Colombian Business Registry with Commercial Activity and Legal Codes

A database of commercial companies in Colombia, listing their legal and operational details. The dataset includes columns for tax identification (NIT), legal representative (NOMBRE REPRESENTANTE LEGAL), commercial name (RAZON SOCIAL), and standardized activity codes (CIIU-1 through CIIU-4). It is hosted on the Colombian open data portal www.datos.gov.co and was last updated on December 19, 2025.

Use Cases

• Classify company primary activity (ACTIVIDAD) using the hierarchical CIIU-1 through CIIU-4 industry codes.
• Link business entities across datasets using the unique tax identifier (NIT) and legal name (RAZON SOCIAL).
• Analyze the distribution of legal entity types (ORG. JUR) and their commercial activities across municipalities (MUN-COMERCIAL).

Strengths

• Provides a structured view of business entities with 11 distinct columns covering identification, legal, and activity data.
• Offers data in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV, JSON, XML, and RDF.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

www.datos.gov.co

Freshness

Last updated 2025-12-19 23:15:18; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Colombia (inferred from source domain and column 'MUN-COMERCIAL')