Real Federación Española de Caza

What Real Federación Española de Caza does

Real Federación Española de Caza (RFEC) is a Spanish national non-profit federation founded in 1913 and headquartered in Madrid, recognized as the sole representative body for hunting activity in Spain. It serves more than 350,000 hunters organized through a network of 19 autonomous regional federations, and its core functions include organizing national championships (22 in the 2026 calendar plus 4 additional competitions), issuing federative licenses bundled with hunting insurance, advocating on regulatory matters before Spanish ministries and EU bodies, and delivering training through the Escuela Española de Caza. Leadership comprises President Josep Escandell and Secretary General Tomás Manzano, supported by a 12-person central staff.

RFEC's technology stack centers on the iSquad digital platform for federation membership management, with mobile applications and an e-learning portal layered on top of a WordPress-based public website. The technology is conventional and commercial off-the-shelf — there is no proprietary AI/ML build, custom data platform, or distinctive technical architecture. Sponsorship relationships with brands including Mutuasport, Browning, Winchester, Miroku, Legia, HART, Isuzu, and Avis provide commercial partners across insurance, firearms, automotive, and apparel categories. The federation collaborates with organizations such as Fundación Artemisan and ADESP on scientific monitoring and industry-wide advocacy.

The revenue model is membership-based, generated through federative license fees (licencias federativas) coupled with federative insurance products that are effectively required for legal hunting in Spain. As a non-profit recognized by Spanish authorities, RFEC has no public revenue disclosures; its financial scale is consistent with a national sporting federation of its membership base. Its primary customers are individual Spanish hunters, with secondary commercial counterparties being sponsors and partner organizations across the hunting value chain.

Name

Real Federación Española de Caza

Legal name

Real Federación Española de Caza

Website

https://fecaza.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Real Federación Española de Caza is the nationally recognized non-profit federation for hunting in Spain, founded in 1913 and serving more than 350,000 hunters through 19 autonomous regional federations via federative licenses, insurance, national championships, and regulatory advocacy.

Ownership category

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Product category

Sports Federation Services

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PRIMARYMPAKAFAC

National Governing Bodies (NGBs)

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Sports (Leagues, Teams, Events, Venues)/Sports Rights Holders & Governing Bodies (Federations, Associations, Sanctioning Bodies)

SECONDARYMPAKACAD

Amateur Sport Governing Bodies & Federations (National/Regional)

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Sports (Leagues, Teams, Events, Venues)/Collegiate & Amateur Sports Organizations (NCAA, Federations, Clubs)

Keywords

• Hunting federation services
• Federative hunting licenses
• Hunting competition management
• Hunter training and certification
• Sports federation advocacy

Headquarters

HQ city

Madrid

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Membership fees (licencias y seguros federativos): The federation generates revenue primarily through federation membership fees charged to individual hunters. Hunters become federated (fedérate) by paying a fee that covers their hunting license and federative insurance. The federation also offers affiliation through the iSquad platform (caza.isquad.es) and training courses through a dedicated e-learning platform (caza.misquad.es/loginistudy.php).

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

RFEC is the national hunting federation of Spain, providing federative hunting licenses and federative insurance to individual hunters, organizing 22 national championships across 15+ hunting modalities, delivering training and certification through the Escuela Española de Caza, and representing the hunting sector before Spanish ministries and EU institutions. It coordinates a network of 19 autonomous regional federations that together represent over 350,000 hunters.

Product overview

Real Federación Española de Caza is a national hunting federation offering a unified platform of services centered on federation management, national competitions, and hunter training. The core offering consists of the Official RFEC Mobile App (available on iOS and Android), the RFEC Competition System managing 22+ national championships across 15+ hunting modalities, the Escuela Española de Caza providing structured training courses, and the Caza con Sabor promotional initiative. The federation coordinates a nationwide network of 18 regional federations representing over 350,000 hunters. This is not a technology platform but a sports organization whose 'products' are member services, competitions, and training.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Escuela Española de Caza: The Spanish Hunting School that offers courses for hunters at all levels.
• Observatorio Cinegético

Products and services

• RFEC Competition System National competition calendar and management system covering 22 Spanish Championships and 4 additional competitions across multiple hunting modalities including Agility, Blancos a brazo, Caza con arco, Caza de becadas, Caza menor con perro, Cetrería, Compak Sporting, Field target, Perdiz con reclamo, Perros de muestra, Podenco, Rastro sobre jabalí, Recorridos de caza, San Huberto, and Silvestrismo.
• Escuela Española de Caza (Spanish Hunting School) Training and education division offering courses for hunters at all levels, with a calendar of courses and access to an online formation platform (caza.misquad.es).
• Federación Autonómica Network Network of 19 regional hunting federations (Andalucía, Aragón, Balearic Islands, Canary Islands, Cantabria, Catalonia, Castilla-La Mancha, Castilla y León, Valencian Community, Asturias, Ceuta, Extremadura, Galicia, Madrid, Murcia, Navarra, La Rioja, Basque Country) that together represent over 350,000 federated hunters and serve as the primary recruitment and licensing channel.
• Caza con Sabor Annual recipe contest that highlights wild game meat, traditional gastronomy, and the culinary talent of hunters, serving as a social communication tool that promotes the value of hunting.
• LA APP DE LA RFEC (Official Mobile Application) Official mobile application providing all federation content and services in a mobile format, available on Google Play and App Store. Offers federation information, competition updates, and member services on mobile devices.

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Technology focussed No

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Integration4 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• ADESP (Asociación del Deporte Español)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 June 2026RFEC is an active member of ADESP, the association representing all Spanish national sports federations (66 entities). Through ADESP's Commission on Sports with Animals, RFEC coordinates with other animal sports federations (Hípica, Galgos, Colombicultura, Colombófila) on shared regulatory concerns. RFEC president Josep Escandell chairs this commission.
• MAPA (Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 June 2026RFEC maintains regular meetings with MAPA officials on hunting regulation matters including zoological nuclei legislation, lead ammunition restrictions, and animal welfare regulations. The federation actively lobbies for hunting sector interests in the development of ministerial decrees.
• Ministerio de Transportes (Ministry of Transport)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 June 2026RFEC, through ADESP's Commission on Sports with Animals, met with officials from the Directorate General of Road and Rail Transport to express concerns about the EU's future regulation on animal transport, particularly regarding its potential impact on animal sports.
• FACE (European Federation for Hunting and Conservation)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRFEC is affiliated with FACE, the European Federation for Hunting and Conservation. Through FACE, RFEC maintains daily contact with Spanish MEPs and constant presence in international institutions. Over 80% of laws affecting the hunting sector are decided in the European Parliament, making this relationship strategically critical.
• CSD (Consejo Superior de Deportes)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe CSD co-organizes many RFEC national championships, providing official recognition and institutional support for hunting as a sport in Spain. Multiple competition articles reference CSD as a co-organizer.
• Autonomous Hunting Federations (19 federaciones autonómicas)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRFEC is the umbrella federation for 19 autonomous hunting federations: Andalucía, Aragón, Balearic Islands, Canary Islands, Cantabria, Catalonia, Castilla-La Mancha, Castilla y León, Community of Valencia, Principality of Asturias, Ceuta, Extremadura, Galicia, Madrid, Murcia, Navarre, La Rioja, and Basque Country. These federations collectively represent over 350,000 hunters.
• Sponsors (Mutuasport, Browning, Winchester, Miroku, Legia, HART, Isuzu, Avis)minorOthersVarious commercial sponsors support RFEC national competitions. Sponsors include Mutuasport (insurance), Browning, Winchester, Miroku, Legia, HART, Isuzu, Avis, and others who provide financial or in-kind support for championships and events.
• Fundación ArtemisanminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFundación Artemisan collaborates with RFEC's Cinegético Observatory on scientific monitoring and research of game species, particularly red partridge populations. The foundation supports the Observatory's census campaigns across 14 autonomous communities.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Federazione Italiana della Caccia: Italy's national hunting federation, comparable as a neighboring Southern European hunting federation facing similar regulatory pressure from the EU and operating a parallel regional federation structure and competition system.
• Federation of Associations for Hunting and Conservation of the EU (FACE): The European umbrella federation of which RFEC is a member. FACE is directly comparable as the supranational body coordinating hunting federations across Europe and lobbying the European Parliament on the same regulations (lead ammunition, animal transport, welfare) that RFEC tracks.
• Fédération Nationale des Chasseurs (FNC): France's national hunting federation, the most direct structural analogue to RFEC. Both serve as the sole national governing body for hunters in their respective countries, operate under similar EU regulatory frameworks, and interface with their national agriculture ministries on hunting policy.
• Deutscher Jagdverband (DJV): Germany's national hunting association, comparable in role as the umbrella organization representing hunters, organizing competitions and training, and advocating on hunting regulation at the national and EU level.
• Real Federación Española de Galgos: Spain's national greyhound sport federation, a direct domestic peer within the ADESP umbrella. Operates as another Spanish animal-sport federation facing the same EU regulatory environment and sharing membership and competition dynamics with RFEC.

Broad incumbents

• Real Federación Hípica Española (RFHE): Spain's national equestrian federation, a fellow ADESP member and Spanish national sports federation. Comparable as another Spanish animal-sport governing body co-located in ADESP's Commission on Sports with Animals, with shared regulatory concerns about EU animal welfare and transport regulation.

Regional players

• Koninklijke Nederlandse Jagersvereniging (KNJV): The Royal Dutch Hunting Association, a national hunting federation serving the Netherlands. Operates a similar member-based model, regional structure, and policy advocacy function, though in a different EU country.
• British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC): The UK's leading shooting and conservation body. Similar organizational role representing hunters and shooters, advocating on firearms and wildlife policy, but serving a different national jurisdiction than RFEC.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/RFECaza
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@RealFederacionEspanoladeCaza
• Facebookfacebook.com/FECAZA
• Instagraminstagram.com/rfecaza_of
• TikToktiktok.com/@rfecaza
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/rfecaza

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