Colegio Notarial de Madrid

What Colegio Notarial de Madrid does

The Ilustre Colegio Notarial de Madrid is the official professional collegiate body and statutory regulator for notaries practicing in the Community of Madrid, Spain. Operating under Spanish notarial law, it exercises regulatory authority over its member notaries, sets professional standards, and provides institutional services to the public including notary search tools, marriage proceedings (Expedientes Matrimoniales), legalization and apostille services, protocol archive copies, succession support, real estate documentation, and debt recovery. The organization maintains six Madrid facilities — its headquarters at Calle Ruiz de Alarcón 3, the Archivo General de Protocolos, the Biblioteca, the Academia Matritense del Notariado, the Academia de Opositores, and the publications department — and is supported by sub-brands including the professional journal 'El Notario del Siglo XXI' and the Cátedra Rodríguez Adrados academic chair.

The institution's core technology footprint comprises notarial document management and protocol archiving systems, a public notary-finder web portal, a public deeds search tool, an employment portal for connecting notaries with candidates, and a member-only intranet/backoffice. It does not operate a public API or developer SDK. The core operating subsidiary is Fundación Notarial SIGNUM (wholly owned since 2011), which delivers mediation and arbitration services through a network of 60+ professionals (notaries, lawyers, economists) and has cumulatively handled more than 1,800 mediation requests and 1,000 mediations with over 500 agreements and a 70%+ success rate.

The revenue model is that of a regulated professional association: notary fees (aranceles) are set by law and applied per-act, with ancillary unit pricing for administrative services such as apostilles (€25 normal, €50 urgent, €65 very urgent, VAT included) and protocol archive copies (€30–€60 depending on document type). The go-to-market motion is direct-to-consumer via the distributed notary office network, supplemented by institutional partnerships with the Ayuntamiento de Madrid, Universidad Pontificia de Comillas, the Consejo General del Poder Judicial, and the IDM Madrid Mediation Platform. The organization does not function as a commercial enterprise and discloses no traditional revenue, ARR, or funding data.

Name

Colegio Notarial de Madrid

Legal name

Ilustre Colegio Notarial de Madrid

Website

https://madrid.notariado.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1862

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Ilustre Colegio Notarial de Madrid is the statutory professional association regulating notaries in the Community of Madrid, providing public-facing notarial services (apostilles, protocol copies, marriage proceedings, succession support) and operating Fundación Notarial SIGNUM for mediation and arbitration.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Notarial Services

NAICS

Offices of Notaries (54112), Offices of Notaries (541120), Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations (8139)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Visa Documentation, Translation, Notarization & Apostille Services (EDAIADAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Institutional Compliance & Sponsorship Management (SEVIS/CAS/CoE & equivalents) (EDAIADAC)

Keywords

• Notarial services
• Professional association
• Legal authentication
• Mediation arbitration
• Document legalization

Headquarters

HQ city

Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Association Services: The Colegio Notarial de Madrid operates as a professional association (collegiate body) for notaries in the Madrid region. It provides regulatory oversight, training, and administrative services to its members. The institution does not primarily generate commercial revenue but facilitates access to notary services for citizens.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

The Colegio Notarial de Madrid is a professional collegiate body that regulates notaries in the Community of Madrid and provides citizen-facing notarial services (marriage proceedings, legalization and apostilles, protocol archive copies, successions, real estate, debt claim) plus member services (intranet, employment portal, training academies). Through its subsidiary Fundación Notarial SIGNUM, it delivers mediation and arbitration services for civil, commercial, and administrative matters.

Product overview

Colegio Notarial de Madrid is a professional notarial association (Colegio Notarial) covering the Community of Madrid, providing a broad portfolio of public and member-facing services organized around its core function as the regulatory and service body for Madrid's notary profession. The offering includes direct citizen-facing notarial services such as marriage proceedings (Expedientes Matrimoniales), deed searches (Encuentra tu Escritura), notary locators (Encuentra a tu Notario), protocol archive copies, property and inheritance services, and apostille/legalization. Cross-cutting public tools include an Employment Portal for connecting notaries with candidates, and a Publications Catalog for academic/legal titles. For its members, the Colegio provides an internal Intranet/Backoffice, and supports two specialized entities: Academia Matritense del Notariado (academic conferences and seminars) and the opposed preparation academy; and Fundación SIGNUM, a foundation offering mediation and arbitration services staffed by notaries, lawyers, and economists. The organization also maintains a professional library. The portfolio does not constitute a unified software product but rather a collection of service windows, search tools, and institutional programs delivered through the notarial network.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Academia Matritense del Notariado: Academy for notary education and professional development
• El Notario del Siglo XXI
• Fundación Notarial SIGNUM
• Cátedra Rodríguez Adrados

Products and services

• Encuentra a tu notario (Notary Search)

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 500 successful agreements through mediation
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Ayuntamiento de Madrid (Madrid City Council)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 March 2026The Ayuntamiento de Madrid and Fundación Notarial SIGNUM signed a collaboration agreement to carry out projects, programs, and activities for the promotion and dissemination of mediation, with special attention to administrative mediation. This agreement strengthens institutional relationships and advances shared efforts to promote dialogue and conflict prevention through extrajudicial dispute resolution methods.
• Universidad Pontificia de ComillascoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 July 2024The Colegio Notarial de Madrid and Universidad Pontificia de Comillas created the Cátedra ICADE-Colegio Notarial de Madrid on Legal Security. This academic chair focuses on research and education in legal security and notarial matters.
• CNUE (Conseil des Notariats de l'Union Européenne)minorOthersEuropean Notarial Council linking notarial bodies across the European Union. Provides international networking and policy coordination for European notaries.
• UINL (Unión Internacional del Notariado)minorOthersInternational Union of Notariats representing notaries worldwide. Promotes the role of notaries globally and supports international cooperation.
• Consejo General del Poder JudicialcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSIGNUM maintains collaboration agreements with the General Council of the Judiciary for intra-judicial referral of cases and mediation services.
• IDM (Plataforma Madrileña de Mediación)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSIGNUM is a founding member of IDM, the Madrid platform grouping professional colleges and economic and legal associations working on the promotion and professionalization of mediation.
• Asociación Española de BancaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration in the Municipal Consumer School project alongside the Colegio Notarial de Madrid and the Ilustre Colegio de la Abogacía de Madrid, to reinforce consumer protection and rights.
• Ilustre Colegio de la Abogacía de MadridminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration in the Municipal Consumer School project to provide legal and financial education to citizens.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Ilustre Colegio de la Abogacía de Madrid (ICAM): Madrid Bar Association, the parallel professional collegiate body for lawyers in the Community of Madrid. Directly comparable as a regional professional association with regulatory authority, member services, dispute resolution programs, and academic/training functions.
• Fundación Notariado: National foundation linked to the Consejo General del Notariado focused on social, cultural, and developmental contributions of the notariat. Comparable as a sister foundation operating alongside a Colegio Notarial.
• Colegio Notarial de Cataluña: Regional notarial college for Catalonia, the closest geographic peer to the Madrid Colegio. Operates the same model of regulatory oversight, member services, training academy, and public notarial services within its autonomous community.
• Ilustre Colegio de Procuradores de Madrid: Madrid College of Court Representatives (procuradores), the regional professional collegiate body for court representatives. Comparable as another regulated Madrid-based professional association with similar governance, training, and disciplinary functions.

Broad incumbents

• Centro Español de Mediación (Cámara de Comercio de España): National mediation center under the Spanish Chamber of Commerce that awards business mediation prizes and promotes ADR. Directly comparable as the institutional counterpart to SIGNUM in the national ADR ecosystem.
• Notaries of Europe (CNUE): Council of the Notariats of the European Union, an international association of national notarial bodies. Comparable as the European-level umbrella organization to which the Madrid Colegio relates for cross-border notarial policy coordination.
• Consejo General del Notariado: National umbrella body for the Spanish notariat, presided over by Concepción Pilar Barrio del Olmo (also Dean of the Madrid Colegio). Directly comparable as the apex regulatory and representational institution for notaries in Spain, with the Madrid Colegio as a regional member.

Regional players

• Cámara Oficial de Comercio, Industria y Servicios de Madrid: Madrid Chamber of Commerce, a regional institutional body with overlapping functions in business representation, training, mediation/arbitration promotion, and government liaison. Comparable as a Madrid-based membership organization facilitating commercial activity and ADR.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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