Partido Socialista Obrero Español

What Partido Socialista Obrero Español does

Partido Socialista Obrero Español (PSOE) is Spain's oldest active political party, founded in 1879 by Pablo Iglesias Posse, who also founded the UGT trade union. Headquartered at Ferraz 70 in Madrid, the party advocates social democracy, labor rights, gender equality, environmental protection, and progressive governance, serving Spanish citizens, voters, and an affiliated membership base organized through a federal structure with regional and local committees.

PSOE's revenue model is non-commercial: it relies on recurring membership dues collected through its online affiliation portal (afiliate.psoe.es), donations via a dedicated portal (donaciones.psoe.es), and Spanish public-party funding allocated according to electoral performance. Pricing mechanics are not commercially disclosed because the party does not sell goods or services; instead, it monetizes political support and membership participation as a subscription-style recurring revenue base.

Its product surface is digital and organizational rather than commercial technology: the core psoe.es website, a mobile application for members (Aplicación PSOE), the Portal de la Militancia member portal, an e-commerce merchandise store (La Tienda PSOE), and the Mapa de la Vergüenza interactive mapping tool that tracks equality-policy rollbacks by right-wing parties. Distribution runs through parliamentary groups in the Congress, Senate, and European Parliament, as well as government positions at national, regional, and local levels. The party operates an affiliated ecosystem including the youth wing Juventudes Socialistas de España, the Fundación Pablo Iglesias research foundation, the Escuela Socialista de Educación training initiative, El Socialista party newspaper, and the Global Progressive Mobilisation international coalition. The organization is led by Secretary General and Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, with the 41st Federal Congress scheduled for June 2026 and the next general elections targeted for 2027.

Name

Partido Socialista Obrero Español

Legal name

Partido Socialista Obrero Español

Website

https://psoe.es

Company type

Private

Founded year

1879

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Partido Socialista Obrero Español (PSOE) is Spain's oldest political party, founded in 1879 and headquartered in Madrid, serving Spanish voters and members through progressive social-democratic governance, parliamentary representation, and a digital member-services portfolio funded by dues and donations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Political Party Services

NAICS

Political Organizations (813940), Social Advocacy Organizations (8133)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Electoral Support & Election Observation (BPADAGAA)

Keywords

• Political party
• Social democracy
• Progressive governance
• Political representation
• Member affiliation

Headquarters

HQ city

Madrid

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Membership dues and affiliations: PSOE generates revenue through membership fees from party affiliates who pay to belong to the organization. The party also solicits donations from supporters and members through dedicated donation portals on its website.

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

PSOE is a political party that organizes, represents, and advocates for progressive social-democratic policies in Spain. Its offerings include political representation through parliamentary and government positions, a network of digital platforms for member engagement and communication, an online merchandise store (La Tienda PSOE), and an interactive equality-policy tracking tool (Mapa de la Vergüenza) that documents rollbacks of gender equality policies.

Product overview

Partido Socialista Obrero Español (PSOE) is Spain's Socialist Workers' Party. The party's digital product portfolio consists of web-based platforms and applications rather than commercial technology products. The core offering is the main party website (psoe.es), supplemented by specialized web tools including the 'Mapa de la Vergüenza' interactive map for tracking equality policy rollbacks, a mobile application for members, an online merchandise store, and a member portal. These are political/organizational services rather than commercial technology products.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• El Socialista: Party newspaper and publication
• Escuela Socialista de Educación
• Mapa de la Vergüenza
• La Tienda PSOE

Products and services

• PSOE Official Website (psoe.es) Official digital platform of the Socialist Workers' Party serving as the primary hub for party information, news, organizational structure, member services, and political content.
• Mapa de la Vergüenza Interactive mapping tool that documents and tracks cases where right-wing and far-right parties are eliminating or reducing gender equality policies, equality departments, budgets, and gender-based violence protections.
• Aplicación 'PSOE' Mobile App Official mobile application of the PSOE for members and supporters to access party content, news, and member services.
• La Tienda PSOE Online merchandise store for party-branded items and materials.
• Portal de la Militancia Dedicated portal for party members to access internal resources, communications, and membership services.

Quantifiable outcome

• Transparency index compliance of 83.1% vs 34% for PP

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and flagship.

• Partido Socialista Europeo (PSE)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean-level federation of socialist parties. PSOE is affiliated as the Spanish member party of the PES, coordinating socialist policies at European level.
• Juventudes Socialistas de España (JSE)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe youth wing organization of PSOE, dedicated to engaging young people in socialist politics and training future party leaders.
• Fundación Pablo IglesiascoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThink tank and cultural foundation named after the party's founder, dedicated to research, education, and preserving socialist heritage.
• Global Progressive MobilisationflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational progressive coalition led by Pedro Sánchez, bringing together progressive parties and movements globally. Features major events and mobilisation campaigns.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Parti Socialiste (France): France's principal social-democratic party and longtime PES member. Comparable as a fellow major Western European socialist party with similar policy lineage, organizational structure, and historical governing experience.
• UK Labour Party: Major European center-left/social-democratic party with an analogous governing vs opposition dynamic, large membership-based structure, and comparable brand longevity.
• Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (SPD): Germany's social-democratic party and PES counterpart. Comparable as a major Western European social-democratic party with a long institutional history and recurring role in national governing coalitions.
• Partido Socialista Europeo (PES): European-level federation of socialist and social-democratic parties of which PSOE is the Spanish member. Comparable as the institutional umbrella for European socialist politics with similar governance, congress, and electoral coordination functions.

Direct peers

• Vox: Spanish far-right party and major parliamentary force. Comparable as a national political party competing for seats and shaping Spanish electoral dynamics, particularly from the right flank.
• Unidas Podemos / Podemos: Spanish left-wing party historically competing with PSOE for progressive voters. Closely comparable as a domestic political organization with overlapping ideological base and prior coalition experience.
• Sumar: Spanish left-wing coalition platform and PSOE's governing partner since 2023. Directly comparable as a domestic political organization with overlapping progressive voter base and shared government participation.
• Partido Popular (PP): Spain's main center-right opposition party and PSOE's principal rival. Directly comparable as a Spanish national political party competing for the same voter base and parliamentary seats, with a similarly large institutional footprint.
• Partido Socialista Português (PS): Iberian counterpart socialist party and PES member. Comparable as a neighboring social-democratic party with shared history, language proximity, and similar Iberian political context.

Regional players

• Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (ERC): Catalan pro-independence left-of-center party. Comparable as a Spanish-state political actor competing for parliamentary seats and influencing national coalition dynamics, though operating primarily at the regional level.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@GlobalProgressiveMobilisation
• Xx.com/psoe
• Facebookfacebook.com/psoe
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/psoe-cef

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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