Escuela Agraria Vícar

Name

Escuela Agraria Vícar

Legal name

Escuela Agraria S.L.L.

Website

https://eavicar.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1971

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Agricultural Vocational Education and Training

NAICS

Technical and Trade Schools (61151)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Agribusiness, Farm Management & Compliance (EDAOAOAN)

akta.pro secondary industry

Crop, Soil & Agronomy Technician Training (EDAOAOAF)

Keywords

• Agricultural vocational training
• Greenhouse horticulture education
• Phytosanitary certification courses
• Agronomy vocational programmes
• Subsidized corporate training

Headquarters

HQ city

Vícar

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Vocational Training Tuition (Formación Profesional Reglada): The school charges tuition for its regulated vocational training programmes (Grado Medio and Grado Superior cycles) in agricultural disciplines. As a private centre authorized by the Junta de Andalucía, revenue is generated through student fees, partially offset by public subsidies for concertado (publicly funded private) centres.
2. Continuing Education and Professional Courses (Formación Complementaria): Revenue is generated through IFAPA-accredited phytosanitary certification courses, employer-commissioned bespoke training, and fork forklift, fumigador, and other habilitating courses. Pricing is typically per participant or per course.
3. Subsidized Business Training (Formación Bonificada / FUNDAE): Companies in Spain receive an annual training credit from Social Security (crédito de formación bonificada). The school designs and delivers the training; companies pay the school an amount equal to what they reclaim from Social Security, making the training effectively free for the employer. Revenue flows from company payments reconciled against Social Security credits managed via FUNDAE.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Escuela Agraria Vícar is a vocational training centre (Centro de Formación Profesional) that delivers official Spanish regulated agricultural qualifications — Grado Medio and Grado Superior cycles in Producción Agropecuaria, Producción Agroecológica, Jardinería y Floristería, and Paisajismo y Medio Rural — together with IFAPA-accredited phytosanitary/fumigador certification courses, employer-commissioned bespoke training, and FUNDAE-subsidized corporate training. Programmes combine classroom instruction with hands-on practice across 35,000 m² of greenhouses, laboratories, and outdoor growing areas.

Product overview

Escuela Agraria Vícar is a vocational training center (Centro de Formación Profesional) offering a portfolio of four main vocational programs (Ciclos Formativos) in agricultural and horticultural disciplines: Técnico en Producción Agropecuaria, Técnico en Producción Agroecológica, Técnico en Jardinería y Floristería, and Técnico Superior en Paisajismo y Medio Rural. Beyond its core degree programs, the school provides complementary professional development services including IFAPA-accredited pesticide applicator courses, customized training (Cursos a Medida), and subsidized corporate training (Formación Bonificada). The institution operates as a concertado school with the Junta de Andalucía and holds Erasmus+ and FP Dual accreditations. The educational offering is delivered through extensive facilities including 35,000 m² of infrastructure, 15,000 m² of greenhouses, laboratories, and a nursery.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Técnico en Producción Agropecuaria

Quantifiable outcome

• 400+ partner companies across Spain for student placements and graduate employment
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

22 partnerships are on record, tiered major, core and minor.

• Cajamar / Fundación CajamarmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFundación Cajamar is a prominent cooperative banking foundation that supports agricultural research and training in Spain. It collaborates with the school through sponsorship, participation in events, and joint initiatives supporting the agricultural sector in Almería.
• IFAPA (Instituto Andaluz de Investigación y Formación Agraria, Pesquera, Alimentaria y de la Producción Ecológica)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIFAPA is an autonomous body of the Junta de Andalucía's Ministry of Agriculture. Escuela Agraria Vícar is an officially accredited entity authorized by IFAPA to deliver official training courses for phytosanitary applicator licences (nivel básico, nivel cualificado) and fumigador certification, valid nationwide.
• 400+ Partner Companies (Almería, Granada, Málaga)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorThe school has partnership agreements with over 400 production and commercialization companies in Almería, Granada, and Málaga. These companies host student work placements (FP Dual), recruit graduates through the school's job board, and participate in joint training initiatives.
• Sur SeedsmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSur Seeds is a seed company operating in the agricultural sector. The school displays the Sur Seeds logo among its corporate partners, indicating collaboration in training, seed technology demonstrations, or student placement activities.
• BiosurmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBiosur is an agricultural company. Listed as a corporate collaborator of the school, likely involved in providing practical training, industry insights, or student placement opportunities in the Almería region.
• AgrocolormajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAgrocolor is an agricultural certification and quality assurance company in Almería. The school partners with Agrocolor to provide students with exposure to food quality certification systems, audit procedures, and export compliance — topics covered in the food certification curriculum.
• Ayuntamiento de VícarmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe municipal government of Vícar is a corporate partner of the school. The town hall likely supports the school through infrastructure, public funding, and collaborative community projects related to agricultural vocational training.
• Rijk ZwaanminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRijk Zwaan is a global vegetable seed breeding company. Its collaboration with the school provides access to cutting-edge seed varieties and breeding technologies for practical student training in the greenhouse environment.
• VicasolminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerVicasol is an agricultural cooperative. The school partners with Vicasol for student placement, industry exposure, and training aligned with cooperative production and commercialization practices.
• Unica GroupminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUnica Group is a large agricultural cooperative in Almería. The school collaborates with Unica for work placements and practical training related to cooperative farming, post-harvest handling, and commercialization.
• HortamarminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHortamar is an agricultural company. Listed as a corporate collaborator providing practical training opportunities, industry expertise, and student placement for the school's programmes.
• Grupo CristalplantminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGrupo Cristalplant is an agricultural company in Almería. Listed as a partner, contributing to the school's industry integration through student placements and training collaboration.
• Sakata Seed IbéricaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSakata is an international seed company. Its partnership with the school provides student access to seed technology, variety trials, and industry knowledge in horticultural genetics.
• HM ClauseminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHM Clause is a global seed company specializing in vegetable varieties. The school partners with HM Clause to integrate contemporary seed technology and breeding advances into its practical training curriculum.
• Yuksel SemillasminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerYuksel Semillas is a seed company operating in the Spanish agricultural market. Its collaboration with the school provides practical exposure to seed selection and variety performance for students.
• VellsamminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerVellsam is a biotechnology company focused on agricultural inputs. Its partnership likely contributes expertise in biological products, crop nutrition, and sustainable input technologies to the school's training programmes.
• AgrobiominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAgrobio is a company specializing in biological pest control and beneficial insects (auxiliary fauna). As the school curriculum heavily emphasizes integrated pest management and biological control in greenhouses, Agrobio provides direct expertise and practical demonstrations for students.
• El Plantel SemillerosminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEl Plantel Semilleros is a plant nursery and seedling company. The school partners with El Plantel for student visits, work placements, and practical training in seedling production and nursery management.
• Natural GreenminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNatural Green is an agricultural company. Listed as a corporate collaborator, likely involved in providing practical industry exposure and placement opportunities for horticulture and landscaping students.
• Club Golf Playa SerenaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerClub Golf Playa Serena is a golf club near Almería. Its partnership with the school likely involves providing student placement opportunities in sports turf management, landscape maintenance, and golf course agronomy.
• Junta de AndalucíacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe school operates as a 'Centro Concertado' — a publicly funded private school — under agreement with the Junta de Andalucía's Ministry of Education. This relationship provides public funding, official recognition of qualifications, and alignment with the regional vocational training curriculum (RD 625/2017, RD 779/2014).
• European Commission (Erasmus+)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEscuela Agraria Vícar holds the Erasmus Charter for Higher Education issued by the European Commission, enabling student and staff mobility, transnational projects, and international cooperation in agricultural vocational training.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Universidad de Almería: Public university in Almería offering undergraduate and master's programmes in agricultural engineering and food science. Competes for the same Almería student pool seeking agricultural qualifications, but at degree rather than vocational level.
• Wageningen University & Research: Globally leading agricultural and food science university in the Netherlands. Comparable in subject matter (greenhouse horticulture, sustainable agriculture) but operates at research-university scale; serves as a benchmark for the international trajectory of agricultural education brands.
• Centro Integrado de Formación Profesional (CIFP) Network: Public integrated vocational training centres across Spain offering ciclos formativos including agricultural and gardening specialisms. Provide public-sector competition for regulated FP enrolment and employer-subsidised training in the same national regulatory framework.

Direct peers

• EFA La Malvesía: Agricultural family school in Catalonia offering ciclos formativos in agricultural production, agroecology, landscaping and gardening under the same Spanish FP framework. Comparable operating model (private concertado, agricultural focus, dual training pathways) targeting a different regional market.
• EFA Campomar: Escuela Familiar Agraria located in Roquetas de Mar, Almería, offering agricultural and gardening vocational training cycles in the same province. Directly comparable as a private agricultural FP school competing for the same Almería student and employer base.
• IFAPA: Andalusian public institute for agricultural, fisheries, food and ecological production research and training. Operates public agricultural training centres across Andalusia that overlap with Escuela Agraria Vícar's regulated FP and phytosanitary course offerings, and is simultaneously an accreditor and competitor.
• EFA El Soto: Escuela Familiar Agraria in Chiclana de la Frontera (Cádiz) offering agricultural vocational training programmes (Producción Agropecuaria, Jardinería). Directly comparable as a private Andalusian agricultural FP institution with the same regulatory and funding framework.

Others

• FUNDAE: Spanish foundation managing the State Public Employment Service's subsidised training system (formación bonificada). Acts as the administrative backbone for Escuela Agraria Vícar's corporate training revenue stream and shapes the subsidised training market in which the school operates.
• Fundación Cajamar: Spanish agricultural cooperative banking foundation that runs its own research, training and innovation programmes in Almería. Already a strategic partner of Escuela Agraria Vícar, it represents both an ecosystem ally and an adjacent training-provider whose initiatives shape the regional agricultural education market.

Emerging players

• Agrobio: Almería-based company specialising in biological pest control and beneficial insects for greenhouse horticulture. Active partner of the school, it increasingly develops its own technical training for integrated pest management, representing both a curriculum source and an emerging competitor in specialist horticultural training.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance4 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

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Funding rounds

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