Strategic Perspectives on Business Transition

At Seestem Operators, our insights go beyond numbers—we focus on the people, principles, and potential behind every business. From navigating succession planning to unlocking operational growth, our perspective is shaped by decades of hands-on leadership and private equity experience. We share strategic reflections on preserving founder legacies, scaling Iberian SMEs sustainably, and making transitions that honor the past while building for the future.

OUR Research

The Iberian Urban Furniture Sector

The Iberian urban furniture sector—encompassing benches, waste receptacles, lighting, transit shelters, bollards, signage, and smart-integrated modules—represents a structurally mature yet strategically significant market at the intersection of municipal investment, sustainability imperatives, and smart-city innovation. With demand heavily shaped by public-sector procurement, regulatory compliance, and evolving service-delivery models

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Industry Report: The Iberian Scrap Metal Recycling Sector

The Iberian scrap metal recycling sector occupies a critical position at the intersection of European manufacturing demand, municipal waste management infrastructure, and international commodity flows. Encompassing the collection, processing, and trading of ferrous and non-ferrous metals from industrial production, construction and demolition, end-of-life vehicles, and electronics, the sector serves as a vital link in regional steel and aluminum supply chains.

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Industry Report: The Iberian Ophthalmology Services

The Iberian ophthalmology services sector operates as a sophisticated, dual-track ecosystem where public hospitals anchor capacity and access for high-volume care, while private clinics, specialist chains, and ambulatory surgery centers capture elective procedures, premium upgrades, and self-pay demand. This structural division creates distinct competitive dynamics and profitability profiles across delivery settings, with meaningful regional variation driven by autonomous-community health policies in Spain and national frameworks in Portugal.

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Managed IT Services

Industry Report: The Iberian Managed IT Services

The Iberian managed IT services sector represents a dynamic market currently valued at approximately €5–9 billion. This landscape is defined by three converging forces: accelerating cloud adoption, intensifying cybersecurity requirements, and a highly fragmented supplier base that includes global integrators, established national players, and a dense layer of local managed service providers (MSPs).

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Fertility Clinics

Industry Report: The Iberian Fertility Clinics Sector

The Iberian fertility sector is a leading European ART hub, powered by Spain’s scale and cross-border demand and supported by Portugal’s growing private capacity. Sustained growth from delayed motherhood, donor programs, and advanced genetics favors operators with strong regulatory compliance, scalable lab infrastructure, and international patient capabilities.

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The Iberian Industrial Maintenance Services Sector

Industry Report: The Iberian Industrial Maintenance Services Sector

The Iberian Peninsula’s industrial maintenance services sector represents a critical enabler of operational continuity, safety, and regulatory compliance across Spain and Portugal’s capital-intensive industrial base. Spanning corrective repairs, preventive servicing, predictive monitoring, turnaround management, and integrated operations and maintenance (O&M) contracts, this market serves diverse industries—from oil and gas and power generation to chemicals, manufacturing, and emerging renewables infrastructure.

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Industry Report: The Iberian Insurance Brokerage Sector

The insurance brokerage market across Spain and Portugal presents a substantial yet structurally nuanced opportunity for industry participants. The Iberian sector represents a mature, regulated ecosystem where traditional intermediation coexists with emerging digital platforms and delegated underwriting models.

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Industry Report: The Iberian Industrial Laundry Services

In the complex ecosystem that supports hospitals, hotels, pharmaceutical facilities, and food production plants across Spain and Portugal, one service remains largely invisible yet absolutely indispensable: industrial laundry. Far from the consumer-facing laundromats most people envision, this B2B sector represents a mission-critical infrastructure layer that underpins hygiene compliance, patient safety, and operational continuity across institutional environments.

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