Creu Roja a Catalunya

What Creu Roja a Catalunya does

Creu Roja a Catalunya is the Catalan regional branch of the Spanish Red Cross (Creu Roja Espanyola), a humanitarian nonprofit founded in 1864 and headquartered in Barcelona, Spain. The organization delivers a broad portfolio of social and emergency services across Catalonia through a network of 18,292 active volunteers and a paid workforce of 501–1,000 employees, reaching approximately 500,000 people in 2025 (with 236,754 people formally attended in Catalonia during the same period). Its service platform spans emergency humanitarian response, 24/7 home teleassistance for elderly individuals, adapted beach bathing across 12 Catalan locations, search-and-rescue K-9 operations with 30 years of history, youth social-inclusion programs, migration support, foster family programs, employment orientation, health prevention (HIV/ITS/TBC), caregiver support, and international humanitarian logistics including shipments to Venezuela via the EU Humanitarian Air Bridge.

Core operational capabilities are largely service- and human-led rather than technology-led. The proprietary technology stack is limited to a Teleassistència a casa (home teleassistance) service delivering 24-hour response via a button-press device, a 30-year-old Search and Rescue Dogs Unit, and an adapted-bathing service using amphibious chairs and specialized personnel on 12 Catalan beaches. The organization holds the Esquema Nacional de Seguridad (ENS) certification at medium level, validating compliance with Spanish information security standards. Its digital ecosystem includes a multi-platform presence (Instagram, X, YouTube, Facebook, Flickr, LinkedIn, TikTok) and dedicated program portals such as Cruz Roja Te Escucha (psychosocial support), Migrar.org (migration support), Multicanal CREE (employment), SerCuidadorA (caregiver support), and Acogimiento Familiar (foster care). No mobile app, public API, or AI/ML capabilities are disclosed.

The organization's revenue model is donation- and membership-driven rather than commercial. Income streams include recurring annual membership fees ("socis"), individual and corporate donations, the Sorteig d'Or (Golden Draw) charity lottery, Actes Solidaris fundraising events, bequests/legacies, municipal and corporate partnerships (including with Fundació FC Barcelona, Fundación Abertis, AECC, and municipalities of Ondara and Dénia), and EU/institutional grants. Service delivery is community-led: volunteers are the primary distribution channel, supported by structured program staff. Specific pricing tiers are not publicly disclosed, consistent with a humanitarian funding model rather than a transactional pricing model. The beneficiary base is highly diversified, with 20% of those served classified as being in extreme vulnerability situations, 85% of whom receive urgent care for basic needs.

Name

Creu Roja a Catalunya

Legal name

Creu Roja Espanyola

Website

https://creuroja.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1864

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Creu Roja a Catalunya is the Catalan branch of the Spanish Red Cross, providing humanitarian aid, emergency response, teleassistance, social inclusion, and adapted beach services to nearly 500,000 people annually across Catalonia through 18,292 volunteers and 501–1,000 paid staff.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Humanitarian Aid and Social Services

NAICS

Emergency and Other Relief Services (624230), Emergency and Other Relief Services (62423), Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services (6242)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Refugee, IDP & Migration Humanitarian Assistance (BPAGAAAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Disaster Recovery, Reconstruction & Resilience Programs (BPAGAAAK), Refugee & Immigrant Support Services (BPAGAEAI)

Keywords

• Humanitarian aid services
• Emergency response operations
• Social inclusion programs
• Disaster relief services
• Community health support

Headquarters

HQ city

Barcelona

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Membership/Subscriptions: Become a member/socio program where individuals pay membership fees to support the organization's humanitarian mission.
2. Donations: Individual and corporate donations supporting humanitarian programs and emergency response.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Creu Roja a Catalunya is the Catalan branch of the Spanish Red Cross, delivering humanitarian services to nearly 500,000 people annually across Catalonia. Its offering spans emergency humanitarian response (earthquakes, DANA storms, wildfires), social inclusion programs for vulnerable groups, 24-hour home teleassistance, adapted beach bathing services, employment orientation, migration support, youth programs, search and rescue with trained dogs, and educational/training courses. The model relies on a network of 18,292 volunteers alongside paid staff.

Product overview

Creu Roja a Catalunya is the Catalan branch of the Spanish Red Cross (Cruz Roja Española), a humanitarian organization that is not a technology company but rather operates a broad portfolio of social and emergency response services. The organization's offering consists of a platform of interconnected programs rather than a unified software product. Core services include emergency humanitarian response (Venezuela earthquake, DANA events, wildfires), social inclusion programs for children through sport (Connecta Esport), adapted beach access for people with reduced mobility across 12 Catalan beaches, a 24-hour Teleassistència a casa teleassistance service, youth programs through Cruz Roja Juventud, and anti-loneliness programs (Te Acompanya). Additional services span migration support (Migrar.org), psychosocial support (Cruz Roja Te Escucha), family foster care (Acogimiento Familiar), employment orientation (Multicanal CREE), health prevention (Info Prevención VIH|ITS|TBC), caregiver support (SerCuidadorA), educational toy distribution (La Joguina Educativa), charitable events organization (Actes Solidaris), the Golden Draw fundraising lottery (Sorteig d'Or), dog search and rescue teams with over 30 years of history, and a wide range of educational and training courses (first aid, corporate training, professional studies, eLearning, international cooperation). The organization also publishes an annual balance report (Balanç) documenting its activities. The web presence spans both the Catalan branch (creurojacat) and the broader Spanish Red Cross platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Teleassistència a casa
• Servei de bany adaptat en platges catalanes
• Programa de Resposta Humanitària (Humanitarian Response Program)
• Programa Te Acompanya

Named customers3 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

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Municipality of OndaraminorOthersSupported the 9th Skin Cancer Prevention Campaign organized by AECC, contributing to public health initiatives in the region.
• Municipality of DéniaminorOthersHosted the closing event of the 9th Skin Cancer Prevention Campaign at a beach in Dénia, supporting public health and awareness activities.
• Spanish Association Against Cancer (AECC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAECC organized the 9th Skin Cancer Prevention Campaign with support from municipalities and Red Cross, focusing on educating the public about sun protection and early melanoma detection.
• Fundación AbertisminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLaunched the KM.0 DRAMA campaign directed at young people about how to act in traffic accidents, combining road safety education with Red Cross expertise.
• Fundació FC BarcelonacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated on Connecta Esport 2026 initiative promoting social inclusion of more than 300 children through sport.
• European Union Humanitarian Air Bridge ProgramcoreOthersEU program that facilitated and financed flights for humanitarian aid shipments, with Creu Roja dispatching over 88 tonnes of humanitarian aid from Las Palmas logistics center to Venezuela.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• ONCE: Spanish National Organization for the Blind, providing social services, employment, and accessibility support through a quasi-NGO lottery-funded model. Comparable to Creu Roja's adapted beach bathing service, social inclusion programs, and Sorteig d'Or lottery fundraising mechanism.
• Médicos Sin Fronteras España: The Spanish branch of Doctors Without Borders, operating humanitarian health and emergency relief programs domestically and internationally. Comparable as a Spanish humanitarian NGO reliant on donations and volunteers, with overlapping emergency-response and migrant/refugee health work.
• Aldeas Infantiles SOS España: Spanish arm of SOS Children's Villages, operating foster care, family support, and youth social inclusion programs. Directly overlaps with Creu Roja's Acogimiento Familiar (foster care) and youth-inclusion programming, with a comparable recurring-donor revenue model.
• CEAR - Comisión Española de Ayuda al Refugiado: Spanish Commission for Refugee Aid, focused on asylum, refugee integration, and migrant support services. Directly comparable to Creu Roja's migrant/refugee segment (Migrar.org platform) and shares the donation-funded, volunteer-driven humanitarian model.
• Cáritas Española: Spain's largest Catholic social-services NGO, providing emergency aid, refugee support, employment orientation, and elderly care programs through volunteer networks. Directly comparable to Creu Roja in mission, donor-based funding model, regional assembly structure, and service portfolio breadth.

Emerging players

• Open Arms: Spanish maritime-humanitarian NGO focused on migrant rescue at sea. Comparable in humanitarian mission, donor-funded revenue model, and emergency-response positioning, though narrower in operational scope than Creu Roja a Catalunya.
• ACCEM: Spanish NGO specializing in refugee reception, employment support, and social inclusion for vulnerable populations. Comparable to Creu Roja's migrant support and employment orientation programs (Multicanal CREE), with overlapping government-funded refugee resettlement contracts.

Regional players

• Fundación Pere Tarrés: Catalan social-education foundation focused on leisure education, childhood social inclusion, and youth volunteering. Comparable regionally to Creu Roja's Cruz Roja Juventud and Connecta Esport programs addressing at-risk youth in Catalonia.
• Fundación Banc dels Aliments: Catalan food bank foundation that distributes food to vulnerable populations across Catalonia. Comparable in regional Catalan focus and food-security mission that overlaps with Creu Roja's basic-needs humanitarian response.

Broad incumbents

• Cruz Roja Española: The national Spanish Red Cross federation of which Creu Roja a Catalunya is the Catalan branch. Operates the same humanitarian, social, and emergency response programs nationally, sharing brand, governance, and funding infrastructure — directly comparable in mission and service mix, but at country scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/CreuRojaCAT
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/creurojacatalunya
• Facebookca-es.facebook.com/CreuRojaCatalunya
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/creurojacat
• Instagraminstagram.com/CreuRojaCAT
• TikToktiktok.com/@creurojacat

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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