio Grande do Sul) is a Brazilian government regulatory body (autarquia) founded in 1953 that holds statutory authority over the registration, ethical oversight, and fiscalization of economics professionals and economics-related legal entities in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. Operating under the federal COFECON system, it serves individual economists, registered companies (PJs), economics students, and academic institutions through professional registration, annual fee collection, continuing education events, and awards programs such as the Prêmio Corecon-RS and Economista do Ano.

The organization runs a web-based service portal (coreconrs.org.br) for online registrations, document submissions, fee payments, and COAF communication compliance under COFECON Resolution 1.902/2013. It maintains institutional relationships with 27+ universities across the state, hosts regional events including the Encontro de Economistas da Região Sul (ENESUL) and the Encontro de Economia Gaúcha, and convenes national-level events such as the XXVI Congresso Brasileiro de Economia in partnership with COFECON. Its revenue model rests on recurring annual fees (anuidades) from registered professionals, one-time registration and reactivation fees, and a published technical hour rate (Valor Hora Técnica) used as professional reference.

With approximately 15 employees operating from a single headquarters in downtown Porto Alegre, CORECON-RS is a small, institutionally entrenched regulatory body. Its 2026 leadership transition brought Rodrigo de Assis as President and Angélica Massuquetti as Vice-President for the 2026-2028 triennium. The entity is part of a national network of regional councils collectively covering roughly 10 million registered professionals in Brazil.

Name

CORECON-RS - Conselho Regional de Economia do Rio Grande do Sul

Legal name

CORECON-RS - Conselho Regional de Economia do Rio Grande do Sul

Website

https://coreconrs.org.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

1953

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

CORECON-RS is a Brazilian government regulatory body (autarquia) founded in 1953 that registers, certifies, and oversees economists and economics-related companies in Rio Grande do Sul under the federal COFECON system, funded primarily through annual professional fees.

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Product category

Professional Regulation Services

NAICS

Professional Organizations (81392), Business Associations (813910)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Financial Services & Insurance (FINRA, CFP, IAR, Insurance CE) (EDAAALAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

International Standards, Norms & Technical Regulatory Bodies (BPADAAAJ), Technical Committees, Working Groups & Expert Panels (BPADANAB)

Keywords

• Professional regulation services
• Economist registration
• Professional licensing services
• Regulatory council services
• Professional fiscalization

Headquarters

HQ city

Porto Alegre

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Annual Fees (Anuidades): Annual fees collected from registered physical persons (economists) and legal entities (companies). The council also charges fees for new registrations, cancellations, and suspensions.
2. Professional Registration Services: Fees for new professional registrations, renewals, second copies of credentials, transfers, and reactivations of registrations for economists and companies.
3. Technical Hour Rate (Valor Hora Técnica): Reference rates for technical services provided by registered economists, published for professional guidance.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

CORECON-RS is the official state-level regulatory council for the economics profession in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It registers and licenses individual economists (Pessoa Física) and economics-related companies (Pessoa Jurídica), collects annual fees, oversees ethical and professional compliance, and represents the profession at academic and policy events. It also organizes continuing-education programs, regional economics events (ENESUL, Encontro de Economia Gaúcha), and annual awards recognizing economists, researchers, and economic journalism.

Product overview

CORECON-RS is a professional regulatory body for economists in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It does not operate as a technology company with products or services in the traditional sense. Its functions include professional registration and regulation of economists (both individuals and legal entities), professional oversight and fiscalization, organization of educational events (such as ENESUL - Encontro de Economistas da Região Sul), awards programs (Prêmio Corecon-RS), online service portals for registrations, and professional development activities. The organization provides online services through its website for registration management, document submissions, and professional communications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Professional Registration for Individual Economists (Registro PF) Statutory registration service that licenses individual economists to legally practice economics in Rio Grande do Sul, including new registrations, renewals, second copies of credentials, transfers, reactivation, suspension, cancellation, and special age-based treatment.
• Legal Entity Registration for Economics Firms (Registro PJ) Registration, cancellation, and suspension services for companies (Pessoa Jurídica) that provide economics-related professional services, ensuring they meet regulatory and technical standards to operate in Rio Grande do Sul.
• Annual Professional Fees (Anuidades PF e PJ) Mandatory annual fees (anuidades) charged to registered individual economists and legal entities to maintain active professional status, with special treatment available for age-based exemptions.
• Student Registration Service Online registration service for economics students at universities across Rio Grande do Sul, connecting future professionals with the council ahead of graduation.
• COAF Communication and Compliance Support Service channel that enables registered economists to communicate non-occurrence of reportable facts or suspicions to COAF (Conselho de Controle de Atividades Financeiras), per Resolution 1.902/2013 from COFECON, supporting financial crime prevention compliance.
• Valor Hora Técnica (Technical Hour Reference Rate) Published reference technical hour rates for professional services provided by registered economists, offering standardized pricing guidance for the profession in Rio Grande do Sul.
• Prêmio Corecon-RS Awards Program Annual recognition program honoring outstanding economists, academic work, and economic journalism in print, digital, and radio categories, including the Economista do Ano award and Prêmio Reportagem de Economia.
• ENESUL - Encontro de Economistas da Região Sul Regional economics congress bringing together economists from the southern Brazilian states for continuing education, debate, and networking; the 29th edition was hosted in Florianópolis (SC) in 2025 and the 30th edition is scheduled for Curitiba (PR) in August 2026.

Quantifiable outcome

• 73 years of continuous operation as regional economics regulatory body
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• COFECON (Conselho Federal de Economia)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational federation of regional economics councils. CORECON-RS works with COFECON on national events like the XXVI Brazilian Economics Congress, shared regulatory standards, and the national awards program (Prêmio Brasil de Economia). COFECON provides the overarching regulatory framework and national coordination for all regional economics councils.
• JucisRS (Junta Comercial, Industrial e Serviços do Rio Grande do Sul)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for the annual Jornada JucisRS de Interiorização where CORECON-RS representatives discuss economic perspectives with entrepreneurs and public officials across different regions of Rio Grande do Sul.
• Sicredi Conexão RS/SC/MGminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with UFSM Palmeira das Missões on the Portal Aceleração Regional project, developing dashboards with socioeconomic and environmental data for regional development, involving economics students and researchers.
• UFSM Palmeira das Missões (Universidade Federal de Santa Maria)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrong academic partnership including the Portal Aceleração Regional project with Sicredi, research collaboration, and graduation representation. The university has won awards for cooperative economics research.
• Aeconsul (Associação dos Economistas de Pelotas)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRegional association of economists in Pelotas. CORECON-RS maintains close relationship through representation at events and collaboration on professional development activities for economists in the southern region.
• FEE (Fundação de Economia e Estatística)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-organization of the Encontro de Economia Gaúcha, a major biennial event promoting economic research and debate in Rio Grande do Sul since 2002.
• BRDE (Banco Regional de Desenvolvimento do Extremo Sul)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional development bank with which CORECON-RS maintains institutional dialogue and collaboration on economic development perspectives for Rio Grande do Sul.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Conselho Federal de Administração (CFA): National council for administrators in Brazil. Same regulatory structure (federal council + regional CRA system) governing a different but adjacent profession whose scope overlaps significantly with economics practice.
• Conselho Federal de Contabilidade (CFC): National council for accountants in Brazil, structurally analogous to COFECON but for the accounting profession. Highly comparable as a peer model: federal+regional system, mandatory registration, anuidades, fiscalização, awards, and CE/CPE programs.
• CFA Institute: Global professional body for investment and financial-analysis professionals. Comparable as a globally recognized professional-credentialing and ethics-oversight organization whose charter (professional registration, ethics, continuing education) closely mirrors CORECON-RS's regulatory mission at international scale.
• COFECON (Conselho Federal de Economia): National federal council and parent oversight body for all regional CORECONs. Directly comparable as the apex regulatory authority for the economics profession in Brazil, with national scope and the same regulatory function executed at the federal level.

Emerging players

• Ordem dos Economistas de Portugal: Recently established Portuguese professional order for economists, modeled on similar regulation concepts to Brazil's CORECONs. Comparable as a national professional regulatory body for economists outside Brazil, useful as an international analog and potential cross-border reference.

Direct peers

• CORECON-SP (Conselho Regional de Economia de São Paulo): Largest regional economics council in Brazil by membership, executing the identical mandate (registration, fiscalização, anuidades, awards) for the state of São Paulo. Closest direct functional peer, scaled by a much larger member base.
• CORECON-RJ (Conselho Regional de Economia do Rio de Janeiro): Regional economics council for Rio de Janeiro with the same mandate and operational model. Directly comparable as a state-level autarquia under the COFECON system, differing mainly by geography and scale.
• Conselho Regional de Contabilidade do RS (CRC-RS): State-level accounting council operating in the same geography (Rio Grande do Sul) and structured identically to CORECON-RS — mandatory registration, anuidades, fiscalização, CE programs, and regional awards — but for the accounting profession.
• Conselho Regional de Engenharia e Agronomia do RS (CREA-RS): Regional engineering and agronomy council in RS. Operates the identical professional-regulation model (autarquia under a federal CONFEA system) including registration, fiscalização, ART issuance, and anuidades for engineering professionals in the same geography.

Regional players

• CORECON-SC (Conselho Regional de Economia de Santa Catarina): Neighboring regional economics council covering Santa Catarina; co-hosts regional events like ENESUL alongside CORECON-RS and operates the same model in a similar-sized southern Brazilian economy.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• Facebookfacebook.com/coreconrs
• Instagraminstagram.com/coreconrs
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/corecon-rs

Compliance1 record

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Profiles2 records

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