Empresas Públicas Municipales De Apía

What Empresas Públicas Municipales De Apía does

Empresas Públicas Municipales de Apía E.S.P. is a government-owned municipal public utility company headquartered in Apía, Risaralda department, Colombia. The company provides three core services — water supply (acueducto), sewage collection (alcantarillado), and solid waste management (aseo) — to the urban zone of Apía municipality and the populated center La María. It employs 34 people and operates under Colombian public utility regulation with oversight from Superservicios (SUI), the Contraloría General de la República, and the municipal government.

The company's underlying technology consists of physical municipal infrastructure: water distribution and treatment networks, sewage collection systems, and waste collection routes. Its digital layer is the Mi Colombia Digital government portal, through which it exposes standardized trámites (procedures) including new connections, service restoration, tariff changes, billing modifications, and user certifications. All administrative trámites are published as free of charge, while the underlying utility services operate on standardized municipal tariff structures billed monthly. There are no proprietary software products, APIs, or advanced digital capabilities disclosed.

The business model is a recurring subscription-style utility revenue stream collected from residential, commercial, industrial, and official property users within the assigned service territory. The go-to-market is government-directed: services are provisioned to citizens via in-person visits to the Carrera 9 # 9-12 office, the online gov.co portal, and government information channels (Facebook, YouTube). Revenue is generated exclusively within Apía municipality, with no geographic or vertical diversification.

Name

Empresas Públicas Municipales De Apía

Legal name

E.S.P. Empresas Públicas Municipales de Apía

Website

https://espapia-apia-risaralda.gov.co

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Empresas Públicas Municipales de Apía E.S.P. is a government-owned municipal public utility in Apía, Risaralda, Colombia providing water, sewage, and solid waste collection services to urban residents and businesses of the municipality, operating under Colombian public utility regulation with 34 employees.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal Water and Wastewater Utilities

NAICS

Utilities (221), Sewage Treatment Facilities (221320), Administration of Environmental Quality Programs (9241)

SIC

Water Supply (4941), Refuse Systems (4953)

akta.pro primary industry

Water Supply & Wastewater Utilities Administration (BPAIACAG)

Keywords

• Water utility services
• Sewage collection
• Solid waste management
• Municipal public utilities
• Utility billing services

Headquarters

HQ city

Apía

HQ country

Colombia

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Public Utility Service Fees: Revenue generated from water (acueducto), sewage (alcantarillado), and waste collection (aseo) services provided to residential, commercial, industrial, and official properties in the urban area of Apía municipality. The company operates under municipal regulatory framework with established tariff structures.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

E.S.P. Empresas Públicas Municipales de Apía provides three core regulated municipal public utility services to the urban area of Apía municipality in Risaralda, Colombia: Acueducto (drinking water supply via distribution and treatment networks), Alcantarillado (sewage collection and drainage), and Aseo (solid waste collection and disposal). It also administers related citizen-facing administrative trámites (procedures) such as new connections, service restoration, tariff changes, billing modifications, and user certifications, delivered through its physical office and the Mi Colombia Digital government portal.

Product overview

Empresas Públicas Municipales de Apía E.S.P. is a municipal public utility company providing three core services: Acueducto (water supply), Alcantarillado (seewage/drainage), and Aseo (solid waste collection) to the urban areas of Apía municipality in Risaralda, Colombia. The company operates on a single-platform model with multiple service modules, offering both core utility services and administrative trámites (procedures) including service connections, billing modifications, tariff changes, and user certifications. Services are delivered through the Mi Colombia Digital government portal platform, with in-person service available at their offices on Carrera 9 # 9-12.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Acueducto (Water Supply Service) Municipal drinking water supply service providing treated water through distribution networks to residential, commercial, industrial, and official users in the urban area of Apía municipality, including treatment and distribution management.
• Alcantarillado (Sewage Service) Sewage collection and drainage service managing wastewater infrastructure for properties in the urban zone of Apía municipality.
• Aseo (Solid Waste Collection Service) Solid waste collection and disposal service covering the urban area and the populated center La María of Apía municipality.
• Viabilidad y disponibilidad de servicios públicos Certification procedure confirming the technical feasibility and availability of connecting a property to existing public utility networks (water, sewage, waste). SLA: 45 business days. Free of charge.
• Restablecimiento del servicio público Procedure to restore a suspended public utility service after the cause of suspension has been eliminated. SLA: 24 hours. Free of charge.
• Cambio de la clase de uso de un inmueble Administrative procedure to change the property use classification (e.g., residential to commercial) for public utility billing purposes. SLA: 15 business days. Free of charge.
• Cambio de tarifa para hogares comunitarios Tariff modification procedure for community homes and substitute caregivers affiliated with Instituto Colombiano de Bienestar Familiar, adjusting the property's billing stratum.
• Conexión a los servicios públicos New connection service for residential, commercial, industrial, official, or special properties to the public utility networks. SLA: 15 business days. Free of charge.
• Cambios en la factura de servicio público Procedure to modify billing information on the public utility invoice, including owner name, address, and property stratum classification. SLA: 15 business days. Free of charge.
• Certificado Usuarios Acueducto Certificate service confirming a user's status for the water supply service.
• Certificación Usuarios Domésticos y No Domésticos Certification service for domestic and non-domestic public utility users, confirming their user status.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• iNNpulsa ColombiaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGovernment entrepreneurship and innovation agency partnered with the company for collaboration and innovation initiatives. iNNpulsa Colombia is an agency of the National Government that supports high-potential entrepreneurship and innovation processes.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Triple A (Aguas de Barranquilla): Major Colombian E.S.P. providing water, sewerage, and waste services in the Caribbean region. Same three-service utility model under Colombian tariff regulation, but at materially larger urban scale.
• Empresa de Acueducto y Alcantarillado de Bogotá (EAAB): Bogotá's municipal water and sewerage utility, operating under the same Colombian E.S.P. regulatory framework. Closest direct analog in service scope (acueducto + alcantarillado) and tariff model, but serving a much larger urban population.
• American Water Works Company: Large U.S. regulated water and wastewater utility operating under similar rate-base, tariff-regulated business model. Useful as a public-market comparable for the underlying unit economics of a regulated water/sewer monopoly.
• Empresas Municipales de Cali (EMCALI): Municipal E.S.P. providing water, sewerage, telecommunications, and energy services in Cali. Same Colombian E.S.P. institutional model and three-service utility portfolio (acueducto, alcantarillado, aseo), serving as a comparable mid-large reference point.
• Veolia Colombia: Global utility operator with Colombian operations providing water, waste, and environmental services, often under concession contracts with municipalities. Comparable as an alternative operating model for the same municipal services the subject company delivers.
• Empresas Públicas de Medellín (EPM): Colombia's largest multi-service municipal E.S.P., providing water, sewage, waste, electricity, and gas across Antioquia and beyond. Direct comparable in business model (Colombian E.S.P. delivering water/sewer/waste under regulated tariff), though vastly larger in scale and geography.

Regional players

• Aguas Regionales S.A. E.S.P. Colombian regional E.S.P. providing water and sewerage services across multiple municipalities in Antioquia. Comparable in serving multiple smaller urban centers under the same E.S.P. tariff regime, illustrating a regional aggregation path.
• Aguas de Manizales: Regional water and sewerage utility serving Manizales and surrounding municipalities in Colombia's coffee region. Comparable mid-sized Colombian E.S.P. with similar regulated tariff model and acueducto/alcantarillado focus.
• Empresas Públicas de Pereira: Municipal E.S.P. of Pereira, capital of the same Risaralda department as the subject company. Direct regional comparable in Colombian E.S.P. structure, service portfolio, and tariff regulation.
• Aguas de Cartagena: Municipal water, sewerage, and waste utility serving Cartagena. Direct comparable in Colombian E.S.P. structure and three-service portfolio, with similar regulatory exposure.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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