Grande Loja Maconica Do Estado Do Rio De Janeiro

Name

Grande Loja Maconica Do Estado Do Rio De Janeiro

Legal name

GLMERJ – Grande Loja Maçônica do Estado do Rio de Janeiro

Website

https://glmerj.org.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

1927

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Rio de Janeiro

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Grande Loja Maçônica do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (GLMERJ) is a private non-profit Masonic Grand Lodge that governs multiple subordinate Masonic lodges (Lojas) across the State of Rio de Janeiro. It delivers fraternal services, ritualistic ceremonial activities, member management systems (Sistema Potência), self-service portals (Autoatendimento), institutional news, and a mutual aid benefit program (PLAM – Plano de Ajuda Maçônica) to affiliated Masonic brothers and their families.

Product overview

GLMERJ operates as a unified institutional platform providing digital services to its Masonic jurisdiction. The core offerings include the Sistema Potência (management system) for lodge administration and member data, the Autoatendimento self-service portal, a news portal, lodge calendar/agenda, and the donation portal for the new headquarters project. The organization also manages PLAM (Masonic Aid Plan) for member benefits. All systems are operated through a partnership with Centersis technology provider, with primary operations based in Rio de Janeiro.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sistema Potência - Gestão de Potências Maçônicas Comprehensive membership and lodge management system used by Masonic authorities to manage member data, lodge administration, ritualistic activities, and institutional communications for affiliated lodges.
• Autoatendimento (Self-Service Portal) Self-service portal allowing affiliated Masonic brothers to submit administrative requests, including name, phone, email, CIM number, lodge selection, and message for administrative handling.
• Portal de Doações para Nova Sede Donation portal for the construction of the new GLMERJ headquarters, accepting single or recurring monthly contributions from members and supporters.
• Portal de Notícias Institutional news portal covering announcements, historical commemorations, administrative decrees, and member-related communications.
• Agenda de Lojas Directory and calendar system listing all Masonic lodges under GLMERJ jurisdiction with scheduled sessions and events.
• PLAM - Plano de Ajuda Maçônica Mutual aid benefit program for affiliated brothers and their families, providing healthcare and emergency assistance through membership contributions.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration10 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• IPHAN - Instituto do Patrimonio Historico e Artistico NacionalminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 28 March 2025IPHAN is the Brazilian national historic and artistic heritage institute. GLMERJ is advancing a project for a new headquarters building in Rio de Janeiro, with ongoing meetings between GLMERJ and IPHAN to develop the project.
• CMSB - Confederacao da Masonaria Simbolica do BrasilcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCMSB is one of the three major Masonic confederations in Brazil. GLMERJ shares member data and validates member status with CMSB as part of inter-institutional verification protocols for Masonic benefits and recognition.
• GOB - Grande Oriente do BrasilcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGOB is another major Brazilian Masonic organization. GLMERJ shares member data with GOB for mutual recognition of member standing and verification of Masonic history within inter-institutional treaties.
• COMAB - Confederacao Masonica do BrasilcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCOMAB is the Masonic Confederation of Brazil. GLMERJ shares member data and participates in inter-institutional verification as part of its treaty of mutual recognition and friendship with COMAB.
• Centersis - Tecnologia da Informacao e Assessoria Educacional LtdacoreTechnology or IntegrationCentersis operates GLMERJ's member management systems and data processing infrastructure from their location in Cuiaba-MT. The company stores and processes all member personal data, historical Masonic records, and institutional data on behalf of GLMERJ under confidentiality agreements.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Grande Oriente do Brasil (GOB): GOB is the largest and oldest Masonic obedience in Brazil, with national jurisdiction over thousands of lodges. It is a strategic partner of GLMERJ but also a broader incumbent operating in overlapping Masonic territory with comparable fraternal, ritual, and member-service functions at greater scale.
• União Maçônica do Brasil (COMAB/CMSB/GOB structure): CMSB is one of Brazil's three major Masonic confederations and a partner of GLMERJ. It operates as a broader incumbent providing inter-institutional coordination, doctrinal alignment, and recognition frameworks that complement GLMERJ's state-level operations.
• Confederação Maçônica do Brasil (COMAB): COMAB is the national Masonic confederation of which GLMERJ is an affiliate. It operates at a broader scale than GLMERJ, coordinating inter-obedience recognition, doctrinal references, and shared services across Brazilian grand lodges.

Direct peers

• Grande Loja Maçônica do Estado de Minas Gerais: The Minas Gerais Grand Masonic Lodge is a direct state-level peer to GLMERJ, operating a parallel jurisdictional structure of lodges, member services, and fraternal activities in its own Brazilian state under the same Masonic symbolic tradition.
• Grande Oriente de São Paulo (GOSP): GOSP is the Grand Orient of São Paulo state, operating under the same Brazilian Masonic tradition as GLMERJ with comparable functions — lodge governance, member management, philosophical research, and mutual aid — for affiliated brothers in its own state jurisdiction.
• Grande Loja Maçônica do Estado da Bahia: The Bahia Grand Masonic Lodge operates as a comparable state-jurisdiction Masonic body with affiliated lodges, ritualistic activities, and member services analogous to GLMERJ's structure in Rio de Janeiro.
• Grande Oriente do Rio Grande do Sul (GORGS): GORGS is the Grand Orient of Rio Grande do Sul, a regional Masonic obedience operating a parallel network of lodges and member services for affiliated brothers in its state, functionally analogous to GLMERJ.

Others

• United Grand Lodge of England (UGLE): UGLE is the premier international Masonic grand lodge, historically the source of much Brazilian Masonic tradition. While not a direct competitor, it is thematically comparable as a fraternal membership organization operating lodges with similar ritualistic, philosophical, and mutual-aid functions.

Market position

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/GLMERJ
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/grande-loja-maconica-do-estado-do-rio-de-janeiro

Compliance1 record

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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