Raons Públiques Sccl

What Raons Públiques Sccl does

Raons Públiques Sccl is a non-profit cooperative (Societat Cooperativa Catalana Limitada) founded in 2009 and headquartered in Barcelona, Spain. The organization delivers social urban innovation consultancy services, engaging citizens, local entities, and institutions in participatory processes to collectively think, build, and transform urban environments. Its core offering is a six-axis methodological framework covering agent activation and dynamization, collaborative co-creation, coordination and accompaniment, communication strategy, data analysis and visualization, and continuous evaluation. Services are delivered through project-based engagements involving co-design workshops, facilitation, training, and accompaniment.

The cooperative serves two primary customer segments: public institutions and local governments (municipal and supramunicipal) seeking participatory approaches to urban planning, and community organizations and citizen groups seeking structured facilitation for neighborhood transformation. A secondary segment includes social economy entities and cooperatives participating in inter-cooperation networks. The company is an active member of the cooperative, associative and Social Solidarity Economy (Economia Social i Solidària) network in its region, leveraging inter-cooperation as a primary channel for visibility and referrals.

The business model is professional services — project-based, quote-driven consulting. Pricing is not publicly disclosed. Marketing relies on a multilingual website (Catalan, Spanish, English), an electronic newsletter, and ecosystem participation rather than outbound sales. The company has 8 employees, has completed 170+ projects since 2009, and has worked with 40+ institutions and organizations. There are no funding rounds, no parent company, no app or product, and no publicly disclosed revenue figures. Geographic scope is regional, focused on Barcelona.

Name

Raons Públiques Sccl

Legal name

Raons Públiques Sccl

Website

https://raonspubliques.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Raons Públiques Sccl is a Barcelona-based non-profit cooperative founded in 2009 that delivers social urban innovation consultancy to public institutions, community organizations, and social economy entities. It uses a six-axis participatory methodology covering co-design, co-creation, facilitation, and continuous evaluation across 40+ institutional clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social urban innovation consulting

NAICS

Civic and Social Organizations (813410), Social Advocacy Organizations (8133), Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development (9251)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Civic Education & Community Engagement (Voting, Local Government) (EDAAAFAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Civil Society Strengthening & Civic Space (BPADAGAD), Affordable Housing & Community Development (Housing, Community Land Trusts) (BPAGALAC)

Keywords

• Social urban innovation
• Participatory process consulting
• Community engagement services
• Co-design facilitation
• Urban transformation consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Barcelona

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Consulting and project services: Professional consulting services for social urban innovation projects, including facilitation, co-design, accompaniment, and training services delivered to institutions and organizations.
2. Collaborative urban transformation projects: Project-based engagements involving multiple stakeholders for urban space innovation, community activation, and collective transformation of living and working environments.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Raons Públiques Sccl provides consulting, facilitation, and accompaniment services for participatory social urban innovation projects. Engagements involve activating and dynamizing community agents, designing and co-creating collaborative processes, coordinating multi-stakeholder initiatives, developing communication strategies, performing data analysis and visualization, and conducting continuous evaluation. Services are delivered to public institutions, community organizations, and social economy entities seeking to collectively think, build, and transform the urban environments where people live, work, and enjoy.

Product overview

Raons Públiques Sccl is a non-profit cooperative offering social urban innovation consultancy services. Rather than a unified software product, the organization provides a methodology-based approach centered on three pillars—people (involving various demographics in innovation processes), spaces (working with private, communal, public, urban, and industrial environments), and participatory processes (co-design, co-creation, accompaniment, training, and communication). The core offering is their six-axis methodological framework that integrates social focus, cooperative values, technical knowledge, social and technological innovation, and collaborative intelligence to deliver transformative results for institutions and organizations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Social Urban Innovation Consulting and Methodology Project-based consultancy structured around a six-axis framework covering agent activation and dynamization, collaborative co-creation, coordination and accompaniment, communication strategy, data analysis and visualization, and continuous evaluation. Sold to public institutions, community organizations, and social economy entities for urban transformation and community engagement projects.
• Participatory Process Facilitation and Co-Design Services

Quantifiable outcome

• 170+ projects developed
• +1 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

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Cooperative, associative and Social Solidarity Economy networkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerActive member of the cooperative, associative and Social Solidarity Economy network of their region. The cooperative participates in inter-cooperation relationships with other social economy entities, sharing methodologies, referrals, and collaborative opportunities within the ecosystem.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Emerging players

• Dark Matter Labs: London-based organization prototyping alternative, citizen-centric models of urban governance and social innovation; shares Raons' values-driven, systems-thinking approach but operates at a different (more speculative) point on the maturity curve.

Direct peers

• Domestic Data Streamers: Barcelona-based studio specializing in data collection and visualization for social and civic projects; closely comparable given Raons' dedicated data analysis and visualization methodological axis and shared focus on participatory urban themes.
• Participatory City Foundation: UK charity developing practical models for citizen-led neighbourhood projects; comparable to Raons in its mission to design and implement participatory methodologies for community-driven urban and social innovation.
• ATRA Atelier de Recherche et d'Actions Urbaines: France-based urban research and action practice working on participatory urban transformation and citizen engagement, mirroring Raons' combination of academic rigour and on-the-ground facilitation of urban co-design projects.
• Ideas for Change: Barcelona-based social innovation lab that designs and facilitates participatory projects with citizens, institutions, and social organizations — overlapping directly with Raons in target geography, customer base, and co-design/co-creation methodology.

Broad incumbents

• Frog Design: Global design consultancy applying human-centered and co-creation methods across sectors including public services and social innovation; comparable in method but far broader in scope, geography, and client mix than Raons' focused cooperative offering.
• The Young Foundation: UK social innovation research and development organization with established work on community-led approaches and urban participation; comparable in values and participatory orientation but much larger in scale and geographic reach than Raons.
• Nesta: UK innovation foundation running programs on participatory cities, collective intelligence, and civic innovation; overlaps with Raons in methodology and mission but operates at foundation scale across many themes beyond urban innovation.
• IDEO: Global design and innovation firm with a long-standing practice in human-centered and participatory design for public-interest clients; offers overlapping capabilities but at much larger scale and across a broader portfolio than Raons' cooperative niche.

Others

• Dalberg: Global social impact advisory firm working with governments, foundations, and multilaterals on inclusive development and citizen engagement programs; thematically adjacent as an enabling/thematic peer rather than a direct competitor in participatory urban facilitation.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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