EPL - Empresa de Planejamento e Logística S.A.

What EPL - Empresa de Planejamento e Logística S.A. does

EPL - Empresa de Planejamento e Logística S.A. (now operating under the Infra S.A. brand) is a Brazilian state-owned enterprise (empresa pública) established on 19 December 2012 by Lei nº 12.743, originally as a transformation of the former ETAV high-speed rail company. Headquartered in Brasília and 100% owned by the União (Brazilian Federal Government), EPL is linked to the Ministry of Infrastructure and operates under a statutory mandate to conduct integrated, multi-modal planning and research across road, rail, waterway, pipeline, and air transport for Brazil. Its sole de facto customer is the Brazilian federal government, with operational counterparties limited to IBAMA and other environmental bodies for licensing support. EPL does not sell commercial services at publicly listed prices; revenue derives from federal budget allocations, transfers, reimbursements, partnership-funded studies, and ancillary income such as publications and asset disposals.

EPL's product portfolio centers on the Plano Nacional de Logística (PNL 2025 and PNL 2035) — national intermodal logistics plans approved by the Council of the Investment Partnership Program (CPPI) — supported by proprietary methodologies for cost-benefit analysis and infrastructure project structuring (MEPI). Its technical platform is the Observatório Nacional de Transporte e Logística (ONTL), a national data observatory that aggregates transportation sector information and hosts deterministic simulation tools covering transport costs, transshipment, greenhouse gas emissions, and employment estimation. EPL also acts as statutory 'entrepreneur' for environmental licensing of federal transport concessions (highways, railways, ports), exemplified by ongoing BR-040 licensing work and a 150,000-seedling socio-environmental agreement with the Xavante indigenous community in Mato Grosso.

The company's go-to-market is mandate-driven rather than commercial: services are commissioned by the Ministry of Infrastructure, with significant project execution through international partnerships — notably Acordo de Parceria nº 01/2021 with the IFC covering ~1,900 km of FICO and FIOL railway feasibility studies, a 2021 advisory partnership with the Inter-American Development Bank (BID), a 2021 cooperation protocol with B3 S.A., and an ongoing UNDP technical cooperation agreement. As of August 2022, EPL operated with approximately 136–140 personnel against an authorized 143-position cap, with no temporary contracted staff; the workforce is currently being formalized through a pending public competitive examination.

Name

EPL - Empresa de Planejamento e Logística S.A.

Legal name

Empresa de Planejamento e Logística S.A.

Website

https://portal.epl.gov.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

EPL is a 100% Brazilian federal government-owned enterprise that conducts integrated multi-modal transportation and logistics planning for Brazil under mandate from the Ministry of Infrastructure, producing national logistics plans, project feasibility studies, and operating the ONTL data observatory.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Brasília

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Government Budget Allocations and Transfers: EPL's primary revenue streams come from federal budget allocations (consignados nos orçamentos fiscal e da seguridade da União), additional credits, transfers, and reimbursements for personnel and operating expenses. The company also generates revenue from the sale of publications, technical materials, data, and information products; from asset disposals; from services including high-speed rail operations; from property income such as rentals and dividends; from donations and grants; from financial investments; and from agreements and conventions with national and international entities. The company's capital is R$ 169,406,318.10 (approximately R$169.4 million), entirely held by the Brazilian Union.
2. Environmental Licensing Services: EPL assumes the role of entrepreneur for purposes of environmental licensing for road and rail projects to be granted to the private sector, obtaining prior and installation licenses from IBAMA and other environmental bodies. This generates no direct revenue but enables project advancement.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

EPL is a Brazilian state-owned enterprise that delivers planning, studies, and research services to support the planning of infrastructure, logistics, and transportation for the federal government. It produces strategic national logistics plans (PNL 2025 and PNL 2035), standardized methodologies for cost-benefit analysis and infrastructure project structuring, the ONTL national transportation data observatory, and analytical simulators for transport costs, transshipment, greenhouse gas emissions, and employment. EPL also acts as the statutory entrepreneur for environmental licensing of federal transport concessions.

Product overview

EPL - Empresa de Planejamento e Logística S.A. is a Brazilian public company that provides a portfolio of strategic planning products and analytical tools for transportation and logistics infrastructure. The core offering centers on the Plano Nacional de Logística (PNL), available in two versions (2035 and 2025), which provide intermodal strategic planning frameworks for Brazil's transport network. Supporting these are analytical tools including the Simulador de Custo de Transportes (transportation cost simulator), Simulador de Custo de Transbordo (transshipment cost simulator), Simulador de GEE (greenhouse gas emissions simulator), and Calculadora de Empregos (employment calculator). The Observatório Nacional de Transporte e Logística (ONTL) serves as the data visualization and monitoring platform for the transportation sector. Additional offerings include the Metodologia da Análise de Custo-Benefício (cost-benefit analysis methodology) and MEPI (infrastructure project structuring methodology). The company also provides services for federal concessions and public-private partnerships in railways, highways, and ports.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Observatório Nacional de Transporte e Logística (ONTL): An environment that enables visualization and monitoring of transportation sector behavior in Brazil, with information from various participants in the transport sector gathered regularly and systematically by EPL.

Products and services

• Plano Nacional de Logística 2035 (PNL 2035)

Quantifiable outcome

• Environmental licensing advancement for BR-040/DF/GO/MG duplication project — field technical visits conducted for natural cavity, conservation unit, and watercourse assessments.
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento (BID)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Acordo de Parceria nº 02/2021 (Active) — An advisory and knowledge transfer agreement between EPL and the Inter-American Development Bank. The partnership focuses on exchanging technical expertise and methodologies for infrastructure and transportation planning, enhancing EPL's analytical capabilities through international best practices.
• International Finance Corporation (IFC)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Acordo de Parceria nº 01/2021 (Active) — A partnership agreement for the development of technical, economic-financial, environmental, and legal feasibility studies for railway service concession exploration across approximately 1,900 km, covering four segments: FICO 1 (Mara Rosa - Água Boa), FICO 2 (Lucas do Rio Verde - Água Boa), FIOL 2 (Caetité - Barreiras), and FIOL 3 (Barreiras - Figueirópolis). This partnership leverages IFC's expertise in infrastructure financing and concession structuring.
• B3 S.A.minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Protocolo de Intenções B3/EPL/2021 (Active) — A Letter of Intent between EPL and B3 S.A. (Brazil's main securities and commodities exchange) to promote collaborative actions for the joint development and execution of programs and projects, exchange of structured practices, and strengthening of the partnership and investment environment in the infrastructure sector and integrated logistics planning.
• Programa das Nações Unidas para o Desenvolvimento (PNUD/BRA)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2013Projeto de Cooperação Técnica Internacional nº 13/013 — EPL x PNUD/BRA. An international technical cooperation project between EPL and the United Nations Development Programme, focused on capacity building and institutional development in transportation planning. This partnership brings international development standards to EPL's planning processes.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Departamento Nacional de Infraestrutura de Transportes (DNIT): Federal agency responsible for implementation of transport infrastructure policy, including multimodal highway and rail planning. Comparable as a federal entity executing transport planning functions across Brazil, though with a broader operational mandate than EPL.
• Agência Nacional de Transportes Terrestres (ANTT): Brazilian federal transport regulator for road and rail modes. EPL's Director of Planning previously served at ANTT, and both entities interact across the concession lifecycle. Comparable as a federal transport sector institution with overlapping planning and regulatory scope.
• AECOM: Global infrastructure consulting firm offering transport planning, environmental services, and project economics. Comparable as a peer in multimodal transport planning and concession support work that EPL delivers to its single government client.
• WSP Global: Global professional services firm with significant transport planning, environment, and infrastructure advisory practices. Comparable as a peer providing integrated transport planning, environmental assessment, and project structuring services analogous to EPL's PNL/MEPI portfolio.
• Mott MacDonald: Global infrastructure engineering and project management consultancy with major transport planning practices. Comparable as a peer in transport feasibility, cost-benefit analysis, and concession structuring work that EPL performs in-house for the Brazilian government.

Direct peers

• VALEC Engenharia, Construções e Ferrovias S.A. Another Brazilian state-owned enterprise linked to the Ministry of Infrastructure, focused on railway construction and infrastructure delivery. Closely comparable as a federally owned transport infrastructure entity operating under similar government mandate and governance structures as EPL.

Regional players

• Network Rail (UK): Public-sector body owning and operating Great Britain's railway infrastructure, with significant long-horizon planning capability. Comparable as a public-sector transport infrastructure planning entity with methodologies and data assets analogous to EPL's, though UK-focused.
• Infraestruturas de Portugal, S.A. Portuguese state-owned entity managing road and rail infrastructure planning and asset management. Comparable as a state-owned infrastructure planning entity in a different geography performing integrated multimodal planning analogous to EPL's PNL framework.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights1 record

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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