Colombian BIC Company Registry Database

A registry of companies designated as Beneficio e Interés Colectivo (BIC) in Colombia. The dataset includes corporate details such as legal name, tax ID, contact information, and registration dates. It is provided by the Colombian open data portal, datos.gov.co, and was last updated in December 2025.

Use Cases

• Analyze the distribution of BIC companies by municipality using the MUN-COMERCIAL column.
• Track company registration and renewal timelines via the FEC-MATRICULA and FEC-RENOVACION date fields.
• Identify primary economic activities of BIC firms using the CIIU-1 industry classification code.
• Build a contact directory for BIC-certified businesses using RAZON SOCIAL, EMAIL-COMERCIAL, and TEL-COM-1 columns.

Strengths

• Contains 12 distinct columns covering legal, contact, and temporal data points.
• Provides specific registration and renewal dates (FEC-MATRICULA, FEC-RENOVACION) for tracking legal status.

Limitations

• Unknown total row count and sample size.
• No information on data completeness, potential missing values, or update frequency beyond the last update date.

Provenance

Source

www.datos.gov.co (Colombian open data portal).

Collection Method

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Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated on 2025-12-19.

Geography

Colombia.