Active Business Registry for Natural and Legal Persons in Palmira

Palmira, Colombia's registry contains data on active businesses, including both natural persons and legal entities. The dataset includes 14 columns covering registration details, contact information, economic activity classification, and company size. It was published by datos.gov.co and was last updated in December 2025.

Use Cases

• Analyze the distribution of company sizes (TAM-EMPRESA) across different economic sectors (CIIU-1, CIIU-2).
• Track business registration and renewal trends over time using FEC-MATRICULA, FEC-RENOVACION, and ULT-ANO_REN.
• Model the relationship between organizational type (ORGANIZACION) and reported total assets (ACTIVO-TOTAL).
• Cluster businesses by municipality (MUN-COMERCIAL) and economic activity (CIIU-1) for regional economic analysis.
• Validate or update contact information for commercial outreach using RAZON SOCIAL, TEL-COM-1, and EMAIL-COMERCIAL.

Strengths

• Contains 14 distinct features per business record.
• Includes temporal data points for registration and renewal dates.
• Covers both natural and legal business entities.

Limitations

• Sample size and total row count are unknown, limiting assessment of statistical significance.
• Geographic scope is limited to a single municipality (Palmira), reducing generalizability.
• Data freshness is unclear beyond the platform's last update date.

Provenance

Source

datos.gov.co, the Colombian open data portal.

Collection Method

Likely compiled from official business registration and commercial records.

Freshness

Last platform update was 2025-12-19.

Geography

Palmira, Valle del Cauca, Colombia.