Sincofarma

What Sincofarma does

Sincofarma Distrito Federal (SINCOFARMA-DF), legally constituted as Sindicato do Comércio Varejista de Produtos Farmacêuticos do Distrito Federal, is a non-profit trade union founded in 2018 that represents retail pharmaceutical businesses operating in Brasília and Brazil's Federal District. It serves independent pharmacies, regional drugstore chains, and affiliated pharmacy franchises through category-wide collective bargaining, regulatory compliance guidance, legal representation, and legislative advocacy before Federal District authorities. Leadership rests with President Erivan Araújo, supported by a headcount of approximately 12 employees operating from an office suite in the Asa Sul commercial district of Brasília.

The union's core technology footprint is limited to its public website (sincofarmadf.com.br), a member login portal, and an active news/blog channel for regulatory updates. There is no indication of proprietary software, custom platform development, or third-party technology integrations beyond standard content-management and web hosting; the organization is a services-and-advocacy body, not a technology vendor. Member-facing operations center on negotiation of collective labor agreements (CCT), dissemination of regulatory guidance, and member support services.

Revenue is generated through recurring membership dues (contribuição associativa), mandatory sindical contributions, and ancillary assessments collected from affiliated pharmacies and drugstores, funding collective bargaining, legal defense, regulatory monitoring, and member communications. The organization extends its reach through two key affiliations: ABC Farma, the national retail pharmacy association, providing access to national-level advocacy; and Fecomércio-DF, the regional commerce federation, which connects member pharmacies to broader commerce-sector services including Sesc and Senac benefits. As a small, single-jurisdiction, membership-funded entity, revenue is concentrated in annual renewal cycles from a fragmented base of pharmacy members, with no publicly disclosed financial scale.

Name

Sincofarma

Legal name

Sindicato do Comércio Varejista de Produtos Farmacêuticos do Distrito Federal

Website

https://sincofarmadf.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Sincofarma Distrito Federal is a non-profit trade union founded in 2018 representing retail pharmacies and drugstores in Brazil's Federal District through collective bargaining, regulatory advocacy, and member services, affiliated with ABC Farma and Fecomércio-DF.

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, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership dues and assessments: Sincofarma DF generates revenue through membership fees collected from affiliated pharmacies and drugstores in the Federal District. These assessments fund the union's activities including collective bargaining, legal representation, regulatory advocacy, and member services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Sincofarma DF is a trade union (sindicato) that represents retail pharmaceutical businesses (pharmacies and drugstores) in the Federal District of Brazil. It provides collective bargaining representation, regulatory compliance guidance, legislative advocacy, member-only portal access, and participation in broader industry associations (ABC Farma and Fecomércio-DF) for affiliated pharmacies and drugstores.

Product overview

Sincofarma Distrito Federal is an industry association representing pharmaceutical retail companies (farmácias e drogarias) in Brazil's Federal District. The organization provides services to its member businesses including a member portal, collective labor agreement (CCT) representation, benefits programs, and industry news/information. The association also engages in legislative advocacy and maintains partnerships with entities such as ABC FARMA and FECOMÉRCIO.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Collective Labor Agreement (CCT) Representation Negotiation and representation of collective labor agreements (CCT - Convenção Coletiva de Trabalho) on behalf of affiliated pharmacies and drugstores with pharmaceutical worker unions in the Federal District.
• Regulatory Compliance Guidance Advisory services on sanitary regulations, operating hours, controlled substance handling, and other government-mandated requirements for retail pharmaceutical businesses in the Federal District.
• Legislative Advocacy and Government Relations Representation of member pharmacies before Federal District legislative and executive authorities, advocating on legislation affecting the pharmaceutical retail sector.
• Member Portal Access Online portal providing affiliated pharmacies and drugstores with resources, information, and member-exclusive content.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

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Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• ABC FarmacoreOthersSincofarma DF is filiated to ABC Farma, a national association representing retail pharmacy chains and drugstore businesses. This affiliation provides member pharmacies with broader industry representation at the national level, access to industry data, and collective advocacy on federal regulatory matters affecting the pharmaceutical retail sector.
• Fecomércio-DFcoreOthersSincofarma DF is filiated to Fecomércio-DF (Federação do Comércio de Bens, Serviços e Turismo do Distrito Federal), the regional federation representing commercial businesses. This affiliation connects member pharmacies to the broader commerce sector representation, provides access to Sesc and Senac services for employees, and enables advocacy through the national commerce confederation system.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Broad incumbents

• Fecomércio-SP: Regional commerce federation for São Paulo state. Analogous to Sincofarma-DF's parent affiliation Fecomércio-DF — provides the same Sesc/Senac access and national CNC linkage, but at a much larger scale in the SP market.
• Abrafarma (Associação Brasileira de Redes de Farmácias): National association representing pharmacy chains and the broader retail pharmacy industry. Comparable as a pharmacy-sector industry body serving overlapping members, but operating at national scale rather than a single state.

Others

• Conselho Regional de Farmácia do DF (CRF-DF): Federal District pharmacy professional regulator. Not a competitor but operates in the same DF pharmacy ecosystem that Sincofarma-DF serves, setting the regulatory framework the union advocates within.

Direct peers

• Sindusfarma: Sindicato da Indústria de Produtos Farmacêuticos, the pharmaceutical industry employers' union based in São Paulo. Directly comparable as a state-level trade union (sindicato) representing pharmaceutical-sector employers in collective bargaining and regulatory advocacy.
• Sincofarma Rio de Janeiro: State-level pharmaceutical retail trade union serving Rio de Janeiro. Same sindicato model (employer-side retail pharmacy representation) as Sincofarma-DF, differing only in geography.
• Sincofarma São Paulo: State-level pharmaceutical retail trade union serving São Paulo. Functionally identical to Sincofarma-DF — collective bargaining for pharmacy employers and regulatory advocacy — but operating in the much larger SP market.
• Sincofarma Minas Gerais: State-level pharmaceutical retail trade union serving Minas Gerais. Directly comparable sindicato structure serving the same member profile (independent pharmacies and drugstores) in a different Brazilian state.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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