Recaudo Bogotá S.A.S

What Recaudo Bogotá S.A.S does

Recaudo Bogotá S.A.S. is a private Colombian simplified stock company (Sociedad por Acciones Simplificada) that operates as the exclusive concession holder for the fare collection and fleet management infrastructure of Bogotá's public transportation system. The company runs four core platforms: the Sistema de Recaudo (fare collection system), the Sistema de Control y Gestión de Flota (fleet control and management system), the Sistema de Información al Usuario (passenger information system), and the underlying system infrastructure. It has cumulatively invested more than $364,000 million COP into this infrastructure stack, signaling long-tenure operational commitment. Two complementary modules — Recargas Digitales (digital card recharges) and Proyecto Nube (cloud migration initiative) — extend platform functionality and underpin modernization.

The business model is a government concession: a single institutional buyer (the City of Bogotá) contracts the company to provide fare collection, fleet oversight, and passenger information across the SITP transit network. End-user adoption is mediated through the official Tu Llave Plus government portal. Pricing is not publicly disclosed, consistent with a regulated concession rate structure. The company maintains three categories of operational alliances — technology allies, service allies, and financial allies — supporting infrastructure, operations, and capital provisioning for the system. It also holds an Equipares gender equality certification. There is no disclosed headcount, revenue, ownership structure, or concession expiration date in the available data, which constrains a more granular competitive assessment.

Name

Recaudo Bogotá S.A.S

Legal name

Recaudo Bogotá S.A.S.

Website

https://recaudobogota.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Recaudo Bogotá S.A.S. operates the exclusive concession for fare collection, fleet management, and passenger information systems across Bogotá's public transportation network.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Transit Fare Collection

NAICS

Bus and Other Motor Vehicle Transit Systems (485113)

SIC

Local & Suburban Transit & Interurban Hwy Passenger Trans (4100)

akta.pro primary industry

Fare Capping, Best-Fare & Account Reconciliation (THAIAMAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Clearing, Settlement & Interagency Revenue Apportionment (THAIAMAK)

Keywords

• Transit fare collection
• Public transportation systems
• Fleet management software
• Transit payment infrastructure
• Smart card systems

Headquarters

HQ city

Bogotá D.C.

HQ country

Colombia

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Recaudo Bogotá S.A.S operates the fare collection, fleet control, and user information systems for Bogotá's public mass transit network under a government concession. Its core offering centers on the Tu Llave smart card system that enables commuters to pay transit fares, paired with fleet management technology that monitors transit vehicles and a user information system that provides riders with service information. The company has invested over $364,000 million COP in the integrated system and is migrating to a cloud-based infrastructure through Proyecto Nube.

Product overview

Recaudo Bogotá S.A.S. operates as a unified transit fare collection platform comprised of multiple integrated systems. The core portfolio includes the Sistema de Recaudo (collection system), Sistema de Control y Gestión de Flota (fleet management), Sistema de Información al Usuario (passenger information), and the supporting system infrastructure. Additional modules such as Recargas Digitales (digital top-ups) and Proyecto Nube (cloud migration initiative) extend the platform's capabilities. The company has invested over $364,000 million COP in the system infrastructure.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Invested more than $364,000 million in the transit fare collection system

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Technology Allies (Aliados tecnológicos)coreTechnology or IntegrationTechnology partners supporting the fare collection system infrastructure, digital recharge platforms, and cloud initiatives including the Proyecto Nube (Cloud Project)
• Service Allies (Aliados de servicio)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerService partners providing operational support and maintenance for the transit fare collection and fleet management systems

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Tecnologia Bancaria (TB): Mexico-based transit fare collection and payment technology provider. Similar role to Recaudo Bogotá in providing fare-collection and clearing infrastructure for major urban transit networks across LatAm under public-private concession models.
• DataProm: Brazilian fare collection integrator for transit systems. Closely comparable to Recaudo Bogotá: both operate as integrated fare-collection + fleet-management concessionaires for major Latin American city transit networks, serving similar municipal concession contracts and product scope.

Emerging players

• Littlepay: Open-loop transit payments platform enabling contactless bank-card acceptance on buses and rail. Comparable as a technology trend that may erode traditional centralized fare collection systems operated by concessionaires like Recaudo Bogotá.
• Masabi: Provider of mobile ticketing and account-based fare payment platforms for transit. Comparable as an emerging software layer that could complement or compete with Recaudo Bogotá's incumbent card-based fare infrastructure as cities shift to mobile/open-loop.

Broad incumbents

• INIT (Innovations in Transportation): Supplier of integrated ITS and fare collection solutions to public transit agencies worldwide. Comparable on fleet management, CAD/AVL, and fare collection modules that overlap with Recaudo Bogotá's integrated platform.
• Cubic Transportation Systems: Global leader in transit fare collection systems (e.g., London Oyster, Chicago Ventra, NY MTA). Comparable as the dominant integrated fare-collection platform vendor; potential replacement or upstream technology partner for Recaudo Bogotá.
• Indra: Global IT and transit technology provider with major presence in LatAm. Provides fare collection, ticketing, and transit management solutions across multiple cities, competing with integrated concessionaires like Recaudo Bogotá at the technology/platform level.
• Thales Transportation: Global provider of transit ticketing, fare collection, and mobility services. Comparable at the technology/solutions layer serving major transit authorities that could rival or partner with Recaudo Bogotá.
• Conduent Transportation: Operates large-scale transit fare collection contracts in North America. Comparable as an outsourced concession-style fare collection operator serving municipal transit clients at similar scale to Bogotá.
• Scheidt & Bachmann: European fare collection and transit systems provider with global deployments. Comparable as a full-scope fare collection infrastructure vendor targeting the same municipal transit opportunities as Recaudo Bogotá's concession.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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