Crisálida centro especial de empleo

What Crisálida centro especial de empleo does

Crisálida Centros Especiales de Empleo S.L. is a Spanish Centro Especial de Empleo (CEE, Special Employment Center) founded in 1992 and headquartered in Cabra, Córdoba. The company provides outsourced multiservice solutions to businesses while employing people with disabilities, structured around the "enclave laboral" (labor enclave) model — a contractual arrangement in which groups of CEE workers are deployed to client company premises while remaining employed by Crisálida, which handles payroll, supervision, training, and occupational risk prevention. The service portfolio spans nine integrated lines: cleaning, gardening, auxiliary services, maintenance, laundry/catering, occupational workshops (subcontracted manufacturing), corporate supplies (workwear, PPE, merchandise), selective waste collection and recycling, and a GLS-affiliated courier agency, plus the standalone Hotel Mitra restaurant-hotel in Cabra.

The company's core technology is not a digital platform but rather an operational service infrastructure, including HR supervision teams, a dedicated Unidad de Apoyo a la Actividad Profesional (Professional Support Unit) for individualized worker support, and certified quality and environmental management systems (ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 14001:2015). No proprietary software, API, or AI capabilities are disclosed. Underlying technology is standard web presence (SSL/HTTPS) for contact and inquiry management.

Crisálida's business model combines services-revenue contracts (managed services for facility operations, labor enclaves, recycling, courier) with transactional revenue (hotel accommodations, restaurant sales, supplies, workshop manufacturing). Go-to-market is direct B2B engagement via website contact forms, phone, and email, with no public pricing or marketplace channels. The primary customer segments are private enterprises seeking to outsource non-core facilities operations and fulfill their mandatory disability employment quota under Spanish law (Ley General de Discapacidad), alongside public sector bodies procuring green space and facility maintenance. The company is affiliated with Fundación PROMI, which operates related occupational centers across four Córdoba-province towns. Reported headcount is 10, which appears to underrepresent the actual workforce given the operational scope.

Name

Crisálida centro especial de empleo

Legal name

Crisálida Centros Especiales de Empleo S.L

Website

https://crisalidacee.es

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Crisálida is a Spanish Centro Especial de Empleo founded in 1992 in Cabra, Córdoba, that provides outsourced facility management, labor enclaves, recycling, courier, and hospitality services to businesses and public entities, primarily employing workers with disabilities to help clients meet mandatory disability employment quotas.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Disability Employment and Facility Services

NAICS

Professional Employer Organizations (561330), Business Support Services (5614), Temporary Help Services (56132)

SIC

Services-Facilities Support Management Services (8744), Services-Help Supply Services (7363)

akta.pro primary industry

Office Services & Supplies Management (Stationery, Inventory, Vendor Coordination) (IMAIALAH)

Keywords

• Facility management services
• Disability employment services
• Labor enclave contracts
• Special employment center
• Outsourced commercial cleaning

Headquarters

HQ city

Cabra

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Multiservice Facility Management Contracts: Crisálida provides comprehensive outsourced services to businesses including cleaning, maintenance, gardening, auxiliary services, laundry/catering, and supplies. Revenue is generated through service contracts with enterprise and business clients, where Crisálida supplies supervised workers (employees with disabilities) to perform contracted tasks. The company also earns from dedicated labor enclave arrangements where a team of disabled workers is assigned to a client company.
2. Corporate Supplies (Workwear, PPE, Merchandising): Crisálida sells workwear, personal protective equipment (PPE), corporate material (business cards, letterheads, roll-ups), promotional merchandise (pens, USB drives, mugs, backpacks, totebags), and seasonal gift packs to business clients. This stream complements the service offering and helps clients comply with disability employment legislation.
3. Hotel Mitra Restaurant: The Hotel Mitra Crisálida operates 14 rooms and a restaurant serving traditional Cordoba cuisine and exotic dishes. Revenue is generated from hotel accommodation and restaurant services.
4. Labor Enclave Contracts: A significant revenue stream derived from labor enclave contracts — a specialized Spanish employment model where Crisálida deploys groups of disabled workers to client enterprises. The CEE (Centro Especial de Empleo) remains the employer, handling payroll, uniforms, training, and occupational risk prevention, while the client company receives dedicated workforce for tasks aligned with its normal operations.
5. Occupational Workshops (Subcontracted Manufacturing): The occupational workshops perform subcontracted manufacturing tasks for external companies, including trophies, product packaging, picking, event invitations, bookbinding, and artisanal crafts. Revenue is generated per project or contract from these external companies.
6. Waste Recycling and Collection Services: Crisálida manages selective waste collection and recycling for businesses and shopping centers, with over 90% of managed waste processed into new raw materials. This supports circular economy operations while employing people with disabilities.
7. Messenger and Parcel Services (GLS Agency): Crisálida operates a GLS-affiliated courier and parcel agency in Cabra, handling urgent package transport and delivery across the Subbética, Guadajoz, and Campiña Este regions. Revenue is generated through shipping and delivery fees.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Crisálida is a Spanish Special Employment Center (Centro Especial de Empleo) that provides outsourced multiservices to businesses, including cleaning, gardening, auxiliary services, laundry, catering, supplies distribution, and recycling. The company employs people with disabilities as its core workforce, and also operates labor enclave contracts that integrate workers into client companies, occupational workshops, the Hotel Mitra hotel, and a GLS courier agency.

Product overview

Crisálida Centro Especial de Empleo is a Special Employment Center founded in 1992 in Cabra (Córdoba), Spain, providing socially responsible outsourced business services with a workforce primarily comprising people with disabilities. The core offering is organized around the Enclave Laboral (labor enclave) model — a contractual arrangement in which groups of disabled CEE workers perform work at collaborating companies — alongside a multiservice portfolio of eleven integrated service lines: Limpieza (cleaning), Jardinería (gardening), Servicios Auxiliares (auxiliary services), Lavandería y Catering (laundry and catering), Talleres Ocupacionales (occupational workshops), Suministros (supplies), Reciclaje (recycling), and Mensajería (courier services), plus the Hotel Mitra hospitality unit. All services are underpinned by HR supervision and a professional support unit, and are aligned with ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 14001:2015 quality and environmental management standards.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Hotel Mitra Crisálida: A hotel and restaurant located minutes from Cabra in the Subbética cordillera region of Córdoba, offering 14 rooms with balcony and satellite TV, free WiFi and parking, and traditional Cordoba cuisine.

Products and services

• Multiservicios para Empresas (Multiservices for Companies) Comprehensive outsourced multiservice package for businesses including cleaning, gardening, maintenance, and auxiliary services, delivered through the Special Employment Center model employing people with disabilities.
• Enclave Laboral (Labor Enclave) Labor enclave contracts that allow client companies to integrate workers with disabilities into their own operations, with Crisálida providing supervision, training, and ongoing support.
• Limpieza (Cleaning Services) Professional cleaning services for businesses and organizations, delivered by employees with disabilities under the Special Employment Center model.
• Jardinería (Gardening Services) Garden and landscaping maintenance services for businesses, public spaces, and residential communities, delivered by employees with disabilities.
• Servicios Auxiliares (Auxiliary Services) Ancillary services such as reception, concierge, mailroom, and support roles for client businesses, employing people with disabilities.
• Lavandería y Catering (Laundry and Catering) Laundry processing and catering services for businesses, hotels, and institutions, delivered by employees with disabilities.
• Talleres Ocupacionales (Occupational Workshops) Occupational workshops that provide training, therapeutic, and productive activities for people with disabilities, often contracted by public sector and social services entities.
• Suministros (Supplies) Distribution of office and industrial supplies to businesses, supporting the Special Employment Center's commercial activities.
• Reciclaje (Recycling) Recycling programs and waste management services for businesses and organizations, operated under the Special Employment Center model.
• Hotel Mitra Hotel and restaurant operation providing accommodation and dining services, employing people with disabilities as part of the Special Employment Center's social mission.
• Mensajería y Paquetería (Courier and Parcel Services) Courier and parcel services operated as a GLS agency, providing local and national delivery services and employing people with disabilities.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 90% of managed waste repurposed into new raw materials through recycling
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• GLS Spain (General Logistics Systems)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCrisálida operates an authorized GLS courier and parcel agency in Cabra (agency code 894), handling urgent package transport and delivery across the Subbética, Guadajoz, and Campiña Este regions of Córdoba. Workers with disabilities are employed within this GLS agency, generating delivery revenue from GLS's national and European logistics network.
• Fundación PROMIcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFundación PROMI is the parent/affiliated foundation of Crisálida CEE. Crisálida's website links directly to fundacionpromi.es, and the foundation's occupational centers (in Cabra, Córdoba, Villanueva de Córdoba, and Bujalance) are referenced as part of the service ecosystem. The foundation operates day centers with occupational therapy (Centros Ocupacionales) that align with Crisálida's disability employment mission. Crisálida's data protection policy lists the email domain [email protected], indicating shared infrastructure and governance.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Sodexo Iberia: Multinational facility management and food services group with Spanish operations. Overlaps with Crisálida in cleaning, catering, and auxiliary services, but operates at scale and without the CEE labor-integration focus.
• Clece: One of Spain's largest facility services and multiservice providers (cleaning, maintenance, social services), with extensive CEE partnerships. Competes directly with Crisálida in the auxiliary and cleaning service lines and represents the scaled-incumbent benchmark.
• EULEN: Major Spanish multiservice and facility management group operating nationally across cleaning, maintenance, security, and auxiliary services. Competes with Crisálida in the same service categories with substantially broader geographic reach.
• ISS Iberia: Global facility services provider with substantial Spanish footprint in cleaning, support, and property services. Competes with Crisálida on the same facility service categories from a multinational scale advantage.
• Serveo (Ferrovial Servicios): Spanish facility services and infrastructure maintenance business (formerly part of Ferrovial). Overlaps with Crisálida in facility management, maintenance, and public-sector service contracts.
• Aramark Iberia: International facility services and food services provider with Spanish operations. Competes with Crisálida in catering and facility service lines, particularly with hospitality and institutional clients, though without the CEE/CSR differentiation.

Direct peers

• ILUNION: The social enterprise arm of ONCE/ Fundación ONCE and the largest CEE in Spain. ILUNION operates facility services, cleaning, auxiliary services, hotel, and laundry businesses under the same employment-integration model as Crisálida, making it the closest structural analog.
• ASPRONA: Long-standing Spanish CEE (Asociación para la Atención de Personas con Discapacidad Intelectual) providing employment integration services. Operates under the same CEE regulatory framework as Crisálida and serves a comparable social-mission-driven service model.
• Fundación ONCE: Spanish national foundation for blind and disabled persons, parent of ILUNION. Operates the same CEE framework as Crisálida and Fundación PROMI, and is the institutional reference model for disability-employment-driven service companies in Spain.

Regional players

• ABD Asociación Bienestar y Desarrollo: Spanish social enterprise focused on disability employment and social services integration. Operates CEE-adjacent programs and is comparable to Crisálida in mission and operating model, though concentrated in Catalonia rather than Andalusia.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

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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