Confederación de Empresas de la Provincia de Cádiz

What Confederación de Empresas de la Provincia de Cádiz does

Confederación de Empresas de la Provincia de Cádiz (CEC), founded in 1978 and headquartered at Avenida de Marconi 37, Cádiz, is a non-profit business confederation (organización empresarial sin ánimo de lucro; CIF G-11041449) acting as an umbrella organization for approximately 150 affiliated business associations and federations that collectively represent more than 19,000 companies of all sizes across Cádiz province. CEC's portfolio of services is delivered through specialized departments — administration, systems, economic/financial advisory, labor relations and occupational risk prevention (PRL), communication, innovation and technology, environmental compliance, and business financing — alongside member-facing programs including collective bargaining agreements, legal observatory publications, the PRL assistance office, the ASCENDA free training program (sports, business, digital inclusion), the Garántia mutual-credit guarantee referral channel, and the recently launched Portal de Empleo CEC (July 2026).

The underlying technology stack is web-based: a WordPress-hosted corporate site at www.empresariosdecadiz.es plus dedicated sub-portals (prl.empresariosdecadiz.es, guiasueloindustrialcadiz.empresariosdecadiz.es, empleo portal) act as the primary digital channels for member services, publications, news, and event registration. Operations are backed by an integrated management system certified under UNE-EN ISO 9001:2015 (Quality), UNE-EN ISO 14001:2015 (Environment), and UNE-EN ISO 27001:2014 (Information Security), and the organization is inscribed in the Junta de Andalucía's Centro de Mediación, Arbitraje y Conciliación, giving it formal standing in dispute resolution.

Revenue is generated primarily through recurring membership fees paid by the 150 member associations, supplemented by EU and regional grant funding (e.g., FEDER/REACT-EU aid in 2020) and fee-for-program participation such as training and conventions. The GTM motion is channel-partner-driven: new member associations and direct member companies are recruited through the website, direct outreach, events (Convenciones 2014–2025, Noche de la Empresa awards), and publications (Dipuactiva 2021–2023, Dipuinnova 2024, Memorias 2015–2025). CEC does not publicly disclose membership pricing. With 24 employees and a diversified base spanning retail (ZARA, MERCADONA, Carrefour), energy (Endesa), ports (APM Terminals Algeciras, Autoridad Portuaria de la Bahía de Cádiz), automotive, tourism, aerospace (AEROAVANCE, Aerotecnic Composites), aquaculture (CTAQUA), leather (Fundación CT de la Piel), and wine (FEDEJEREZ), CEC's membership concentration risk is structurally low.

Name

Confederación de Empresas de la Provincia de Cádiz

Legal name

Confederación de Empresarios de la Provincia de Cádiz

Website

https://empresariosdecadiz.es

Company type

Private

Founded year

1978

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Confederación de Empresas de la Provincia de Cádiz (CEC) is a 1978-founded non-profit confederation of 150 business associations representing over 19,000 companies in Cádiz, Spain, providing legal, PRL, training, financing, and advocacy services to member SMEs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Cádiz

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership fees and confederation services: CEC is a non-profit business organization (organización empresarial sin ánimo de lucro). Revenue is generated through membership fees and association services provided to its member organizations and companies. Services include business support, legal services, administrative support, economic/financial advice, labor relations, communication, innovation and technology, environmental unit, and financing/corporate creation support.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

The Confederación de Empresas de la Provincia de Cádiz (CEC) is a non-profit business confederation founded in 1978 that aggregates 150 business organizations representing more than 19,000 companies in the province of Cádiz, Spain. Its core activities include institutional representation and advocacy, professional training (through ASCENDA), workplace risk-prevention support (PRL Assistance Office), employment intermediation (Portal de Empleo CEC), credit-guarantee facilitation (Garántia), collective bargaining management (Convenios Colectivos), and the organization of business conventions and events.

Product overview

The Confederation of Businesses of the Province of Cádiz (CEC) is a non-profit business association founded in 1978 that encompasses approximately 150 business organizations representing over 19,000 companies. Rather than a technology product company, CEC operates as a comprehensive business support organization offering a portfolio of services through specialized departments: Business Services (covering administration, systems, economic/financial, labor/PRL, communication, innovation/technology, environmental, and business financing units), the ASCENDA free training program in sports and digital inclusion, the Garántia credit guarantee service for SMEs, the PRL Assistance Office for occupational risk prevention, a pioneering employment portal, research publications (Dipuactiva, Dipuinnova), collective agreements, and business events. The organization focuses on defending business interests, promoting economic activity, and supporting the socioeconomic development of Cádiz province.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• ASCENDA Training Program

Named customers19 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

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Garántia - Sociedad de Avales y Garantías de AndalucíacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGarántia is a mutual guarantee society (sociedad de garantía recíproca) referenced as a partner to facilitate access to credit for SMEs and autónomos. CEC promotes Garántia services to its member companies as part of its financing assistance offerings.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Foment del Treball Nacional: Catalonia's principal employer confederation with a 2,000+ member base of companies and associations. Direct territorial-counterpart peer to CEC operating a federated model, sector committees, and member services in legal, training, and internationalization.
• CECALE — Confederación de Organizaciones Empresariales de Castilla y León: Multi-provincial employer confederation for Castile and León. Direct comp on the umbrella-over-associations structure and service portfolio; comparable scale to CEA and a useful benchmark for CEC's potential evolution toward regional scope.
• CEOE — Confederación Española de Organizaciones Empresariales: CEOE is Spain's national-level employer confederation — an umbrella of territorial and sectoral employer organisations — structurally analogous to CEC but operating at national scale. Directly comparable on the federation-of-federations business model and member-services portfolio.
• CEBEK — Confederación Empresarial de Bizkaia: Bizkaia's provincial employer confederation, structurally identical to CEC: federated business associations, sector committees, member service portfolio, and Basque-government liaison role. Same single-province mandate and same multi-sector breadth.
• CEPYME — Confederación Española de la Pequeña y Mediana Empresa: CEPYME is the Spanish SME employer confederation under the CEOE umbrella. It directly parallels CEC's SME-and-autónomo focus and federated structure, with overlapping services in legal, training, and credit access (similar Garántia-style partners).
• ASEMPAL — Asociación de Empresarios de Almería: Almería's provincial employer confederation, sister territory to Cádiz within Andalusia. Direct peer on the same provincial-federation model, multi-sector representation (intensive agriculture, tourism, services), and member services catalogue.
• ATA — Federación Nacional de Asociaciones de Trabajadores Autónomos: ATA is Spain's national federation for the self-employed (autónomos), one of the explicit member constituencies CEC serves via Garántia and advocacy. Comparable as a federated membership body dedicated to autonomous workers and micro-SMEs.
• CEA — Confederación de Empresarios de Andalucía: CEA is the regional Andalusian employer confederation — the parent territorial body of which CEC is effectively a provincial node. Same federated, multi-sector representation model and same provincial-to-regional service flow, making it the closest structural comp.
• AIJU — Asociación de Empresarios de la Provincia de Alicante (alongside COEPA): Alicante's provincial employer confederation (operating historically through COEPA and successors), a Mediterranean-coast regional comp to CEC — analogous SME/multi-sector membership base with strong tourism and export-focussed verticals.

Broad incumbents

• Cámara de España — Cámara Oficial de Comercio, Industria, Servicios y Navegación de España: Spain's official Chambers of Commerce network. While not a confederation, the Cámara system sits alongside CEC offering overlapping services (training, trade promotion, legal observatory) to a similar business base — established incumbent with public-sector remit that CEC complements.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ceccadiz
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/ceccadiz
• Facebookfacebook.com/ceccadiz
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/confederaciondeempresasprovinciacadiz
• Instagraminstagram.com/ceccadiz

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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