European People's Party

What European People's Party does

The European People's Party (EPP) is a transnational centre-right political party federation founded in 1976 in Luxembourg and headquartered in Brussels, Belgium. It coordinates 82 centre-right, Christian democratic, and conservative political parties and partners across 43 countries, functioning as the political family for parties aligned with its values of European integration, a free-market economy with social consciousness, and democratic governance. The federation operates as a non-commercial political organisation rather than a technology or product company: its "products" are programmatic documents (Manifesto 2024, Platform 2012), coordinated European election campaigns (2009, 2014, 2019), ministerial meetings, and policy working groups, and it does not sell software, platforms, or paid services.

EPP's business model is membership- and grant-based rather than transactional. It is funded primarily through regulated European political-party funding from the European Parliament budget (the EPP website itself acknowledges EP financial support), supplemented by contributions from its national member parties. It does not publish pricing, ARR, or revenue figures. Its go-to-market is political rather than commercial: influence is exercised through institutional representation — the largest group in the European Parliament with 188 MEPs, 14 members of the European Commission, and 17 affiliated heads of state and government (13 EU plus 4 non-EU) — and through party-reform initiatives such as the 2025 launch of individual EPP membership. The headcount is reported as 11–50 staff, supporting roughly 30 named secretariat roles across leadership, communications, events, member-party coordination, policy, finance, and IT functions.

Name

European People's Party

Legal name

European People's Party

Website

https://epp.eu

Company type

Private

Founded year

1976

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The European People's Party is a transnational centre-right political federation founded in 1976 and headquartered in Brussels, Belgium. It coordinates 82 parties and partners across 43 European countries and holds the largest group in the European Parliament with 188 MEPs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Political Party Federation

NAICS

Political Organizations (813940)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Government, Public Policy & Regulatory Congresses (THAHAJAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Democracy, Voting Rights & Civic Participation Advocacy (BPAGAFAJ), Nonprofit, Social Services & Community Development Congresses (THAHAJAO)

Keywords

• Political party federation
• Centre-right politics
• EU institutional coordination
• European elections campaigns
• Political advocacy

Headquarters

HQ city

Brussels

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

The European People's Party is a federation of centre-right, Christian democratic, and conservative political parties across Europe. It coordinates policy positions among 82 member parties from 43 countries, campaigns in European elections, and represents its members in EU institutions including the European Parliament (largest group, 188 MEPs) and the European Commission (14 members). It publishes policy documents such as the Manifesto 2024 and Platform 2012 and offers individual membership to supporters.

Product overview

The European People's Party (EPP) is a political party organization, not a technology product company. It does not offer commercial software products, platforms, or technology services. The EPP website serves as an informational portal for political content including party commitments, leadership information, news, member parties, and policy documents such as the Manifesto 2024 and Platform 2012.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Individual EPP Membership A membership offering for individuals to join the European People's Party as individual members, available after the 2025 party reform adopted at the EPP Congress in Valencia.
• EPP Manifesto 2024 A downloadable policy document outlining the EPP's basic principles, values, challenges, and vision for the future, prepared in parallel with the EPP Platform document within EPP Working Group 1 for European Policy.
• EPP Platform 2012 The EPP's core programme document outlining the party's main values, the challenges society faces, and the party's vision for the future of the European Union, adopted at the 2012 EPP Congress in Bucharest and available in multiple languages.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

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App detail

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Pokret Evropa Sad (Montenegro)minorOthers · 30 June 2026The Assembly unanimously approved Pokret Evropa Sad! - Europe Now (PES) from Montenegro as a new associate member of the EPP.
• Member Parties (82 parties)coreOthersEPP is a federation of centre-right political parties. It currently includes 82 parties and partners from 44 countries, including national political parties from across Europe.
• European ParliamentcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEPP holds the largest Group in the European Parliament with 188 MEPs. The President of the European Parliament (Roberta Metsola) is affiliated with EPP as ex-officio Vice-President.
• European CommissioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEPP has 14 members of the European Commission. The President of the European Commission (Ursula von der Leyen) serves as ex-officio Vice-President of the EPP.
• EU Heads of State and GovernmentcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEPP includes 13 EU and 4 non-EU heads of state and government, representing centre-right leaders across the continent.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies: The Martens Centre is the official political foundation and think tank affiliated with the EPP. It sits alongside the EPP in the EPP political family ecosystem, producing policy research, events, and training — comparable as a sister organization within the same political movement.
• Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS): FEPS is the political foundation affiliated with the Party of European Socialists (PES), making it the EPP ecosystem's direct counterpart as the PES's research, policy, and convening arm. Comparable in role and structure as the institutional think-tank partner of a European political federation.
• European Liberal Forum (ELF): ELF is the political foundation linked to the liberal ALDE/Renew Europe political family. It is structurally analogous to the Martens Centre vis-à-vis the EPP, operating in the same EU political party/foundation ecosystem and providing policy support to its affiliated federation.

Direct peers

• Renew Europe (formerly ALDE): Renew Europe is the liberal-centrist European political family grouping liberal and centrist parties across EU member states. It operates in the same European Parliament and EU institutional space as the EPP, often as a coalition partner in EU legislative majorities.
• European Conservatives and Reformists Party (ECR Party): The ECR Party is a European political federation of conservative and right-of-centre parties, directly competing with the EPP for the centre-right and conservative vote across Europe. It fields its own group in the European Parliament and competes in EU elections.
• European Green Party (EGP): The EGP is a European political party federation representing green parties across the continent, just like the EPP represents centre-right parties. They compete directly in European elections for parliamentary seats and for influence in EU legislative agendas.
• Party of European Socialists (PES): The PES is the main centre-left counterpart to the EPP at the European level. Both are recognized EU political party federations that coordinate member parties across EU member states, field lead candidates for the European elections, and compete for the largest group in the European Parliament.
• Identity and Democracy Party (ID Party): The ID Party is a European political alliance of right-wing populist and nationalist parties. It competes with the EPP for right-leaning voters across Europe and has its own group in the European Parliament, making it a direct ideological and electoral competitor.
• European People's Party Group in the European Parliament: The EPP Group is the formal parliamentary group of EPP-affiliated MEPs in the European Parliament. It is organizationally distinct from (but politically aligned with) the EPP party federation, sharing overlapping leadership and a common centre-right policy platform.
• European Left Party: The European Left is a pan-European federation of left-wing and progressive parties, operating in the same European political party ecosystem as the EPP. Both organizations coordinate member parties, contest European elections, and seek influence in EU institutions.

Market position

Strengths1 record

Weaknesses1 record

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/EPP
• Facebookfacebook.com/epp.eu
• Instagraminstagram.com/manfred.weber/?hl=it

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

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