cooperativa incoop

What cooperativa incoop does

Cooperativa Incoop (legal name Incoop, SCCL) is a non-profit work and consumer cooperative founded circa 1990 in Barcelona, Catalonia. It designs, manages, and delivers educational, cultural, and social services across 17+ Catalan municipalities through public and private procurement contracts. Core managed operations include 21 nursery schools (escoles bressol), 1 day care centre, 10 senior citizen centres (Casals de Gent Gran), 28 youth leisure projects, 10 cultural and civic facilities, 14 school training and orientation services, and 8 mediation teams. The cooperative employs 450+ workers and serves 214,000+ people annually. Distinctive internal units include EspaiTRES (an in-house innovation lab developing proprietary projects such as '10 passes per la sostenibilitat' and 'Cooperar x Avançar') and L'Agència (an agency channel providing accommodation search, mobility, and event services with a Premium membership tier). Advisory and labor consultancy (gestoria laboral) services are also offered to organisations.

Revenue is generated primarily through winning Catalan municipal public tenders (licitacions públiques), supplemented by private advisory and HR services, EspaiTRES proprietary project fees, and L'Agència transaction-based revenue with tiered subscription discounts. Pricing models range from recurring public sector contracts and annual Premium memberships (€20-€150/year) to tiered transaction discounts (1% to 4.5% based on annual spending). The cooperative holds an Entitat Acreditada de Caràcter Social status granting IVA (VAT) exemption on child and youth protection activities, is ISO 9001:2015 certified, and is compliant with XES Social Balance standards. Underlying technology is operational rather than AI-driven: NSTime for workforce time tracking, a Google-authenticated Employee Portal, an administrative intranet, and a digital enrollment platform across user-facing services.

The go-to-market is overwhelmingly sales-led through public procurement bidding, with channel partnerships via L'Agència (80+ colony houses and transport providers) and community-led demand generation through Catalan municipal and youth organisation relationships. In May 2026, Incoop lost the management of its flagship Projecte Concilia contract (a Barcelona City Council social childcare programme) to a new tender winner, representing a material customer concentration event.

Name

cooperativa incoop

Legal name

Incoop, SCCL

Website

https://incoop.cat

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Cooperativa Incoop is a non-profit Catalan cooperative that designs and manages educational, cultural, and social services — including nurseries, senior centres, youth projects, and mediation teams — for 40+ municipalities, serving 214,000+ people annually with 450+ workers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Barcelona

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices17 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Public Procurement Contracts: Core revenue from winning and managing public tenders (licitacions públiques) awarded by Catalan and Spanish municipalities for operating schools, elderly care centers, youth services, and community programs. Contracts range from nursery schools (EBM) to Casals de Gent Gran and cultural centers.
2. Private Sector Advisory and HR Services: Labor consultancy (gestoria laboral) and personnel selection services provided to organizations and entities.
3. Agency Services (L'Agència): Commission-based services for organizing camps, trips, events including accommodation booking, mobility (bus/coach rental), activity design, event management, and merchandise. Services offered through Premium membership model with tiered discounts.
4. Own Project Development (EspaiTRES): Revenue from proprietary social and educational projects developed within EspaiTRES innovation lab, including the '10 passes per la sostenibilitat' sustainability program and 'Cooperar x Avançar' academic success program.
5. Consultancy and Advisory Services: Advisory services provided to collectives, entities, and individuals on social, educational, and organizational matters.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Cooperativa Incoop is a non-profit work and consumer cooperative that generates, designs, manages, and develops educational, cultural, and social projects and services across Catalonia. Through public procurement contracts with 40+ municipalities, it operates 21 nurseries, 10 senior centers, 1 day center, 28 leisure education projects, 10 cultural/civic facilities, 14 educational services, and 8 mediation teams, supplemented by proprietary projects (Projecte Concilia, Deu passes per la sostenibilitat, Cooperar x Avançar) developed in the EspaiTRES innovation lab and an agency service (L'Agència) for camps, trips, events, and accommodation booking.

Product overview

Incoop is a non-profit work and consumer cooperative with 30+ years of experience providing educational, cultural, and social services. The organization operates through five interconnected business lines: public/private bidding for service management contracts, proprietary projects developed in EspaiTRES (innovation laboratory), advisory services for groups and individuals, labor management and personnel selection, and L'Agència (agency services for camps, mobility, merchandise, and events). Core managed services include nurseries (21), day centers and senior centers (11), leisure education projects (28), cultural/civic facilities (10), educational services (14), and mediation teams (8). The cooperative serves 214,000+ people annually with 450+ workers and maintains digital platforms including an employee portal, NSTime time tracking system, administrative intranet, and digital enrollment systems.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• EspaiTRES: Innovation laboratory and ideas hub within Incoop for developing own projects.
• L'Agència

Products and services

• EspaiTRES (Innovation Lab)
• L'Agència (Agency Services)
• Projecte Concilia
• Cooperar x Avançar
• Deu passes per la sostenibilitat (10 Steps for Sustainability)
• Agència Premium Client Membership
• Education and Leisure Services (Serveis d'Educació i Lleure)
• Casals i Ludoteques (Children's Day Camps and Toy Libraries)

Quantifiable outcome

• 214,000+ people served annually across all services
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers19 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• Ajuntament de BarcelonacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Ajuntament de Barcelona provides funding and strategic support for Incoop's '10 passes per la sostenibilitat' sustainability project (through Enfortiment de l'Economia Social i Solidària – Medi Ambient). The project aims to implement transversal ecosustainability across all Incoop operations, starting with Barcelona facilities in 2020-2021 and expanding to all Catalonia operations by 2022-2023.
• Ajuntament de Barcelona (Pla de Barris)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Joint development of Projecte Concilia (2020-2026), a pioneering social childcare and work-life balance program for families in Barcelona's most vulnerable neighborhoods. Incoop was responsible for methodological design and community deployment. The project offered free childcare spaces outside school hours in 12 neighborhoods, addressing social inequality and gender gaps.
• 80+ Colony Houses (Cases de Colònies)supportingOthersL'Agència works with more than 80 colony houses and various mobility partners to offer the best options and services for school camps, youth group trips, and family excursions at competitive prices.
• Transport/Mobility ProviderssupportingOthersL'Agència partners with various bus and coach companies for mobility solutions including vehicle rental, mini-bus, and coach services for camps, trips, and events.

Scale indicators17 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Suara Cooperativa: Large Catalan cooperative providing social and care services to public administrations across Catalonia, with a similar worker-cooperative model and overlapping portfolios in elderly care, childcare, and social intervention.
• Fundació Pere Tarrés: Catalan non-profit foundation delivering educational leisure (esplais), social services, and training; closely comparable to Incoop's 28 educational leisure projects and cultural/community facility management.
• Intress: Catalan non-profit operating social services (childhood, family, mental health, elderly) for public-sector clients; directly competes with Incoop for similar municipal contracts.
• Fundació Catalana de l'Esplai: Non-profit foundation focused on educational leisure and social-environmental programs across Catalonia, comparable to Incoop's leisure education and youth dynamization services.

Broad incumbents

• Sodexo Iberia: Global facility management and services company with significant Spanish presence in public-sector and educational services; comparable as a broader incumbent in facility and education-adjacent service management.
• ISS A/S (Spain): Global facility services provider with Spanish operations in cleaning, catering, support, and social-services outsourcing; competes with Incoop for broader public-sector service contracts.
• Clece (ACS/Servicios Sociales): Large for-profit Spanish operator of social services and facility management owned by ACS Group; competes with Incoop in public tenders for social and educational services, but at much greater scale and across all of Spain.
• Eulen Servicios Sociosanitarios: Spanish facility and social-services group providing socio-sanitary, educational, and HR services to public administrations; a broader incumbent competing for the same types of Catalan municipal contracts as Incoop.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/incoopserveis
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCfBYDctn1vUCWtzhVxBDVDg?view_as=subscriber
• Facebookfacebook.com/incoopserveis
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/incoopserveis
• Instagraminstagram.com/incoop_serveis

Compliance6 records

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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