FEVECTA

What FEVECTA does

FEVECTA (Federació Valenciana d'Empreses Cooperatives de Treball Associat) is a non-profit federation founded in 1987 that represents worker cooperatives across the Valencian Community in Spain. It federates a business community of more than 600 work cooperatives operating across all three provinces (Valencia, Castellón, Alicante) and serves as the institutional representative body, holding the presidency of CONCOVAL (regional) and first vice-presidency of COCETA (national). The organization operates through four provincial offices (Valencia headquarters, Castellón, Xàtiva, Alicante) with a staff of 26, and is funded through tiered quarterly membership fees (€122-€521 depending on cooperative size), chargeable professional services, public subsidies, and EU programme co-financing.

The federation's service portfolio centers on six functions: (1) political and institutional representation of cooperative interests; (2) free advisory services for cooperative creation and ongoing legal, fiscal, labor, and financial matters; (3) accredited training programs (1,600 people trained across 104 courses in 2025, totaling 3,106 hours and 112,325 cumulative hours over 30 years); (4) intercooperation facilitation through sectorials (UCEV teaching since 1998, Transport Council since 2002, cultural/creative), cooperative poles, and the Gastro Cooperative Route; (5) subsidy and grant processing including a Kit Digital digitalization agent network of 14 cooperatives; and (6) youth engagement through La Cantera (ages 18-35) and GEN·Coop leadership development. Quantifiable outcomes include 657 cooperatives created and 3,100 direct jobs generated over 30 years.

FEVECTA's digital infrastructure consists of conventional web platforms: the main fevecta.coop portal, a blog, a dedicated emprendimiento.fevecta.coop site for new cooperative formation, an online cooperative directory searchable by sector, province, and comarca, e-learning delivery systems, and the Podcasteca podcast platform. The organization holds ISO 9001, 14001, 27001, and 45001 certifications, GDPR compliance, and has been recognized twice by Generalitat Valenciana with the 'Fent Empresa. Iguals en Oportunitats' equality distinction. Distribution is primarily via the four provincial offices and direct engagement at cooperative premises, supplemented by digital channels (website, email newsletter, social media across Facebook, LinkedIn, X, YouTube, TikTok, Instagram). Recent strategic activity centers on EU-funded projects including the FootPrint Erasmus+ sustainable tourism initiative (€250K, 2025) and the Laboraempren Next Generation pilot for unemployed entrepreneurs (2023), positioning the federation to expand its European profile while maintaining its regional anchor.

Name

FEVECTA

Legal name

FEDERACIÓN VALENCIANA DE EMPRESAS COOPERATIVAS DE TRABAJO ASOCIADO (FEVECTA)

Website

https://fevecta.coop

Company type

Private

Founded year

1987

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

FEVECTA is a 1987-founded non-profit federation representing over 600 worker cooperatives across Spain's Valencian Community, providing representation, advisory, training, and intercooperation services through four provincial offices and tiered membership fees.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Valencia

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Membership fees (cuotas de afiliación): Quarterly membership fees charged to federated cooperatives based on size: cooperatives up to 5 workers pay €136/quarter, 6-10 workers pay €184/quarter, 11-21 workers pay €241/quarter, 22-40 workers pay €392/quarter, over 40 workers pay €521/quarter, and second-degree cooperatives pay €122/quarter. New cooperatives receive 100% discount first year and 50% discount second year.
2. Additional services: Chargeable services including subsidy processing, statutory modifications, dissolutions, legal advisory, assembly assistance, and appeals.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

FEVECTA is a non-profit federation of worker cooperatives (Cooperativas de Trabajo Asociado) in the Valencian Community, providing representation, legal/economic/fiscal/labor advisory, accredited training, intercooperation facilitation, and cooperative creation support to its 600+ member cooperatives. It charges tiered quarterly membership fees based on cooperative size and offers additional fee-based services (subsidy processing, statutory modifications, dissolutions, legal advisory, assembly assistance). Free advisory and entrepreneur support is provided across four provincial offices, supplemented by digital platforms including a cooperative directory, member area, training portal, and Kit Digital Agent services.

Product overview

FEVECTA is a federation of work cooperatives providing a comprehensive portfolio of services to its 600+ member cooperatives. The organization offers representation and advocacy, free advisory services for cooperative creation, accredited training programs, and intercooperation facilitation. Through its network of certified cooperative digitalization agents (Kit Digital), FEVECTA connects member cooperatives with digital transformation solutions. The federation also operates youth engagement programs (La Cantera), sector-specific groups (teaching, transport, cultural and creative industries), and cooperative poles to foster territorial intercooperation. This is not a single product but a service organization supporting the cooperative ecosystem.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• La Cantera: Youth commission of FEVECTA — a space for young cooperative members aged 18-35 to meet, participate, and lead the future of cooperativism in the Valencian Community.
• Laboraempren
• FootPrint
• GEN·Coop

Products and services

• Cooperativa Federation Services (Representation and Advisory) Core federation membership service providing institutional representation, defense of cooperative interests in political, economic, and institutional spheres, plus expert advisory in economic, legal, labor, fiscal, and financial matters specific to cooperative legislation. For 600+ federated worker cooperatives in the Valencian Community.
• Cooperativa Creation Service Free advisory and accompaniment service for entrepreneurs (minimum 2 people with €3,000 minimum capital) wishing to create a new worker cooperative, including business viability assessment and legal setup. Available at FEVECTA's four provincial offices.
• Training Programs (Accredited Training Center) Accredited training center offering courses in cooperative management, digital skills, business strategy, equality, languages, and vocational education. In 2025, 104 courses were delivered to 1,600 people totaling 3,106 training hours, co-financed through Fundae and Ministerio de Trabajo y Economía Social.
• Kit Digital Cooperative Digitalization Agents Network of 14 certified cooperative digitalization agents across Alicante, Castellón, and Valencia offering digitalization solutions (e-commerce, CRM, process management, virtual office, social media management, electronic invoicing, web presence, cybersecurity, business intelligence) under Spain's Kit Digital program. Connects cooperatives with subsidized digital transformation services.
• La Cantera - Youth Cooperativist Commission Sectoral youth commission of FEVECTA for cooperativists aged 18-35 from federated work cooperatives, providing a space for meeting, participation, and leadership development. Connected to the European Young European Cooperators Network (YECN) for cross-border collaboration.
• Intercooperation Services Networking and intercooperation facilitation through sectorials (education, transport, cultural/creative), cooperative poles (polos cooperativos), and the Gastro Cooperative Route, connecting work cooperatives across sectors and territories in the Valencian Community.
• Additional Professional Services Chargeable professional services for federated cooperatives including subsidy processing, statutory modifications, dissolutions, legal advisory, assembly assistance, and appeals.

Quantifiable outcome

• 657 new cooperatives created, generating 3,100 direct jobs
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Cooperatives Europe / Young European Cooperators Network (YECN)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026FEVECTA participates in European youth cooperative network YECN, connecting young cooperativists across countries for shared experiences, mutual learning, and collective leadership development within the European cooperative movement.
• DiákÉSZ (Hungary)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Hungarian cooperative youth organization, co-organizer of Youth Voices, Cooperative Choices 2026 European event in Budapest.
• FootPrint Consortium (Ireland, France, Portugal, Poland)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025European Erasmus Plus project (€250,000 budget) with partners from Ireland, France, Portugal, and Poland to support tourism cooperatives in transitioning to sustainable business models through training and awareness programs.
• Ajuntament de Quart de PobletminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Local government partner in FootPrint European project to support sustainable tourism transformation of Valencian cooperatives.
• APAFCV (Asociación Profesional de Asesores Fiscales)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFramework agreement to increase knowledge and specialization of tax advisors in cooperative matters through seminars, workshops, and support for new cooperative constitutions.
• Cámara de Comercio de ValenciaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-financer of Podcasteca podcast initiative alongside Cámara de Comercio de Castellón and Generalitat Valenciana.
• Cámara de Comercio de CastellónminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-financer of Podcasteca podcast initiative alongside Cámara de Comercio de Valencia and Generalitat Valenciana.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• UCEV (Unió de Cooperatives d'Ensenyament Valencianes): Sector-specific cooperative federation for Valencian teaching cooperatives (~100 members). Originated within FEVECTA in 1998 and is a specialized spin-off peer serving a single sector of FEVECTA's broader scope.
• LAB Servicios de Formación: Spain-based accredited training provider that, like FEVECTA, delivers subsidized vocational training to cooperatives and small businesses. Comparable in training capacity and funding model though commercially rather than cooperatively owned.

Broad incumbents

• Cooperatives Europe: European-level cooperative federation where FEVECTA engages via YECN. Performs a similar representative role at continental scale and is a direct upstream peer in the cooperative federation hierarchy.
• Mondragón Corporation: Federation of cooperatives in the Basque Country and Spain's largest cooperative group. Not a direct peer in membership representation but the most prominent benchmark for the cooperative federation model in Spain.
• CEPES (Confederación Empresarial Española de la Economía Social): Spanish confederation of the social economy encompassing cooperatives, mutual societies, and other social enterprises. Broader scope than FEVECTA, but comparable function as a representative umbrella that delivers services and policy advocacy to member organizations.

Regional players

• KONFEKOOP (Confederación de Cooperativas de Euskadi): Basque Country cooperative confederation. Comparable regional federation structure serving cooperatives in another Spanish autonomous community; not directly competing in Valencia but operating a parallel model.
• FECOMA (Federación de Cooperativas de Madrid): Madrid-based federation of worker cooperatives. Comparable regional cooperative federation in another autonomous community; addresses a similar member base in a different geography.
• FCAC (Federació de Cooperatives Agràries de Catalunya): Catalan federation of agricultural cooperatives. Analogous regional cooperative federation structure in another Spanish autonomous community, though focused on the agricultural rather than worker cooperative segment.

Direct peers

• COCETA (Confederación Española de Cooperativas de Trabajo Asociado): National-level federation of worker cooperatives in Spain. FEVECTA holds a first vice-presidency here, and COCETA performs an analogous representation and service role at the national scope that FEVECTA performs regionally.
• CONCOVAL (Confederació de Cooperatives de la Comunitat Valenciana): Confederation of cooperatives in the Valencian Community. Directly comparable as the higher-tier body in which FEVECTA holds the presidency, coordinating multiple cooperative federations across sectors in the same region.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/FEVECTA
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@fevectacoop3759
• Facebookfacebook.com/FEVECTA
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/fevecta
• Instagraminstagram.com/fevecta
• TikToktiktok.com/@fevecta

Compliance6 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

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