FEDECO

What FEDECO does

FEDECO (Federación de Comercio de la Provincia de Cádiz) is a Spanish non-profit trade federation that represents and advocates for commerce businesses across the province of Cádiz, operating under the umbrella of CEC (Confederación de Empresarios de Cádiz). The federation serves member trade associations and individual small and medium-sized retailers, providing collective representation with regional authorities (notably the Junta de Andalucía), training programs, information on subsidies, promotional campaigns, and access to member-benefit programs. Its core activities include participating in regulatory processes such as ZGAT (Zonas de Gran Afluencia Turística) recognitions and CCA (Centro Comercial Abierto) procedures, organizing industry events such as the Technological Ideas Contest for Retail Trade, and engaging in cross-border initiatives like the EU Interreg FOCOMAR project. The federation is led by president Manuel Luna Verdurgo and maintains a headquarters in Cádiz, Spain, with approximately 20 employees.

FEDECO's business model is structured around membership dues and association contributions from affiliated commerce businesses, supplemented by public subsidies, training fees, and event-related revenue. It generates indirect value through partnership agreements with energy and financial services providers — including CEPSA (renewed 2024), Acoje/CaixaBank (2021), and Banco Sabadell (2018) — that channel preferential offers to members. The federation's revenue mechanics are characteristic of a small provincial trade association: recurring membership income, episodic project funding (such as EU Interreg participation), and program-based fees for training and events. Recognition in the form of regional commerce awards in 2019 and 2024 reinforces its standing as an established representative body, though no financial disclosures, growth metrics, or technology platform details are publicly available in the input.

Name

FEDECO

Legal name

Federación de Comercio de la Provincia de Cádiz

Website

https://fedeco.es

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

FEDECO is a non-profit trade federation representing commerce businesses across the province of Cádiz, Spain. It serves member trade associations and SMB retailers through collective advocacy, training, subsidy guidance, and partnership-based member benefits, operating under CEC with about 20 employees.

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, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership fees and associations contributions: FEDECO generates revenue through membership fees from affiliated trade associations and individual commerce businesses in the province of Cádiz.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

FEDECO is a non-profit trade federation that represents, defends, and promotes the business interests of commerce-sector trade associations and individual commerce businesses in the province of Cádiz, Spain. Its core offerings include association representation and advocacy, an association directory, membership enrollment, training programs and events, subsidies and grants information, and local commerce promotion campaigns.

Product overview

FEDECO (Federación de Comercio de la Provincia de Cádiz) is a commerce federation serving as a representative body for trade organizations in Cádiz province, Spain. Rather than offering a unified software platform, FEDECO provides a portfolio of services including an association directory, certificate request services, membership enrollment, and event/training programs. The federation also organizes the annual Technological Ideas Contest for Retail Trade and publishes informational content about legislation, subsidies, and commerce-related news.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• CEPSAcoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 May 2024FEDECO signed the renewal of its collaboration agreement with CEPSA in May 2024, offering special discount offers for affiliated members. This partnership provides commercial advantages to member businesses.
• CaixaBank (with Acoje)coreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 March 2021CaixaBank and Acoje (an association affiliated with FEDECO) signed a collaboration agreement to help commerce businesses, providing financial advantages and the Social Commerce technological solution for online sales through social networks.
• Banco SabadellcoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 17 May 2018FEDECO and Banco Sabadell signed a collaboration agreement to offer affiliated members and their families financial products and services with advantageous economic conditions, as well as products and services for entrepreneurs.
• Junta de Andalucía - Consejería de Empleo, Empresa y ComerciocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe regional government of Andalusia provides subsidies and funding for commerce promotion programs. FEDECO acts as a channel for distributing information about grants and subsidies to member associations.
• Cámaras Oficiales de Comercio de Cádiz, Campo de Gibraltar y Jerez de la FronteramajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on the 'Cádiz Vale+' consumer stimulation program, coordinated by the Provincial Council of Cádiz, aimed at promoting local commerce consumption through bonus/voucher systems.
• FOCOMAR (EU Interreg Project)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFEDECO participates in the FOCOMAR project, an EU Interreg V A España-Portugal cooperation program (POCTEP 2014-2020), focused on maritime commerce and port operations. Organized seminars on customs management, ship supplies, and international trade logistics.
• Confederación de Empresarios de Cádiz (CEC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFEDECO operates under the umbrella of the Confederation of Entrepreneurs of Cádiz (CEC), sharing facilities at Avenida Marconi 37 and collaborating on training programs, events, and business support services.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Confederación de Empresarios de Andalucía (CEA): Regional Andalusian employer confederation; same trade federation structure as FEDECO but at regional scale, acting as the broader provincial body within which FEDECO operates.
• Confederación Española de Comercio (CEC): National-level commerce confederation in Spain representing the retail trade sector. FEDECO operates under CEC's umbrella, making it the most direct analog as a higher-tier federation in the same category.
• Confederación de Empresarios de Cádiz (CEC): Provincial employer confederation of Cádiz sharing FEDECO's facilities at Avenida Marconi 37 and collaborating on training and business support — operating in the same geography with a partially overlapping member base.
• Confecomerç (Catalunya): Catalan confederation of commerce and tourism SMEs; functionally identical model — a regional trade federation representing retail/commerce associations, providing training and advocacy to small retailers in Catalonia.
• Confederación de Empresarios de Bizkaia (CEBEK): Basque regional employer confederation providing business representation, training, and services to member companies — a directly comparable Spanish regional federation operating at larger scale.
• Confederación de Empresarios de la Comunitat Valenciana (CEV): Valencian regional employer confederation; structurally analogous to a Cádiz-scale trade federation with advocacy, training, and member services for SMEs and commerce businesses.
• Cámara Oficial de Comercio de Cádiz: Provincial Chamber of Commerce in Cádiz that co-implements the 'Cádiz Vale+' consumer stimulation program with FEDECO; comparable trade/business support function with overlapping member base in Cádiz.

Broad incumbents

• EuroCommerce: Pan-European trade association representing the retail and wholesale sector; comparable as a higher-tier trade federation covering the same commerce constituency that FEDECO serves locally.
• CEPYME: Spanish confederation of small and medium-sized enterprises; broader in scope (all SMEs vs. commerce-only) but operates the same membership-federation model and represents overlapping member profiles.

Emerging players

• Federation of Small Businesses (FSB): UK membership-based federation providing advocacy, training, and services to small businesses including retail; comparable non-profit, dues-funded federation model serving small enterprises in a single national market.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/fedecocadiz
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/fedeco-cadiz

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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