Companhia Pernambucana de Saneamento

What Companhia Pernambucana de Saneamento does

Companhia Pernambucana de Saneamento (COMPESA) is a state-owned water and sanitation utility founded in 1971, wholly owned by the Government of Pernambuco State. The company provides water supply (Abastecimento de Água) and sanitary sewage collection and treatment (Esgotamento Sanitário) to residential, commercial, and industrial customers across all 184 municipalities of Pernambuco, Brazil. Tariffs are regulated by ARPE (Agência de Regulação de Pernambuco) under a four-band consumption structure defined by Lei nº 16.847/2020, with monthly billing and periodic tariff adjustments.

COMPESA's operational backbone consists of water treatment plants (ETA), sewage treatment stations (ETE), adductor pipelines, distribution networks, and elevatory stations. The company is executing major capital programs including the R$2 billion Adutora do Agreste (transporting São Francisco river water to 23 municipalities), the R$140 million Barragem Engenho Pereira dam, the R$1.3 billion+ investment package for the Recife Metropolitan Region (RMR), and the Programa Cidade Saneada PPP with BRK Ambiental covering 14 cities. Customer service operates through 157 physical stores (Lojas de Atendimento ao Cliente), a 24/7 teleatendimento center (0800 081 0195), Compesa Mobile app, virtual agency (Agência Virtual), WhatsApp, and mobile service units. Innovation programs Conecta, Águas Digitais, and Imagina target digital transformation and intelligent water management.

Revenue derives from regulated usage-based tariffs on water supply and sewage services to a broad residential, commercial, industrial, and municipal-government customer base. The company is a monopoly concessionaire for the state of Pernambuco under regulatory oversight, with municipal-government debt reconciliation, anti-theft operations (recovering 780 million liters/month in 2025), and cultural programs (Bloco Gota D'Água, Coral Compesa) as supplementary engagement mechanisms.

Name

Companhia Pernambucana de Saneamento

Legal name

Companhia Pernambucana de Saneamento

Website

https://servicos.compesa.com.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

1971

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

Companhia Pernambucana de Saneamento (COMPESA) is a state-owned water and sanitation utility founded in 1971, wholly owned by the Government of Pernambuco, Brazil. It provides regulated water supply and sewage services to all 184 municipalities of the state, operating 157 service stores and digital channels.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Water and Sanitation Utilities

NAICS

Water, Sewage and Other Systems (2213), Water Supply and Irrigation Systems (221310), Sewage Treatment Facilities (22132)

SIC

Water Supply (4941), Sanitary Services (4950)

akta.pro primary industry

Disinfection & Remedial Works (Chlorination, Thermal, Shock Treatments) (BPABAJAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Environmental Public Health (Food Safety, Water Quality, Sanitation) (BPAIAJAE)

Keywords

• Water utility services
• Sanitation infrastructure
• Sewage treatment
• Water distribution
• Municipal sanitation

Headquarters

HQ city

Santo Amaro

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Water supply and sewage collection tariffs: COMPESA generates revenue by charging regulated tariffs for water supply and sewage collection and treatment services to residential, commercial, and industrial customers across 184 municipalities in Pernambuco. Tariffs are regulated by ARPE (Agência de Regulação de Pernambuco).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Companhia Pernambucana de Saneamento (COMPESA) provides water supply and sanitary sewage services to residential, commercial, and industrial customers across all 184 municipalities of Pernambuco state, Brazil. The company's core offering includes drinking water production, treatment, and distribution through water treatment plants (ETA), adductor pipelines, and distribution networks, as well as sanitary sewage collection, transportation, and treatment via sewage treatment stations (ETE). Services are billed through regulated tariffs managed by ARPE and supported by physical service stores, digital channels, and 24/7 teleatendimento.

Product overview

Companhia Pernambucana de Saneamento (COMPESA) is a state-owned water and sanitation utility providing water supply and sanitary sewage services across Pernambuco, Brazil. The company operates a unified service portfolio centered on two core products—Abastecimento de Água (water supply) and Esgotamento Sanitário (sanitary sewage)—complemented by digital channels including Agência Virtual (online portal) and Compesa Mobile (mobile app). Strategic infrastructure programs include the Adutora do Agreste (R$2 billion São Francisco River water conductor) and Programa Cidade Saneada (public-private sanitation expansion). The company also supports innovation through programs Conecta, Águas Digitais, and Imagina, while providing customer-facing services such as Ouvidoria (ombudsman), Canal de Ética (ethics reporting), and Museu Universo Compesa (corporate museum).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Compesa Mobile: Mobile application for customers to access water and sanitation services
• Águas de Pernambuco
• Programa Conecta
• Águas Digitais
• Museu Universo Compesa
• Bloco Gota D'Água
• Coral Compesa

Products and services

• Abastecimento de Água (Water Supply)

Quantifiable outcome

• Recovered 780 million liters of water per month through anti-theft operations in 2025, removing 1,500+ illegal connections.
• +7 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• TJPE / Nupemec (Tribunal de Justiça de Pernambuco)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 June 2026Partnership with the Permanent Nucleus of Consensual Methods of Conflict Resolution (Nupemec) of TJPE to conduct a municipal debt reconciliation mutirão in July 2026. The initiative enables municipalities to regularize debts with COMPESA through facilitated payment conditions and extended deadlines, with pre-procedural negotiation agreements.
• BRK AmbientalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBRK Ambiental is the private partner in the Programa Cidade Saneada (City Sanitized Program), a public-private partnership for sewage expansion. BRK executes works on COMPESA's sewage network expansion projects, including emergency repairs, network implantation, and ETE construction. The partnership covers 14 cities in the RMR and Goiana.
• SDS - Secretaria de Defesa Social de PernambucocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSDS partners with COMPESA for water theft prevention operations across Pernambuco. Joint operations have led to arrests, removal of illegal connections, and recovery of water volumes along strategic adductors (Adutora do Pajeú, Adutora Luiz Gonzaga, Adutora de Inversão de Jucazinho).
• Secretaria da Mulher de PernambucominorGTM or Marketing PartnerPartnership to include domestic violence awareness and reporting messages on COMPESA water bills, transforming monthly invoices into channels for support and reporting of violence against women.
• Secretaria de Educação de PernambucominorGTM or Marketing PartnerPartnership for the Desafio Educativo da Água (Water Education Challenge), a cultural competition encouraging students and teachers to create educational content about water importance, entering its fourth edition in 2026.
• Amupe (Associação Municipalista de Pernambuco)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAmupe represents Pernambuco municipalities and acts as a bridge between COMPESA and municipal governments. Together they developed a debt reconciliation plan for municipalities with debts owed to COMPESA, presented at the 9th Congress of Municipalities.

Scale indicators19 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• SABESP (Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo): State-owned water and sanitation utility of São Paulo, the largest in Brazil. Directly comparable as a state-level water/sewage concessionaire operating under a regulated tariff model with multi-billion infrastructure capex programs.

Direct peers

• CORSAN (Companhia Riograndense de Saneamento): State-owned water and sanitation utility of Rio Grande do Sul. Comparable state concessionaire model with broad municipal coverage and regulated tariffs.
• CAESB (Companhia de Saneamento Ambiental do Distrito Federal): State-level water and sanitation utility of the Federal District. Comparable regulated state utility with both water supply and sewage treatment operations.
• COPASA (Companhia de Saneamento de Minas Gerais): State-owned water and sanitation utility of Minas Gerais. Closely comparable to COMPESA as a similarly structured state concessionaire serving hundreds of municipalities with regulated tariffs (ARSAE-MG) and large capex programs.
• CEDAE (Companhia Estadual de Águas e Esgotos do Rio de Janeiro): State-owned water and sewage utility of Rio de Janeiro. Directly comparable state-level concessionaire operating regulated water supply and sewage services with similar PPP and federal financing dynamics.
• EMBASA (Empresa Baiana de Águas e Saneamento): State-owned water and sanitation utility of Bahia. Comparable Northeast-region state concessionaire serving multiple municipalities with regulated tariffs and ongoing sewage expansion programs.
• SANEAGO (Saneamento de Goiás S.A.): State-owned water and sanitation utility of Goiás. Comparable state concessionaire serving hundreds of municipalities with regulated tariffs and expansion of sewage coverage.
• CAGECE (Companhia de Água e Esgoto do Ceará): State-owned water and sewage utility of Ceará. Directly comparable Northeast-region state utility with similar climate vulnerability (Sertão), multi-municipality coverage, and reliance on major adductor infrastructure projects.

Others

• BRK Ambiental: Private-sector Brazilian water and sanitation operator. Comparable as a PPP partner executing sewage works for COMPESA under Programa Cidade Saneada, and as a private-sector counterpart competing in Brazilian concession tenders.

Emerging players

• Aegea Saneamento: Private-sector Brazilian sanitation company operating concessions across multiple states. Comparable as an emerging private-sector participant in the Brazilian sanitation market following the 2020 regulatory framework changes.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/compesa
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCxjCwgFNRwWghSMxcK6l3ig
• Facebookfacebook.com/compesa
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/compesa
• Instagraminstagram.com/compesa_oficial

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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