Metges de Catalunya

What Metges de Catalunya does

Metges de Catalunya (MC) is a private non-profit medical union founded on June 28, 1919, in Tarragona, and headquartered at C/Consell de Cent 471-475 in Barcelona, Spain. It is the self-described majority union (sindicat majoritari) for medical and faculty personnel in SISCAT, the Integral Public Use Healthcare System of Catalonia, and the fourth-largest trade union in Catalonia by number of affiliates. The organization represents physicians across ICS hospitals, ICS primary care centers (CAPs), and the concertada (publicly-funded private) hospital network, negotiating collective agreements on pay, working conditions, staffing levels, and clinical time standards with the Departament de Salut, CatSalut, and ICS through formal sectoral tables (Mesa Sectorial, taula mèdica).

MC operates a Drupal-based multi-platform digital ecosystem including the main website (metgesdecatalunya.cat), a member portal (Portal de l'Afiliat), an online training campus (Campus de Formació), an insurance distribution portal (Assegurances), a concertada collective-agreement portal, and a research observatory (Observatori CSIR). It also maintains a real-time interactive campaign-adherence map hosted on GitHub Pages and a network of sub-brands (Metgesses de Catalunya, Estudiants Universitaris, Conveni Concertada, Canal Metges YouTube, Metges Blog) that extend member engagement across career stages. Technology is operational rather than differentiated; the union's primary asset is its delegate network of more than 1,000 representatives across Catalonia's hospitals and primary care teams.

MC generates revenue through three streams: recurring annual membership fees (amounts undisclosed), insurance referral commissions from partner Brooker's 88, and fee-based professional development courses through the Campus de Formació. Legal advisory services are delivered via partner firm AiDE/Col·lectiu AiDE. The union does not disclose pricing publicly and routes prospective members through an "Afilia't" enrollment flow. Its go-to-market relies on direct member engagement, delegate networks, grassroots activism (most notably the 2026 "Ni un minut més" campaign and the 2023 VagaMC strike), earned media across Catalan and Spanish outlets, and organic social media (Twitter/X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, WhatsApp). Strategic positioning centers on defending physician labor rights against systemic underfunding, chronic understaffing, and reported 3,000 hours/year of voluntary overtime across SISCAT.

Name

Metges de Catalunya

Legal name

METGES DE CATALUNYA (MC)

Website

https://metgesdecatalunya.cat

Company type

Private

Founded year

1920

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Metges de Catalunya is a non-profit medical union founded in 1919 and the self-described majority union for physicians and medical faculty in Catalonia's public SISCAT healthcare system, representing hospital and primary care doctors through collective bargaining, legal action, and grassroots mobilization across more than 1,000 delegates.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Barcelona

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Fees: Metges de Catalunya generates revenue through annual membership (affiliation) fees paid by affiliated physicians and medical faculty. Members access services including legal advisory (Assessoria jurídica), training (Campus de Formació), insurance products (Assegurances), and collective bargaining representation.
2. Insurance and Financial Products: Through the Assegurances subdomain, the union offers insurance products to members, likely earning commissions or fees. Insurance partners include Brooker's 88.
3. Formation and Training Services: The Campus de Formació (campus.metgesdecatalunya.cat) provides professional development and continuing education courses to members, generating fee-based revenue.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Metges de Catalunya is a professional medical union representing physicians and medical faculty in Catalonia's public healthcare system (SISCAT). It provides collective bargaining representation, labor rights defense, legal advisory services, professional training through its Campus platform, and insurance products to its members. Founded in 1920, it is the majority union for medical staff in the Catalan public healthcare network.

Product overview

Metges de Catalunya (MC) is a medical union and professional organization representing physicians in Catalonia's public healthcare system (SISCAT). The organization operates a multi-platform service portfolio centered on member advocacy and support. Core offerings include the Portal de l'Afiliat for member services access, legal advisory services (Assessoria Jurídica), professional training through Campus Metges de Catalunya, insurance products via Assegurances Metges de Catalunya, and student membership through Estudiants Universitaris. The union also maintains campaign tools including interactive adhesion maps for the 'Ni un minut més' protest initiative, the Conveni Concertada collective agreement platform, the Metges Blog for member communications, the Observatori CSIR research observatory, and WhatsApp-based member support. The organization serves as the majority union for medical staff in Catalonia's public healthcare network.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• MetgesdeCatalunya: Primary brand identity used on social media platforms including Twitter/X, Facebook, and Instagram.
• Canal Metges
• Metges Blog
• Estudiants Universitaris
• Conveni Concertada
• Observatori CSIR
• Metgesses de Catalunya

Products and services

• Union Membership (Afilia't)

Quantifiable outcome

• Achieved Supreme Court victory ensuring continuation pay cannot be excluded from vacation pay calculations for medical staff
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• AIDE / AiDE (Col·lectiu AiDE)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerAIDE is the legal advisory firm providing labor law services to Metges de Catalunya members. The union's legal services are provided through AiDE, with lawyers such as Teresa Blasi presenting legal options at MC delegate meetings. Member data may be shared with AiDE when necessary for legal representation.
• Brooker's 88minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorBrooker's 88 is an insurance broker partner featured in the 'Amb el suport de' (With the support of) section of the MC website, offering insurance products to union members.
• CESM (Confederación Estatal de Sindicatos Médicos)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMC is a member of CESM, the State Confederation of Medical Unions, which represents medical professionals at the national level in Spain. Through CESM, MC participates in national-level negotiations with the Spanish Ministry of Health and coordinates positions on national healthcare policy.
• Generalitat de Catalunya (Catalan Government)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMC engages in formal negotiations with the Departament de Salut (Department of Health) and CatSalut through sectoral tables (Mesa Sectorial, taula mèdica) on issues including pay, working conditions, and healthcare policy. The relationship is adversarial during disputes but institutional during negotiations.
• CatSalut (Servei Català de la Salut)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCatSalut is the public health payer and purchaser in Catalonia. MC negotiates the specific supplement (complement) conditions, DPO pay, and staffing standards through the Mesa Sectorial with CatSalut. MC secured the difficult-coverage supplement for odontologists through CatSalut's Board of Directors.
• ICS (Institut Català de la Salut)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerICS is the main public healthcare provider in Catalonia (primary care and hospitals). MC negotiates collective agreements and working conditions for ICS staff through the Mesa Sectorial, and MC rejected ICS's 2026-2028 Strategic Plan proposing conversion into a holding company.
• Òmnium CulturalminorGTM or Marketing PartnerMC joined the 'Català per a tothom' campaign promoted by Òmnium Cultural, advocating for the use of Catalan language in healthcare settings.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Regional players

• AFOC (Asociación de Facultativos de la Comunidad de Madrid): Independent medical union in the Madrid region operating with a similar model of representing public-sector physicians in their autonomous-community healthcare system. Directly comparable in mission but does not compete in MC's Catalan territory.
• Sindicato Médico de la Comunidad Valenciana: A regional medical union serving physicians in the Valencian Community under Spain's CESM umbrella. Comparable to MC in organizational structure but geographically separate, providing a useful benchmark for regional physician-unions operating in similar autonomous-community healthcare systems.

Direct peers

• American Medical Association (AMA): The largest professional association for physicians in the United States, providing advocacy, education, and member services. While operating at much larger scale, it shares MC's core model of dual professional-representation and member-service delivery.
• British Medical Association (BMA): The UK's primary professional association and trade union for physicians, covering collective bargaining, legal defense, and member services. Functionally analogous to Metges de Catalunya in mission, structure (membership dues, regional representation, legal services), and policy advocacy.
• Canadian Medical Association (CMA): Canada's national physician advocacy body, with comparable functions in collective representation, professional development, and policy influence. Comparable to MC in role within a publicly funded healthcare system.
• CESM (Confederación Estatal de Sindicatos Médicos): Spain's national confederation of medical unions, of which Metges de Catalunya is a member. It coordinates physician representation at the state level with the Spanish Ministry of Health, directly relevant as MC's national umbrella for collective bargaining and policy advocacy.
• SATSE (Sindicato de Enfermería): Spain's primary nursing union, operating with a similar professional-union model focused on healthcare workers in the public system. It competes for influence in the same SISCAT hospitals and at sectoral negotiations, making it a structural mirror to MC.
• Conseil National de l'Ordre des Médecins (France): France's regulatory and representative body for physicians, addressing working conditions, ethics, and collective representation. Comparable in mission to MC, with the distinction that it also operates a quasi-regulatory role over French physician practice.

Broad incumbents

• CCOO (Comisiones Obreras): One of Spain's two largest general trade unions, which also represents healthcare workers across Catalonia including some physicians. It is broader than MC and not physician-exclusive, but it competes for representation rights in SISCAT institutions.
• UGT (Unión General de Trabajadores): Spain's second large general union, with a healthcare federation that competes with Metges de Catalunya for affiliation among Catalan public-sector medical and non-medical workers. Operates as a broad incumbent in collective bargaining tables.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/metgescatalunya
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCj0MAEmLhplHdvAAg3R255w
• Facebookfacebook.com/MetgesdeCatalunya
• Instagraminstagram.com/metgesdecatalunya
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/metges-de-catalunya

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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