Gobierno de Rocha

What Gobierno de Rocha does

The Intendencia Departamental de Rocha is the statutory departmental government of Rocha, Uruguay, one of the country's 19 departments, founded in 1881 and currently headed by Intendant Dr. Alejo Umpiérrez (2020–2025 term). It administers municipal services for a department of approximately 70,000–75,000 residents across the departmental capital Rocha, four municipalities (Castillos, Chuy, La Paloma, Lascano), and multiple Atlantic-coast balnearios including La Coronilla, Punta del Diablo, Cabo Polonio, La Pedrera, and Barra del Chuy. Service delivery combines physical offices with a digital portal (rocha.gub.uy), an electronic document management system, and a Geographic Information System (SIG) that publishes interactive maps, waste-collection schedules, urban planning, and public-service location data.

The core revenue mechanics are statutory taxation and fees: an annual property tax (Contribución Inmobiliaria) on urban, suburban, and rural real estate, an Environmental Hygiene Fee (Tasa de Higiene Ambiental), public-tender and beach-concession permit fees, and metered parking in Rocha city at $U 30/hour in summer (December–March) with IPC-indexed annual adjustments and a 1 UR per-meter monthly rate for reserved spaces. Beyond taxes, the Intendencia operates programs in housing (66 houses built and 243 interventions through 2017 via MVOTMA cooperation), social welfare, sports, culture, and environmental management — including a circular-economy cooking-oil recycling partnership with ALCO covering 2,000 households. Capital funding is supplemented through national transfers (Fondo de Incentivo a la Gestión Municipal, Fondo de Desarrollo del Interior) and an $8.6M USD fideicomiso approved in 2021 for infrastructure works.

Distinctive operational elements include Faro Digital, a wholly-owned IT training and software development center offering courses in PHP programming, robotics, databases, WordPress, and e-commerce through partnerships with CURE and INEFOP, and an active regulatory agenda spanning conservation (Isla del Padre reserve), animal welfare (Rocha Libre de Sangría de Yeguas, picudo rojo emergency), and international positioning (ITRC 2027 rice conference). The go-to-market is direct-to-government: services are delivered in person at Edificio Central and the four municipalities, and self-serve via the web portal, with no third-party distribution channel beyond public tender procurement.

Name

Gobierno de Rocha

Legal name

Intendencia Departamental de Rocha

Website

https://rocha.gub.uy

Company type

Public

Founded year

1881

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Gobierno de Rocha is the statutory departmental government (Intendencia Departamental de Rocha) of Rocha, Uruguay, administering municipal services for ~70,000–75,000 residents across one central capital and four municipalities, funded by property tax, environmental fees, permits, and national transfers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Government Administration Services

NAICS

Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support (921), Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development (925), Administration of Environmental Quality Programs (9241), Administration of Air and Water Resource and Solid Waste Management Programs (924110)

SIC

Foreign Governments (8888), Refuse Systems (4953), Forestry (800)

akta.pro primary industry

Mayor/City Manager & General Administration (BPAIACAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Forestry & Public Lands Administration (State/National Forests) (BPAIAMAF), Environmental Permitting & Impact Assessment (EIA/NEPA) (BPAIAMAK)

Keywords

• Public administration services
• Municipal governance
• Departmental government
• Citizen services
• Property tax collection

Headquarters

HQ city

Rocha

HQ country

Uruguay

HQ region

Latin America

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Property Tax (Contribución Inmobiliaria): Annual property tax on urban, suburban, and rural real estate properties within the department, collected by the Intendencia with potential exemptions for municipal employees
2. Environmental Hygiene Fee (Tasa de Higiene Ambiental): Fee for environmental hygiene services, with potential payment extensions for new businesses
3. Public Tenders and Permits: Revenue from public procurement processes, beach concession licenses, commercial space rentals in bus terminals, and various municipal permits
4. Fideicomiso (Trust Fund): Approved 8.6 million dollar trust fund for infrastructure investments, representing a 33% increase over previous periods, financed through a loan repaid during the government period
5. Paid Parking (Estacionamiento Tarifado): Revenue from metered parking in high-demand areas of Rocha city, with hourly rates and reserved space fees

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

The Gobierno de Rocha (Intendencia Departamental de Rocha) is the departmental government of Rocha, Uruguay. It administers local government services including property tax collection, environmental hygiene fees, public works, urban planning, permits and licenses, public tenders, tourism promotion, social welfare programs, cultural and sports activities, and waste management. Services are delivered through a central administrative building, four municipalities, and a digital portal.

Product overview

The Gobierno de Rocha operates a unified government portal offering administrative services to citizens, supplemented by specialized digital platforms. The core portal provides access to procedures, tax consultations, expediarios tracking, and municipal information. Supporting platforms include the Sistema de Información Geográfica (SIG) for territorial data and mapping services, and Faro Digital, a technology training center focused on software development and testing that offers courses and workshops to reduce digital divide in the department.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Portal Institucional de la Intendencia Departamental de Rocha

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 1,000 students supported with transportation for education
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Ministerio de Vivienda y Ordenamiento Territorial (MVOTMA)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Collaboration on housing construction programs with 15 houses funded through MVOTMA (11 in Rocha, 4 in municipalities). Minister visited during emergency response to weather events.
• ALCO (Alcoholes del Uruguay)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Joint program for cooking oil recycling - 2,000 households participating to transform used cooking oil into biodiesel. Two collection units provided for cooperatives in Castillos and Rocha.
• Ministerio de Ganadería, Agricultura y Pesca (MGAP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAgricultural support programs for small family producers through joint agreements and technical assistance.
• Instituto Nacional de RehabilitaciónminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCooperation agreement through Ambiente y Cambio Climático division for social-laboral programs for persons deprived of liberty.
• Centro Universitario Región Este (CURE)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversity partnership for technical collaboration, including participation in Faro Digital IT training programs and Commission of Patrimonial Heritage.
• Instituto Nacional de Empleo y Formación Profesional (INEFOP)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerE-commerce and community manager training courses through Faro Digital center.
• Iglesia de Jesucristo de los Santos de los Últimos DíasminorOthersDonation of implements for elderly and disabled persons including bedding, appliances, and health equipment for Dirección de Promoción Social.
• Gobierno de China / Embajador Wang GangminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDiscussions on potential Free Trade Agreement with China, strengthening relations with sister provinces, and establishing cooperation agreements.
• Intendencia de MaldonadominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint literary program 'Maldonado Escribe' launched in Rocha through Direction of Culture.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Gobierno de Cerro Largo: Eastern Uruguayan intendencia bordering Brazil with similar rural-agricultural profile and population scale to Rocha; relevant peer for cross-border municipal dynamics and shared dependence on MGAP and OPP national programs.

Broad incumbents

• Oficina de Planeamiento y Presupuesto (OPP): National-level planning and budget office of Uruguay that funds Rocha through the Fondo de Incentivo a la Gestión Municipal and Fondo de Desarrollo del Interior; the upstream counterpart that designs and administers the funding programs Rocha executes.

Direct peers

• Intendencia de Colonia: Uruguayan intendencia with comparable tourism-and-heritage economy mix (historic quarter plus coastal/Río de la Plata offerings). Operates parallel digital services, property tax, beach and tourism concessions, and a comparable network of municipalities.
• Intendencia de Maldonado: Neighboring coastal Uruguayan intendencia; Rocha already partners with Maldonado on a joint literary program ('Maldonado Escribe'). Both departments share Atlantic coast tourism exposure, comparable beach balnearios, and similar seasonal revenue dynamics (parking, concessions, environmental fees).
• Intendencia de Salto: Northern Uruguayan intendencia with similar population scale to Rocha (~125,000 residents) and a comparable mix of agricultural, tourism (thermal springs), and cross-border activity; uses the same legal framework for departmental government and faces analogous national-transfer dependency.
• Intendencia de Paysandú: Mid-sized Uruguayan intendencia on the Uruguay River with similar population and a comparable blend of agriculture, services and tourism; operates within the same OPP/fideicomiso funding architecture and departmental administration model.
• Intendencia de Canelones: Uruguayan intendencia bordering Montevideo; runs the same departmental-government structure (Intendente, Junta Departamental, municipalities) with shared reliance on OPP-administered national funds and similar service-delivery mandates including waste management, housing and urban planning.
• Intendencia de Montevideo: Uruguay's largest municipal government (Intendencia Departamental de Montevideo); operates the same departmental-government model as Rocha, providing municipal services, taxes, urban planning, and digital citizen services for its department, just at substantially larger scale.

Others

• Banco República Oriental del Uruguay (BROU): Uruguay's state-owned commercial bank that finances Rocha's 8.6M USD fideicomiso for infrastructure investments; an essential financial-infrastructure partner whose lending terms and timing directly shape the department's capex execution capacity.
• ALUR (Alcoholes del Uruguay): State-owned biodiesel producer partnering with Rocha on the 2,000-household cooking-oil recycling program; an ecosystem partner that operationalizes Rocha's circular-economy agenda and could be replicated across other Uruguayan intendencias.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/GobiernoRocha
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@gobiernoderocha
• Facebookfacebook.com/GobiernoDeRocha
• Instagraminstagram.com/gobiernoderocha
• TikToktiktok.com/@gobiernoderocha
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/gobierno-de-rocha

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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