Sindimed

What Sindimed does

Sindimed (legal name: Sindicato dos Médicos do Estado de Sergipe) is a labor union representing physicians practicing in the state of Sergipe, Brazil. Founded in December 1979 as the Associação Profissional dos Médicos do Estado de Sergipe and officially converted into a sindicato on November 25, 1983, the organization is headquartered in Aracaju and operates with 19 staff. Its core service offering comprises three advisory pillars — Assessoria Jurídica (legal services via Advocacia de Direitos), Assessoria de Comunicação (communications via in-house journalists), and Assessoria Contábil (accounting via N&A Contabilidade) — delivered alongside a partnership-based benefits program including UNIMED health insurance (up to 20% discount), Mongeral Aegon insurance and pension products, and educational and commercial discounts.

The union's revenue model is anchored in mandatory and voluntary union membership dues ("contribuição sindical") paid by affiliated physicians, supplemented by negotiated partner commissions and event-related revenue. Member management is operated through the third-party Sindicalizi platform, while outreach and member engagement span a website, WhatsApp, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter/X, and the "A Voz do Médico" radio/TV program. Sindimed holds statutory standing to negotiate collective bargaining agreements with the Municipality of Aracaju and the State of Sergipe, and participates in municipal and state health councils. Social and cultural engagement is delivered through the annual "Forró dos Médicos" festival, the "Sindimed Solidário" community project (launched December 2020), and the "Comenda Doutora Glória Tereza" award (created 2021). Governance is exercised via triennial elected boards, with the current "Tecendo a Manhã" board serving 2023-2026 under President Dr. José Helton Silva Monteiro; upcoming elections for the 2026-2029 term are scheduled for September 22-23, 2026.

Name

Sindimed

Legal name

Sindicato dos Médicos do Estado de Sergipe

Website

https://sindimed-se.org.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

1979

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Sindimed (Sindicato dos Médicos do Estado de Sergipe) is a Brazilian labor union headquartered in Aracaju that represents physicians across the state of Sergipe, providing collective bargaining, legal, accounting, and communications services plus negotiated partner benefits such as health insurance and pensions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Aracaju

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Union Membership Dues (Contribuição Sindical): Sindimed generates revenue through mandatory and voluntary union membership dues paid by affiliated physicians. The union represents doctors in collective bargaining negotiations with municipal and state governments.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Sindimed (Sindicato dos Médicos do Estado de Sergipe) is the official labor union representing physicians across the state of Sergipe, Brazil. The union provides affiliated members with three core advisory service pillars — Assessoria Jurídica (legal defense), Assessoria Contábil (accounting support), and Assessoria de Comunicação (communication/media assistance) — along with collective bargaining representation with municipal and state governments and a Convênios partnership program delivering discounts on health insurance, life insurance, education, and other member benefits.

Product overview

Sindimed (Sindicato dos Médicos do Estado de Sergipe) is a medical union organization offering member services through the Sindicalizi membership management platform, with three core service pillars: Assessoria Jurídica (legal services), Assessoria de Comunicação (communication services), and Assessoria Contábil (accounting services). The organization provides additional member benefits through its Convênios partnership program, including UNIMED health insurance, Mag Seguros/Mongeral Aegon insurance, and Advocacia de Direitos legal services. Sindimed operates multimedia content through A Voz do Médico programming and maintains a charitable initiative called Sindimed Solidário. The union also organizes institutional events including the annual Forró dos Médicos festival and awards such as the Comenda Doutora Glória Tereza.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Sindimed Solidário: A social project launched on December 22, 2020, aimed at exchanging experiences, visiting needy communities and institutions in Aracaju and other cities in the state of Sergipe. The project involves volunteers who visit institutions caring for children, adults and elderly people.
• Comenda Doutora Glória Tereza
• Forró dos Médicos

Quantifiable outcome

• Historical membership of 172 physicians in 1983, with growth to represent all physicians in Sergipe state
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• UNIMED SergipecoreGTM or Marketing PartnerPartnership provides health insurance plans for Sindimed members with national coverage. Members receive special discounts up to 20% for affiliated physicians and their dependents. Services are coordinated through the union secretariat with contractual terms available there.
• Mongeral Aegon Seguros e PrevidênciacoreGTM or Marketing PartnerPartnership offering insurance and pension products for physicians. Mongeral Aegon is one of the 10 largest independent insurance companies in Brazil with over 2 million clients. Products include death and disability coverage, serious illness insurance, redeemable plans, and private pension with competitive rates and tax deduction benefits.
• Mag SegurosminorGTM or Marketing PartnerInsurance partner providing coverage products to Sindimed members. Part of the Mongeral Aegon group.
• Advocacia de DireitoscoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLegal services partner providing free consultations and reduced-fee legal representation for members. Services include labor law, civil law, social security actions, administrative law related to professional practice, and disciplinary proceedings. Members pay only 20% of any settlement received, with free service if no recovery.
• N&A ContabilidademinorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerAccounting services partner providing discounted accounting support to Sindimed members. Contact through [email protected] or (79) 3214-7344.
• UNIT (Universidade Tiradentes)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerEducation partner offering 5% discount on undergraduate and graduate courses (Lato Sensu) in person or distance learning. Excludes Medicine, Dentistry, and international partnerships.
• CCPAminorGTM or Marketing PartnerEducational institution partner offering 15% discount on monthly tuition fees, not combinable with other promotions.
• ECO Privillege HotelminorGTM or Marketing PartnerHotel partner offering 10% discount on daily rates for Sindimed members. Reservations through the hotel's official website.
• Spine Clinic PhysiominorGTM or Marketing PartnerPhysical therapy partner offering 15-20% discounts on services. Located at Iate Clube de Sergipe and CESAP - Centro de Saúde Aplicada.
• Central Única dos Trabalhadores (CUT)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLabor confederation partnership for joint actions. Sindimed participated with CUT in the I Forum on Health Foundations (August 2009) and coordinated on legal actions regarding private health foundations in the state.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Conselho Federal de Medicina (CFM): Federal regulatory council for physicians in Brazil. While CFM is a regulator rather than a union, it is the most prominent national-level professional body in the same medical ecosystem and shapes the environment in which Sindimed operates.
• Associação Médica Brasileira (AMB): National medical professional association representing physicians across Brazil. Competes for physician attention and provides parallel services (CME, advocacy), making it an adjacent incumbent relevant to Sindimed's positioning.

Regional players

• Conselho Regional de Medicina de Sergipe (CRM-SE): Regional regulatory council for physicians in Sergipe. Operates in the same geography as Sindimed and shares the physician membership base, although its role is regulatory oversight rather than union representation.
• Sociedade Médica de Sergipe (SOMESE): Local Sergipe medical society where Sindimed was originally housed. Represents a parallel civic/professional organization for the same physician community, providing a comparable but non-union alternative affiliation.

Direct peers

• Sindicato dos Médicos do Estado da Bahia (SINDIMED-BA): State-level medical union in neighboring Bahia. Direct peer of Sindimed running the same sindicato model in an adjacent Northeast Brazilian state, useful for regional comparison of scale and advocacy outcomes.
• SIMESP (Sindicato dos Médicos do Estado de São Paulo): State-level medical union in São Paulo operating under the same sindicato model as Sindimed, providing collective bargaining, legal defense and member benefits to physicians. Most analogous peer given identical structure and mandate, just at significantly larger scale.
• SINMED-RJ (Sindicato dos Médicos do Estado do Rio de Janeiro): Rio de Janeiro's state medical union with parallel functions: collective bargaining with public employers, legal assistance, and member benefits. Direct peer of Sindimed operating the same sindicato model in a different state.

Others

• Central Única dos Trabalhadores (CUT): National labor confederation that has partnered with Sindimed on health-foundation legal actions. As a higher-order labor federation, CUT is ecosystem-relevant but not a direct competitor.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCpoAoblRfxLfXCpzmw87A5g
• Facebookfacebook.com/sindimedse
• Instagraminstagram.com/sindimedsergipe
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sindimed

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Number of profiles

Profiles15 records

Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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