What Indecopi Oficial does

Indecopi (Instituto Nacional de Defensa de la Competencia y de la Protección de la Propiedad Intelectual) is Peru's national regulatory authority for competition defense and intellectual property protection, established in 1990 and headquartered in San Borja, Peru. It operates as a government state entity with a workforce of 1,001–5,000 employees, exercising statutory authority under Peru's Legislative Decree No. 1033 and related consumer protection statutes. Its mandate spans consumer protection, anti-dumping and trade defense, franchise and unfair competition disputes, intellectual property registration, and administration of geographic indications such as the Pisco Denominación de Origen granted in 1990 across Lima, Ica, Arequipa, Moquegua, and Tacna.

The institute's core functions include operating the Consumer Alert System (Sistema de Alertas al Consumidor), conducting sunset reviews on anti-dumping duties through its Commission on Dumping, Subsidies and Non-Tariff Barriers, issuing binding determinations on franchise termination and unfair competition, and authenticating Denominación de Origen products. Recent documented actions include a 2025 product safety alert covering 14 SAMMIC S.L. portable blender models, an anti-dumping sunset review on Chinese footwear (China captured 56.9% of import volume, 2022–2025 average, with 123.5% growth), a franchise post-termination ruling, and consumer guidance for authentic Pisco.

Indecopi does not sell products or services commercially and is funded through Peru's state budget. It has no parent company, no subsidiaries, no funding rounds, no M&A activity, no commercial customers, and no disclosed technology platform, API, or AI/ML capabilities. Its outputs are regulatory alerts, rulings, and administrative decisions distributed via official government channels and news partnerships.

Name

Indecopi Oficial

Legal name

Instituto Nacional de Defensa de la Competencia y de la Protección de la Propiedad Intelectual (Indecopi)

Website

https://indecopi.gob.pe

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Indecopi is Peru's national regulatory institute for competition defense, consumer protection, and intellectual property, serving Peruvian consumers and businesses through statutory enforcement, anti-dumping reviews, and Denominación de Origen administration.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

San Borja

HQ country

Peru

HQ region

Latin America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Indecopi (Instituto Nacional de Defensa de la Competencia y de la Protección de la Propiedad Intelectual) is Peru's national statutory regulatory authority responsible for consumer protection, competition defense, and intellectual property protection. It administers product safety alerts, registers trademarks and other IP rights, resolves franchise and unfair competition disputes, conducts anti-dumping investigations, and protects Denominación de Origen designations such as Pisco.

Product overview

Indecopi Oficial is Peru's National Institute for the Defense of Competition and Protection of Intellectual Property. As a government regulatory authority, it does not offer commercial products or technology services. Its functions include consumer protection alerts, intellectual property rulings, franchise dispute resolution, anti-dumping investigations, and product authenticity verification. No commercial product portfolio was identified in the available sources.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Consumer Alert System (Sistema de Alertas al Consumidor) Official alert system used by Indecopi to notify Peruvian consumers and businesses about dangerous or non-compliant products in the domestic market; used to disseminate product safety notices such as the SAMMIC portable blender insulation defect alert.
• Unfair Competition and Franchise Dispute Adjudication Binding regulatory commission rulings on unfair competition claims, including franchise termination disputes and unauthorized brand-name use; available to Peruvian companies operating in franchised and IP-sensitive sectors.
• Anti-Dumping and Subsidies Investigations Procedures conducted by Indecopi's Commission on Dumping, Subsidies and Non-Tariff Barriers, including sunset reviews on anti-dumping duties on imports such as Chinese footwear; available to national manufacturers requesting trade remedy reviews.
• Pisco Denominación de Origen Administration Administration and authentication support for the Pisco Denominación de Origen, including consumer-facing recommendations to identify authentic Pisco and avoid adulterated products; serves Peruvian producers and consumers of pisco.

Quantifiable outcome

• Anti-dumping duty review triggered by 123.5% growth in Chinese footwear imports between 2022 and 2025

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Servicio Nacional del Consumidor (SERNAC): Chile's national consumer protection agency. Directly comparable to Indecopi's consumer alert and product safety enforcement mandate, though narrower in scope (consumer-only rather than competition+IP).
• Superintendencia de Industria y Comercio (SIC): Colombia's national competition, consumer protection, and IP regulator. Closest structural analog to Indecopi across Latin America, exercising combined authority over competition defense, trademark/patent registration, and consumer protection in a single agency.
• Instituto Mexicano de la Propiedad Industrial (IMPI): Mexico's IP protection and enforcement institute. Comparable to Indecopi's IP registry and IP infringement enforcement role, particularly for trademark and industrial property protection.
• Instituto Nacional de Propiedad Industrial (INPI Argentina): Argentina's national IP registration authority. Regional peer with a comparable trademark/patent registry mandate to the IP-side of Indecopi's portfolio.
• Conselho Administrativo de Defesa Econômica (CADE): Brazil's competition authority (anti-trust enforcement, merger review, anti-dumping advocacy). Directly comparable to Indecopi's competition defense and anti-dumping function under Peru's Commission on Dumping, Subsidies and Non-Tariff Barriers.
• Procuraduría Federal del Consumidor (PROFECO): Mexico's federal consumer protection prosecutor. Directly comparable to Indecopi's consumer protection function, including product safety alerts, complaint adjudication, and market surveillance.
• Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial (INPI Brazil): Brazil's federal IP registration and examination office (trademarks, patents, industrial designs). Comparable to Indecopi's intellectual property registry function, including denomination of origin administration.

Broad incumbents

• European Commission – DG COMP: EU-level competition directorate handling antitrust, merger review, and trade defense. Comparable to Indecopi's competition and anti-dumping functions but at a supranational scale and without consumer protection or IP registry roles.
• Federal Trade Commission (FTC): U.S. federal agency combining consumer protection and competition enforcement. Functionally a larger, more resourced analog of Indecopi's combined consumer + competition mandate, though without the IP registry function.
• Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC): Spain's national markets and competition commission. Broader incumbent analog covering competition enforcement and sectoral regulation, overlapping with Indecopi's competition defense remit though without IP registry responsibilities.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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