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Palmital Prefeitura
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Prefeitura Municipal de Palmital
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Private
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1920
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Palmital Prefeitura is the municipal government of Palmital, a municipality in the interior of São Paulo state, Brazil, with administrative origins dating to 1920. It delivers public services — health, education, social assistance, housing, sports, and cultural programming — to the local population through more than 20 departments, 18 health units, multiple schools, and social assistance centers. Direct administrative staff listed at 13 reflect the core administration; the broader workforce encompasses contracted health, education, and front-line service personnel. Revenue is generated through local tax collection, federal and state constitutional transfers (FPM, FUS, FUNDEB), and formalized third-sector partnership agreements (convênios).

The administration's technology backbone is the Instar Tecnologia platform (version 3.5.3), providing an integrated citizen portal with transparency disclosures, open data, e-SIC (electronic information access), ouvidoria (public ombudsman), and an electronic official diary that has reached 1,222 editions. This platform is integrated with the federal Portal da Transparência, satisfying intergovernmental transparency requirements and enabling standardized reporting. Institutional partnerships extend service capacity to include CDHU for housing, SENAI for vocational training, UNESP for academic linkage, and SESC for cultural and recreational programming.

The operating model is a publicly administered, taxpayer-funded entity rather than a commercial enterprise, with revenue mechanics anchored to intergovernmental transfers and locally levied taxes. Strategic priorities visible in current activity include the Minha Casa Minha Vida housing partnership (137 new units under development on top of 187 delivered), the Concurso Público 2026 for 20 new positions across departments, and approximately R$1.5 million in third-sector convênios supporting social, sports, and cultural initiatives. Leadership is anchored by Mayor Luiz Gustavo and Vice Mayor Ana Elisa.

Short descriptiontext

Palmital Prefeitura is the municipal government of Palmital, São Paulo, Brazil, administering public services — health, education, social assistance, and housing — to local citizens through 18 health units, schools, social centers, and the Instar Tecnologia digital portal.

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Operating
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11–50
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HeadquartersPalmital, Brazil
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Palmital
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Brazil
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Latin America
Markets served

Serves global market

Offices1 record

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City, Country, Type, Description, Source

Keyword5 values
municipal public services, government transparency portal, citizen services platform, public healthcare administration, municipal education services
Industry1 code
1National Archives, Records & Information Governance
CodeBPAIAAAGPrimaryYes
NAICS code2 codes
  • Public Administration92
  • Administration of Urban Planning and Community and Rural Development92512
Product category
Municipal Government Services
GTM motion1 record

Each record includes

Type, Description, Source

Revenue model3 records
1Municipal Tax Collection
TypeTransaction Fee
Description

The municipality collects local taxes including IPTU (Property and Urban Territory Tax) with a 15% discount for early annual payment. Revenue also comes from ISS (service tax) and other municipal levies.

palmital.sp.gov.br
2Federal and State Transferências
TypeManaged Services
Description

Palmital receives budget transfers from state and federal governments including FUNDEB (Education Fund), SUS (Unified Health System), and other conditional transfers for public services.

palmital.sp.gov.br
3Convênios com Entidades do Terceiro Setor
TypeManaged Services
Description

The municipality enters into agreements (convênios) with civil society organizations for the provision of public services, providing approximately R$1.5 million in investments to third-sector entities including APAE, APABEM, Santa Casa, Vila Vicentina, and others.

palmital.sp.gov.br
Marketing channels8 records

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Title, Type, Stage, Description, Source

Distribution channels6 records

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Title, Type, Scope, Target buyer, Description, Source

Cost components5 values
Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others, Technology or R&D
GTM typeB2C
B2C
Offering typeServices
Services
Core offering1 text field

Palmital Prefeitura is the municipal government administration of Palmital, São Paulo, Brazil, delivering statutory public services including healthcare, education, social assistance, culture, sports, environmental management, agriculture, and urban infrastructure to local residents. It operates a unified digital citizen portal that consolidates transparency disclosures, the Electronic Official Diary (Diário Oficial Eletrônico), open data, procurement information, and online citizen service channels such as e-SIC, Ouvidoria, and e-Mail.

Differentiator
Functional benefit
Problem solved
Product overview1 text field

Palmital Prefeitura operates a unified municipal services portal built on Instar Tecnologia's platform. The offering consists of a central citizen services portal with integrated modules for government transparency (Portal da Transparência), official publications (Diário/Semanário Oficial), public procurement (Editais de Licitação), citizen information access (E-SIC), and ombudsman services (Ouvidoria). Additional specialized modules cover Education, Health, Social Assistance, and other municipal departments. The platform also provides open data access (Dados Abertos) in JSON format for public consumption.

Product and service8 records
1Portal de Transparência Municipal
CategoryTransparency and Open Government
Description

Online transparency portal operated by Palmital Prefeitura that publishes municipal revenue, expenses, procurement, contracts, and statutory disclosures for citizens, businesses, and oversight bodies.

2Diário Oficial Eletrônico
CategoryTransparency and Open Government
Description

Electronic Official Diary of Palmital Prefeitura publishing official municipal acts, decrees, edicts, and legal notices online for public access.

3Portal de Dados Abertos
CategoryTransparency and Open Government
Description

Open Data portal of Palmital Prefeitura providing public municipal datasets in machine-readable formats for citizens, researchers, and developers.

4Atendimento ao Cidadão (e-SIC, Ouvidoria, e-Mail)
CategoryCitizen Services
Description

Online citizen service channels including e-SIC (electronic information access), Ouvidoria (ombudsman complaints), and institutional e-Mail, providing direct interaction with Palmital Prefeitura.

5Atendimento em Saúde Pública (UBS)
CategoryPublic Health
Description

Public healthcare services delivered through municipal Basic Health Units (UBS) under the Secretaria de Saúde of Palmital Prefeitura, serving local residents with primary care.

6Rede Municipal de Ensino
CategoryPublic Education
Description

Municipal public school network administered by the Secretaria de Educação of Palmital Prefeitura, providing basic education to children and youth in the municipality.

7Serviços de Assistência Social (CRAS)
CategorySocial Assistance
Description

Social assistance services delivered through CRAS reference centers and welfare programs under the Secretaria de Assistência Social of Palmital Prefeitura for vulnerable residents.

8Portal de Compras e Licitações
CategoryTransparency and Open Government
Description

Municipal procurement and bidding portal publishing tenders, ongoing processes, results, and procurement contracts of Palmital Prefeitura for suppliers and oversight.

Scale indicator8 records

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Type, Value, Description, Source

Partnership7 partners
Strategic tierCoreTypeStrategic or Co-development PartnerAnnounced on2023-04-11
Description

Palmital municipality enters into convênios (agreements) with approximately 15-18 civil society organizations providing social services. These partnerships represent nearly R$1.5 million in investments for entities including APAE (special education), Santa Casa (hospital), Vila Vicentina (elderly care), and others.

Strategic tierCoreTypeStrategic or Co-development Partner
Description

Partnership with the São Paulo state housing development company for the construction of affordable housing units. Palmital secured 137 houses through CDHU's Minha Casa Minha Vida program, with land donated by the municipality (71,527 m²).

3Portal da Transparência Gov Br / Cidade360
Strategic tierCoreTypeTechnology or Integration
Description

Integration with the federal government's transparency portal and the Cidade360 cloud platform (webapp1-palmital.cidade360.cloud) providing supplementary transparency and municipal management data.

palmital.sp.gov.br
Strategic tierCoreTypeOthers
Description

State audit court for municipal accounts oversight. Palmital is subject to TCE-SP jurisdiction for annual account reviews and fiscal compliance monitoring.

Strategic tierMinorTypeStrategic or Co-development Partner
Description

Partnership with SENAI (National Industrial Learning Service) to offer free professional training courses to Palmital citizens, such as electrical circuit installation courses.

Strategic tierMinorTypeStrategic or Co-development Partner
Description

Partnership with São Paulo State University's popular preparatory course (Cursinho Popular) for university entrance exam preparation, benefiting Palmital students.

Strategic tierMinorTypeStrategic or Co-development Partner
Description

SESC (Social Service of Commerce) circuit event program that brings cultural activities including dance, circus, theater, workshops, literature, and cinema to Palmital's main square.

Recent move6 records

Each record includes

Date, Type, Title, Description, Source

Expansion highlight5 records

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Type, Description

Peers9 records
1Prefeitura Municipal de Marília
TypeDirect peer
Description

Larger interior São Paulo state municipality with comparable departmental structure (Educação, Saúde, Assistência Social, Finanças) and same transparency/compliance posture toward TCE-SP.

2Prefeitura Municipal de Ourinhos
TypeDirect peer
Description

Adjacent interior São Paulo municipality of similar scale and economic base, operating under the same state-level oversight and transfer regimes.

3Prefeitura Municipal de Tupã
TypeDirect peer
Description

Small interior São Paulo municipality with similar population profile, departmental coverage and dependence on federal/state transfers; same regulatory framework.

TypeOthers
Description

Provider of Palmital's website platform (Sistema Instar v3.5.3); directly comparable supplier for hundreds of small Brazilian municipalities running similar transparency/citizen-service stacks.

TypeOthers
Description

Major Brazilian public-sector technology company focused on government digital transformation, justice and tax administration; relevant broader-incumbent benchmark for municipal modernization.

TypeDirect peer
Description

Mid-sized São Paulo interior municipality operating similar departmental, transparency and open-data practices under the same state oversight.

TypeDirect peer
Description

Parent municipality from which Palmital emancipated in 1920; similar small interior São Paulo city, same state-level oversight regime (TCE-SP), providing directly comparable services portfolio and population scale.

8Implante Informática
TypeOthers
Description

Brazilian gov-tech vendor serving hundreds of municipal prefecturas with ERP, transparency and citizen-service platforms; comparable ecosystem participant and potential future partner/competitor to Instar Tecnologia.

TypeDirect peer
Description

Mid-sized interior São Paulo municipality with a more developed transparency portal and citizen-services model — useful upper-bound comparable for Palmital's digital maturity trajectory.

Market position
Strengths5 records

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Weaknesses4 records

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Competitive moat4 records

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Key risks5 records

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Key highlights6 records

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Customer concentration

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Named customers1 record

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Segment1 record

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Ideal customer profile1 record

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Profile, Firmographic size, Sales motion, Sales cycle length, Buying structure, Purchase trigger, Buyer persona, Geography, Industry vertical, Primary use case, Description, Pain points, Evidence proof points, Target buyer

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Feature5 records

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Profiles14 records

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Subsidiaries1 record

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Name, Type, Date of entry, Rounds participated, Website

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

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Name, Acquisition type, Announced date, Completed date, Status, Website, News

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Name, Round, Announced date, Lead investor, Website, News

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Palmital Prefeitura

Municipal Government Servicespalmital.sp.gov.br

Palmital Prefeitura is the municipal government of Palmital, São Paulo, Brazil, administering public services — health, education, social assistance, and housing — to local citizens through 18 health units, schools, social centers, and the Instar Tecnologia digital portal.

What Palmital Prefeitura does

Palmital Prefeitura is the municipal government of Palmital, a municipality in the interior of São Paulo state, Brazil, with administrative origins dating to 1920. It delivers public services — health, education, social assistance, housing, sports, and cultural programming — to the local population through more than 20 departments, 18 health units, multiple schools, and social assistance centers. Direct administrative staff listed at 13 reflect the core administration; the broader workforce encompasses contracted health, education, and front-line service personnel. Revenue is generated through local tax collection, federal and state constitutional transfers (FPM, FUS, FUNDEB), and formalized third-sector partnership agreements (convênios).

The administration's technology backbone is the Instar Tecnologia platform (version 3.5.3), providing an integrated citizen portal with transparency disclosures, open data, e-SIC (electronic information access), ouvidoria (public ombudsman), and an electronic official diary that has reached 1,222 editions. This platform is integrated with the federal Portal da Transparência, satisfying intergovernmental transparency requirements and enabling standardized reporting. Institutional partnerships extend service capacity to include CDHU for housing, SENAI for vocational training, UNESP for academic linkage, and SESC for cultural and recreational programming.

The operating model is a publicly administered, taxpayer-funded entity rather than a commercial enterprise, with revenue mechanics anchored to intergovernmental transfers and locally levied taxes. Strategic priorities visible in current activity include the Minha Casa Minha Vida housing partnership (137 new units under development on top of 187 delivered), the Concurso Público 2026 for 20 new positions across departments, and approximately R$1.5 million in third-sector convênios supporting social, sports, and cultural initiatives. Leadership is anchored by Mayor Luiz Gustavo and Vice Mayor Ana Elisa.

Palmital Prefeitura firmographics

Firmographics
Name
Palmital Prefeitura
Legal name
Prefeitura Municipal de Palmital
Website
https://palmital.sp.gov.br
Company type
Private
Founded year
1920
Operating status
Operating
Headcount range
11–50 employees
Short description
Palmital Prefeitura is the municipal government of Palmital, São Paulo, Brazil, administering public services — health, education, social assistance, and housing — to local citizens through 18 health units, schools, social centers, and the Instar Tecnologia digital portal.
Ownership category
akta.pro rank

Palmital Prefeitura industry classification

Industry
Product category
Municipal Government Services
NAICS
Public Administration (92), Administration of Urban Planning and Community and Rural Development (92512)
akta.pro primary industry
National Archives, Records & Information Governance (BPAIAAAG)

Keywords

  • Municipal public services
  • Government transparency portal
  • Citizen services platform
  • Public healthcare administration
  • Municipal education services

Where Palmital Prefeitura is headquartered

Location

Headquarters

HQ city
Palmital
HQ country
Brazil
HQ region
Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

Palmital Prefeitura business model

Business model
GTM type
B2C
Offering type
Services
Cost components
Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

  1. Municipal Tax Collection: The municipality collects local taxes including IPTU (Property and Urban Territory Tax) with a 15% discount for early annual payment. Revenue also comes from ISS (service tax) and other municipal levies.
  2. Federal and State Transferências: Palmital receives budget transfers from state and federal governments including FUNDEB (Education Fund), SUS (Unified Health System), and other conditional transfers for public services.
  3. Convênios com Entidades do Terceiro Setor: The municipality enters into agreements (convênios) with civil society organizations for the provision of public services, providing approximately R$1.5 million in investments to third-sector entities including APAE, APABEM, Santa Casa, Vila Vicentina, and others.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels8 records

Palmital Prefeitura product offering

Product offering

Core offering

Palmital Prefeitura is the municipal government administration of Palmital, São Paulo, Brazil, delivering statutory public services including healthcare, education, social assistance, culture, sports, environmental management, agriculture, and urban infrastructure to local residents. It operates a unified digital citizen portal that consolidates transparency disclosures, the Electronic Official Diary (Diário Oficial Eletrônico), open data, procurement information, and online citizen service channels such as e-SIC, Ouvidoria, and e-Mail.

Product overview

Palmital Prefeitura operates a unified municipal services portal built on Instar Tecnologia's platform. The offering consists of a central citizen services portal with integrated modules for government transparency (Portal da Transparência), official publications (Diário/Semanário Oficial), public procurement (Editais de Licitação), citizen information access (E-SIC), and ombudsman services (Ouvidoria). Additional specialized modules cover Education, Health, Social Assistance, and other municipal departments. The platform also provides open data access (Dados Abertos) in JSON format for public consumption.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

  • Portal de Transparência Municipal Online transparency portal operated by Palmital Prefeitura that publishes municipal revenue, expenses, procurement, contracts, and statutory disclosures for citizens, businesses, and oversight bodies.
  • Diário Oficial Eletrônico Electronic Official Diary of Palmital Prefeitura publishing official municipal acts, decrees, edicts, and legal notices online for public access.
  • Portal de Dados Abertos Open Data portal of Palmital Prefeitura providing public municipal datasets in machine-readable formats for citizens, researchers, and developers.
  • Atendimento ao Cidadão (e-SIC, Ouvidoria, e-Mail) Online citizen service channels including e-SIC (electronic information access), Ouvidoria (ombudsman complaints), and institutional e-Mail, providing direct interaction with Palmital Prefeitura.
  • Atendimento em Saúde Pública (UBS) Public healthcare services delivered through municipal Basic Health Units (UBS) under the Secretaria de Saúde of Palmital Prefeitura, serving local residents with primary care.
  • Rede Municipal de Ensino Municipal public school network administered by the Secretaria de Educação of Palmital Prefeitura, providing basic education to children and youth in the municipality.
  • Serviços de Assistência Social (CRAS) Social assistance services delivered through CRAS reference centers and welfare programs under the Secretaria de Assistência Social of Palmital Prefeitura for vulnerable residents.
  • Portal de Compras e Licitações Municipal procurement and bidding portal publishing tenders, ongoing processes, results, and procurement contracts of Palmital Prefeitura for suppliers and oversight.

Companies that use Palmital Prefeitura

Customer profile

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Palmital Prefeitura technology and API

Technology

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API
No
API docs
API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Palmital Prefeitura partnerships and signals

Strategic signal

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

  • Third Sector Entities (APAE, APABEM, ACIPAL, Santa Casa, Vila Vicentina, ACTA, APPASFA, and others)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 11 April 2023Palmital municipality enters into convênios (agreements) with approximately 15-18 civil society organizations providing social services. These partnerships represent nearly R$1.5 million in investments for entities including APAE (special education), Santa Casa (hospital), Vila Vicentina (elderly care), and others.
  • CDHU - Companhia de Desenvolvimento Habitacional e UrbanocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with the São Paulo state housing development company for the construction of affordable housing units. Palmital secured 137 houses through CDHU's Minha Casa Minha Vida program, with land donated by the municipality (71,527 m²).
  • Portal da Transparência Gov Br / Cidade360coreTechnology or IntegrationIntegration with the federal government's transparency portal and the Cidade360 cloud platform (webapp1-palmital.cidade360.cloud) providing supplementary transparency and municipal management data.
  • Tribunal de Contas do Estado de São Paulo (TCE-SP)coreOthersState audit court for municipal accounts oversight. Palmital is subject to TCE-SP jurisdiction for annual account reviews and fiscal compliance monitoring.
  • SENAIminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with SENAI (National Industrial Learning Service) to offer free professional training courses to Palmital citizens, such as electrical circuit installation courses.
  • UNESP / Cursinho PopularminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with São Paulo State University's popular preparatory course (Cursinho Popular) for university entrance exam preparation, benefiting Palmital students.
  • SESCminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSESC (Social Service of Commerce) circuit event program that brings cultural activities including dance, circus, theater, workshops, literature, and cinema to Palmital's main square.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Palmital Prefeitura competitors and assessment

Company assessment

Direct peers

  • Prefeitura Municipal de Marília: Larger interior São Paulo state municipality with comparable departmental structure (Educação, Saúde, Assistência Social, Finanças) and same transparency/compliance posture toward TCE-SP.
  • Prefeitura Municipal de Ourinhos: Adjacent interior São Paulo municipality of similar scale and economic base, operating under the same state-level oversight and transfer regimes.
  • Prefeitura Municipal de Tupã: Small interior São Paulo municipality with similar population profile, departmental coverage and dependence on federal/state transfers; same regulatory framework.
  • Prefeitura de Araçatuba: Mid-sized São Paulo interior municipality operating similar departmental, transparency and open-data practices under the same state oversight.
  • Prefeitura Municipal de Assis: Parent municipality from which Palmital emancipated in 1920; similar small interior São Paulo city, same state-level oversight regime (TCE-SP), providing directly comparable services portfolio and population scale.
  • Prefeitura de Presidente Prudente: Mid-sized interior São Paulo municipality with a more developed transparency portal and citizen-services model — useful upper-bound comparable for Palmital's digital maturity trajectory.

Others

  • Instar Tecnologia: Provider of Palmital's website platform (Sistema Instar v3.5.3); directly comparable supplier for hundreds of small Brazilian municipalities running similar transparency/citizen-service stacks.
  • Softplan: Major Brazilian public-sector technology company focused on government digital transformation, justice and tax administration; relevant broader-incumbent benchmark for municipal modernization.
  • Implante Informática: Brazilian gov-tech vendor serving hundreds of municipal prefecturas with ERP, transparency and citizen-service platforms; comparable ecosystem participant and potential future partner/competitor to Instar Tecnologia.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Palmital Prefeitura social profiles

Digital presence

Palmital Prefeitura financial estimates

Financial estimate

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Palmital Prefeitura leadership team

Management profile

Number of profiles

Profiles14 records

Palmital Prefeitura subsidiaries and ownership

Company hierarchy

Subsidiaries1 record

Palmital Prefeitura funding detail

Funding detail

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Palmital Prefeitura M&A and investment

M&A and investment

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about Palmital Prefeitura

What does Palmital Prefeitura do?

Palmital Prefeitura is the municipal government administration of Palmital, São Paulo, Brazil, delivering statutory public services including healthcare, education, social assistance, culture, sports, environmental management, agriculture, and urban infrastructure to local residents. It operates a unified digital citizen portal that consolidates transparency disclosures, the Electronic Official Diary (Diário Oficial Eletrônico), open data, procurement information, and online citizen service channels such as e-SIC, Ouvidoria, and e-Mail.

Is Palmital Prefeitura a public or private company?

Palmital Prefeitura is a private company. It is classified as state government owned and is currently operating.

When was Palmital Prefeitura founded?

Palmital Prefeitura was founded in 1920. It employs 11 to 50 people.

Where is Palmital Prefeitura based?

Palmital Prefeitura is headquartered in Palmital, Brazil, in the Latin America region.

How does Palmital Prefeitura make money?

Three revenue lines are on record. Municipal Tax Collection is the primary driver. The others are federal and State Transferências and convênios com Entidades do Terceiro Setor.

Who are Palmital Prefeitura's main competitors?

Direct peers on record are Prefeitura Municipal de Marília, Prefeitura Municipal de Ourinhos, Prefeitura Municipal de Tupã, Prefeitura de Araçatuba, Prefeitura Municipal de Assis and Prefeitura de Presidente Prudente. Others are Instar Tecnologia, Softplan and Implante Informática.

Does Palmital Prefeitura have an API?

No public API is recorded for Palmital Prefeitura.

What industry is Palmital Prefeitura in?

Palmital Prefeitura's product category is Municipal Government Services. Its primary akta.pro industry code is BPAIAAAG, National Archives, Records & Information Governance. Its NAICS code is 92.

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