SAE | APOYO Consultoría

What SAE | APOYO Consultoría does

SAE | APOYO Consultoría is a Lima, Peru-based economic and political advisory firm operating under the legal entity APOYO Consultoría S.A.C., a closed corporation (sociedad anónima cerrada) founded in 1985. Its core product, the Servicio de Asesoría Empresarial (SAE), is a subscription-based advisory service delivering independent analysis of Peru's business environment across political, social, macroeconomic, and sector-specific dimensions. Deliverables include periodic economic and political panorama reports, the Sondeo SAE business sentiment surveys, the Indicca consumer confidence index (co-produced with Ipsos Perú), and the Red SAE executive network connecting more than 500 senior executives from over 300 corporate clients and institutions.

The firm is led by a partnership of senior Peruvian economists and political analysts, including Hugo Santa María (Partner and Chief Economist), José Carlos Saavedra (Principal Partner), Victor Albuquerque (Partner, Director of Sectoral Analysis), and Gianfranco Castagnola (Board President), with Pablo del Águila heading the SAE service line and specialized department heads covering macroeconomic, sectoral, and political analysis. The team is rounded out by a Commercial and Customer Experience Manager and junior analysts, totaling 13 employees.

SAE monetizes through recurring corporate subscriptions, complemented by an annual convention (Convención Anual SAE) and earned-media thought leadership in major Peruvian outlets (Gestión, El Comercio, Perú21, Forbes Colombia). Distribution is direct enterprise field sales to C-suite buyers in corporate Peru; pricing is not publicly disclosed. The firm is privately held with no evidence of external institutional ownership, though an affiliated asset-management entity, AC Capitales SAFI S.A., is referenced within the broader APOYO group.

Name

SAE | APOYO Consultoría

Legal name

APOYO CONSULTORÍA S.A.C.

Website

https://sae-apoyoconsultoria.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1985

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

SAE | APOYO Consultoría is a Lima-based subscription advisory firm that provides independent economic, political, and sectoral analysis to over 300 Peruvian corporate clients, anchored by the Red SAE executive network of 500+ senior leaders and proprietary indices like Indicca.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Lima

HQ country

Peru

HQ region

Latin America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Advisory Subscription Services: SAE generates revenue through membership subscriptions to its Servicio de Asesoría Empresarial, providing clients with ongoing economic analysis, political outlook reports, sector-specific research, and access to the Red SAE professional network. This subscription model serves over 300 corporate clients and institutions.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

SAE sells a subscription-based business advisory service (Servicio de Asesoría Empresarial) to corporate clients in Peru. Subscribers receive ongoing economic panoramas, political outlooks, sector-specific analyses, business confidence surveys (Sondeo SAE), and access to the Indicca consumer confidence index plus the Red SAE executive network and annual convention.

Product overview

SAE | APOYO Consultoría is a Peruvian economic and business consulting firm offering the Servicio de Asesoría Empresarial (SAE) as its primary service. The company provides independent economic analysis, political analysis, business surveys (sondeos), and market intelligence to corporate clients. Key offerings include the Indicca consumer confidence index, economic and political panoramas (outlook reports), and networking through the Red SAE network. The service portfolio is delivered through periodic reports, sondeos, and events such as the annual Convención SAE.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Servicio de Asesoría Empresarial (SAE) Subscription-based business advisory service providing economic analysis, political outlook, sector-specific research, business confidence surveys, and access to the Red SAE executive network for over 300 corporate clients and institutions in Peru.
• Indicca - Índice de Confianza del Consumidor Monthly consumer confidence index for the Lima Metropolitan area, produced jointly with Ipsos Perú, providing proprietary consumer sentiment data to SAE subscribers.
• Sondeo SAE Business Confidence Surveys Regular proprietary surveys of SAE member executives covering business confidence, investment outlook, sales versus expectations, and CEO priorities for Peru.
• Convención Anual SAE Annual convention bringing together SAE member executives and business leaders to discuss Peru's economic outlook and business strategy.
• Red SAE Executive Network Executive networking platform for SAE client companies, facilitating networking and business development among more than 500 senior executives from 300 client organizations.

Quantifiable outcome

• Business confidence index for investment reached 48 points, the highest level since 2012, in July 2026
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Ipsos PerúcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSAE partners with Ipsos Perú to produce the Indicca (Índice de Confianza del Consumidor) - a consumer confidence index for Lima Metropolitan area. This partnership combines SAE's economic analysis expertise with Ipsos' research capabilities to provide monthly consumer sentiment data.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• Macroconsult: Peruvian economic and business consulting firm that provides macroeconomic analysis, sectoral research, and corporate advisory services to Peruvian enterprises — overlapping directly with SAE's core offering and customer base in the same domestic market.
• Verisk Maplecroft: Global political risk analytics firm providing country-level political, economic, and operational risk indices to corporate subscribers — analogous to SAE's Indicca consumer confidence index and broader country risk publications.
• Control Risks: Specialist risk consultancy offering political, security, and integrity risk advisory to multinational corporates — comparable to SAE's political and operating-environment analysis for senior decision-makers, albeit with a more international footprint.
• Eurasia Group: Global political risk advisory firm that sells analysis, advisory, and forecasting to corporate clients on geopolitical and policy risks — directly comparable to SAE's political and macroeconomic advisory subscription model, with similar subscription-based delivery.
• Gavekal Dragonomics: Independent global research firm selling subscription-based macroeconomic and political analysis to institutional investors and corporates — directly comparable in business model, product (written outlooks, regular publications), and corporate subscriber base.
• Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU): The Economist Group's research arm that provides country-level economic and political forecasts, risk assessments, and sectoral analysis to corporate subscribers — a direct comparison point for SAE's subscription-based country intelligence offering.
• Oxford Economics: Independent global economic research firm providing macroeconomic forecasts, country risk, and sectoral analysis on a subscription basis to corporates and institutions — closely mirrors SAE's combination of country-level economic outlook reports and subscription distribution.
• Capital Economics: Independent macroeconomics research firm selling subscription-based economic and political analysis to corporate clients worldwide — directly comparable in business model (subscription recurring) and product (outlook reports, political analysis) to SAE.
• Fitch Solutions (BMI Research): Country risk and industry research provider offering macroeconomic, political, and sectoral forecasts on a subscription basis to corporate clients — directly overlaps with SAE's combination of macro, political, and sector-specific outlook products.

Regional players

• Credicorp Capital Research: Peruvian investment bank research division within Credicorp that provides economic and equity research to corporate and institutional clients in Peru — overlaps with SAE on local macro/political content and competes for the same C-suite attention in the Peruvian market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

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

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