Soib - Servei d'Ocupació De Les Illes Balears

What Soib - Servei d'Ocupació De Les Illes Balears does

SOIB (Servei d'Ocupació De Les Illes Balears) is the official public employment service of the Government of the Balearic Islands (Govern de les Illes Balears), operating as a regional government agency headquartered in Palma, Mallorca. The organization delivers free employment intermediation, vocational training, professional orientation, and hiring-subsidy administration services to residents, companies, and local public entities across the four islands of Mallorca, Menorca, Eivissa, and Formentera. Its service portfolio is organized around multiple branded programs targeting distinct populations: SOIB Jove (youth under 30), SOIB Dona (women, including gender-based violence survivors), SOIB Impulsa'T (public-sector hiring through municipalities), SOIB Reactiva (emergency/crisis employment), SOIB Formació (vocational training including dual training), SOIB Orientació (career guidance), and COE Balears (an innovation hub for employment policy).

The underlying technology layer consists of a digital platform stack including the ESOIB online portal (replacing the ACCFOR system from January 2025), a mobile application launched in May 2026 for self-service access, the SOIB 24×7 online orientation service (with 48-hour business-advisory response SLAs), and the OTIB labor market observatory. The organization has approximately 100 direct employees and operates through a distributed office network, authorized training centers, third-sector entities, and authorized placement agencies that act as delivery partners.

SOIB's business model is entirely government-funded rather than revenue-generating. Funding flows from three sources: the regional government budget of the Govern de les Illes Balears, the European Social Fund (ESF/ESF+) for the 2021-2027 programming period, and the national Sectoral Conference. All services are provided free of charge to beneficiaries. Program funding is substantial — disclosed multi-year allocations include €12M for youth employment (2026-2027), €21M for SOIB Dual Strategic Sectors (2023-2026), and €3M for training center accreditation. SOIB is integrated into Spain's National Employment System (Sistema Nacional de Empleo / SEPE) and the European EURES job mobility network, and reports outcomes such as 500+ long-term unemployed placements, 1,267 job positions offered through job-day events by February 2024, and 300 women survivors served for return-to-work.

Name

Soib - Servei d'Ocupació De Les Illes Balears

Legal name

Servei d'Ocupació de les Illes Balears (SOIB)

Website

https://soib.es

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Employment Services

NAICS

Vocational Rehabilitation Services (6243), Educational Support Services (611710), Technical and Trade Schools (6115)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

College & Career Transition Services (Bridge Programs, Dual Enrollment Pathways) (EDAAABAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Special Populations ASE (Reentry/Corrections, Homeless, Refugee/Immigrant, Foster/Justice-Involved) (EDAAABAI), Tutoring, Study Skills & Learning Strategies for ASE (EDAAABAL)

Keywords

• Public employment services
• Vocational training programs
• Job placement services
• Professional orientation
• Government hiring subsidies

Headquarters

HQ city

Palma

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Government Funding: SOIB is a public employment service funded by the Government of the Balearic Islands, co-financed by the European Union (European Social Fund), and supported by national funding through the Sectoral Conference. Services are provided free of charge to citizens and businesses.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

SOIB provides free public employment intermediation, vocational training, and professional orientation services to job seekers and businesses in the Balearic Islands. It runs specialized programs for youth, women, long-term unemployed, and companies, while administering hiring subsidies and EU co-financed active labor market policies. Services are delivered through a multi-island office network, an online portal (ESOIB), and a mobile application.

Product overview

SOIB (Servei d'Ocupació de les Illes Balears) is the public employment service of the Balearic Islands, operating as an integrated platform with multiple specialized services. The core offerings include SOIB (general employment services), SOIB Empresas (business services), SOIB Jove (youth programs), SOIB Dona (women's programs), and SOIB Formació (training). Supporting modules include SOIB 24·7 (online orientation), the SOIB Mobile App, and COE Balears (innovation center). Programs like SOIB Impulsa'T, SOIB Reactiva, and SOIB Orientació provide targeted employment support, while SOIB Xarxa de Desenvolupament Local extends services through local development networks.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• COE Balears: Centre d'Orientació, Emprenedoria, Acompanyament i Innovació per a l'Ocupació - Center for Orientation, Entrepreneurship, Accompaniment and Innovation for Employment
• SOIB Jove
• SOIB Dona
• SOIB Impulsa'T
• SOIB 24·7

Products and services

• SOIB Xarxa de Desenvolupament Local (Local Development Network)

Quantifiable outcome

• More than 500 long-term unemployed persons found employment through SOIB's SI Plan
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Sistema Nacional de Empleo (SNE)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCOE Balears operates as part of the National Employment System (SNE), collaborating with SEPE and other regional employment services for innovation and best practice sharing.
• Balearic Marine ClusterminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on nautical sector training and employment initiatives, including joint events and job fairs for the maritime industry.
• Integrated Vocational Training Centers (CIPF Centro del Mar, CIPF L'Embat)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with integrated vocational training centers for maritime and nautical training programs, working with the SOIB Sectoral Office of Hospitality and Tourism.
• COE Balears (Centro de Orientación, Emprendimiento, Acompañamiento e Innovación para el Empleo)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInnovation and experimentation center for strengthening and integrating equal opportunities in employment policy design and implementation. Part of the COE network of the National Employment System.
• Local Entities and Town HallscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMunicipalities and local councils implement SOIB programs (SOIB Impulsa'T, SOIB Reactiva, etc.) for public employment and training projects within their territories.
• Third Sector EntitiescoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSocial economy entities provide orientation services for vulnerable collectives including persons with disabilities, mental health conditions, those at risk of exclusion, and ex-prisoners, under concert agreements with SOIB.
• Placement AgenciesminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAuthorized placement agencies collaborate with SOIB in job intermediation services, extending the reach of employment matching services.

Scale indicators14 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Broad incumbents

• InfoJobs: Spain's largest private job-search platform, with millions of registered users. Competes with SOIB for employer job postings and job-seeker attention, particularly among digitally-savvy users who don't require SOIB's specialized orientation or training services.

Others

• Randstad España: Spain's largest private staffing and HR services firm. Operates in the same labor-market intermediation space as SOIB but as a commercial provider focused on temporary staffing and permanent placement for paying employer clients.
• EURES - European Job Mobility Portal: EU-coordinated job mobility network of which SOIB is a partner node. Provides cross-border job-matching services that complement SOIB's domestic placement activities and represent an integration point rather than a direct competitor.
• LinkedIn (Spain): Global professional networking platform widely used in Spain for job search and recruitment. Competes with SOIB for employer-side hiring channels and candidate-attention share, particularly for higher-skill roles.
• Adecco España: Major global staffing firm operating in Spain across temporary work, permanent placement, and workforce training. Adjacent competitor to SOIB for employer-side hiring services, though it does not replicate SOIB's free public-service mandate.

Direct peers

• Lanbide - Servicio Vasco de Empleo: Basque Country public employment service. Another autonomous-community employment agency offering the same full suite of placement, training, and orientation services as SOIB under the Spanish regional model.
• SERVEF (Labora) - Servicio Valenciano de Empleo: Valencian Community public employment service, structurally identical to SOIB. Provides regional job placement, vocational training, and employment programs co-financed by the European Social Fund.
• Servei d'Ocupació de Catalunya (SOC): Public employment service of Catalonia, operating under the same Spanish regional-government model as SOIB. Delivers identical services — job intermediation, vocational training, orientation — and competes with SOIB only conceptually as a parallel autonomous-community structure.
• SEPE - Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal: Spain's national public employment service, which coordinates with SOIB within the Sistema Nacional de Empleo (SNE). Operates the same statutory model of job placement, unemployment benefits administration, and training programs at the national level, making it the closest functional peer.

Emerging players

• FUNDAE - Fundación Estatal para la Formación en el Empleo: Spanish national foundation managing employer-funded vocational training credits. Complementary to SOIB's training programs but operating at national scope; both channel EU and national funds into workforce upskilling.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• Facebookfacebook.com/SOIBgoib
• Instagraminstagram.com/soib_goib
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/soib---servei-d'ocupaci%C3%B3-de-les-illes-balears

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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