What Super Solidaria does

Super Solidaria (legal name: Superintendencia de la Economía Solidaria) is a Colombian government regulatory body established by Law 454 of 1998 under the constitutional mandate to exercise inspection, vigilance, and control over solidarity economy organizations. Administratively attached to the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit (Ministerio de Hacienda y Crédito Público) and headquartered in Bogotá, the entity supervises cooperatives (including coffee, savings and credit, and multi-active variants), employee funds (fondos de empleados), mutual associations (asociaciones mutuales), and related solidarity organizations. Its supervised sector holds a credit portfolio of approximately 20.02 trillion pesos as of February 2026, up from 16 trillion pesos in 2022, serving over 485,000 women beneficiaries (48% of users) and more than 550,000 coffee-farming families. María José Navarro serves as Superintendenta.

Name

Super Solidaria

Legal name

Superintendencia de la Economía Solidaria

Website

https://supersolidaria.gov.co

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Super Solidaria is Colombia's government regulatory body that supervises and inspects cooperatives, credit unions, employee funds, and mutual associations in the solidarity economy. It operates digital platforms (SICSES, ADA, Ati Niu, Simpérdida) to monitor a sector holding over 20 trillion pesos in credit.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Bogotá

HQ country

Colombia

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Government Budget Allocation: Operational funding from the Colombian national government budget
2. Supervisory Contribution Fees: Annual contribution fees (tasa de contribución) charged to supervised solidarity economy organizations for regulatory oversight services

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Superintendencia de la Economía Solidaria (Supersolidaria) is a Colombian government regulatory agency that supervises, inspects, controls, and oversees solidarity economy organizations, including cooperatives, credit unions, employee funds (fondos de empleados), and mutual associations. Created under Law 454 of 1998 and attached to the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit, it ensures legal compliance, financial soundness, and proper governance within Colombia's solidarity sector through dedicated financial and associational delegations.

Product overview

Super Solidaria (Superintendencia de la Economía Solidaria) is Colombia's government supervisory body for the solidarity economy sector. The organization operates a platform-based ecosystem consisting primarily of SICSES (information capture system), ADA (mission information system), GAD (data analytics group), and Ventanilla Única (single window services), complemented by analytical tools including Ati Niu and Simpérdida (expected loss simulator). The Delegatura Financiera handles financial sector supervision with periodic bulletins. All systems collectively enable the supervision, monitoring, and regulation of cooperatives, savings funds, and other solidarity organizations throughout Colombia.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ADA: Sistema de Información Misional ADA - Digital platform for supervised entities to submit required information
• SICSES
• Ati Niu
• Simpérdida
• Supersolidaria Te Cuenta

Products and services

• SICSES (Sistema de Información y Control del Sector Solidario)

Quantifiable outcome

• 20.02 trillion pesos in supervised credit portfolio representing growth of 4 trillion pesos since 2022
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Ministerio de Hacienda y Crédito PúblicocoreOthersParent ministry overseeing Supersolidaria's operations and budget allocation as part of the Colombian government's executive branch.
• Vicepresidencia de la RepúblicacoreOthersCollaborates on government initiatives including Ruta Solidaria por la Paz and other social programs.
• Ministerio del TrabajominorOthersCollaboration on labor formalization policies and workplace-related solidarity economy initiatives.
• Ministerio de Agricultura y Desarrollo RuralcoreOthersPartnership for strengthening coffee cooperatives and rural agricultural solidarity organizations.
• Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y TurismominorOthersCollaboration on commerce and industry policies affecting solidarity economy organizations.
• Colombia Compra EficienteminorOthersGovernment procurement platform linked through Supersolidaria's contracting transparency section.
• SECOP IIminorOthersElectronic government contracting platform where Supersolidaria's contracting notices are published.
• Unidad de Información y Análisis Financiero (UIAF)coreTechnology or IntegrationCollaboration on anti-money laundering (SARLAFT) training and reporting systems for supervised entities.
• Superintendencia Financiera de ColombiaminorOthersCoordination on financial sector supervision matters affecting both conventional and solidarity finance sectors.
• Fondo Nacional de GarantíascoreOthersStrategic partner identified for connecting cooperative credit with guarantee mechanisms for coffee sector and MSEs.
• Grupo Bicentenario (Banca de Segundo Piso)minorOthersSecond-tier banking group identified as potential financier for solidarity economy credit expansion.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Superintendencia Financiera de Colombia: Colombia's main financial sector regulator, exercising inspection, vigilance, and control over banks, insurers, and capital markets. Most directly comparable to Supersolidaria as a sibling superintendency with similar regulatory mandate, but for the conventional financial sector rather than the solidarity economy.
• FOGACOOP (Fondo de Garantías de Cooperativas): Government-affiliated deposit insurance and credit guarantee fund specifically for the cooperative sector. Highly comparable in mission: it safeguards depositors and guarantees credit within the same solidarity economy ecosystem that Supersolidaria supervises, making it a natural regulatory counterpart.

Others

• Ministerio de Hacienda y Crédito Público: Colombian Ministry of Finance and Public Credit, the parent entity of Supersolidaria. Comparable as the overarching economic policy authority that defines the budget and policy framework within which Supersolidaria operates; not a competitor but a strategic counterpart.
• CONFECOOP (Confederación de Cooperativas de Colombia): National confederation representing Colombian cooperatives, including financial and non-financial entities. Adjacent peer as the principal industry association for the same ecosystem that Supersolidaria regulates, providing lobbying, training, and representation functions that complement (and sometimes tension with) the regulatory role.
• Superintendencia Nacional de Salud: Another Colombian superintendency, overseeing health-sector entities. Comparable as a peer government regulator with similar organizational structure, inspection powers, and public-sector constraints, though operating in a different vertical.
• Unidad de Información y Análisis Financiero (UIAF): Colombia's financial intelligence unit responsible for anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing. Already a Core strategic partner of Supersolidaria; comparable as a government data-driven entity that collects, analyzes, and acts on financial information from regulated entities.

Broad incumbents

• Banco de la República de Colombia: Colombia's central bank, responsible for monetary policy, financial stability, and oversight of payment systems. Comparable as a senior state financial institution whose macroprudential work intersects with the microprudential supervision performed by Supersolidaria over the cooperative sector.
• Superintendencia de Sociedades de Colombia: Colombian government entity supervising corporations and other business vehicles (excluding those under other superintendencies). Comparable as a sibling government regulator exercising inspection and control over business entities, though broader in scope and focused on commercial rather than solidarity structures.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/supersolidaria_
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCAO0b7-tUwZazPZ2FKXGo3g/featured
• Facebookfacebook.com/Superintendencia-de-la-Economia-Solidaria-216536928376338
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/super-solidaria
• Instagraminstagram.com/supersolidaria
• TikToktiktok.com/@supersolidaria

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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