Colombian Commercial and Industrial Establishment Registry

Colombia's public registry of commercial and industrial establishments, managed by the national open data portal datos.gov.co. The dataset includes business names and addresses across municipalities. It was last updated in December 2025.

Use Cases

• Analyze business name patterns and naming conventions using the 'Nombre', 'Primer Nombre', and 'Segundo Nombre' columns.
• Map establishment locations by municipality using the 'Municipio' and 'Dirección' fields.
• Conduct demographic or surname analysis of business proprietors using the 'Primer Apellido' and 'Segundo Apellido' columns.

Strengths

• Contains multiple identifier columns for entities, including 'Nombre', 'Primer Nombre', and 'Segundo Nombre'.
• Provides geographic granularity through 'Municipio' and 'Dirección' fields.
• Data is available in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV, JSON, and XML.

Limitations

• The total number of records and temporal coverage are unknown, limiting assessment of scope.
• No sample data is available to verify data quality or completeness of fields like 'Segundo Apellido'.

Provenance

Source

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

Freshness

Updated as of December 2025.

Geography

Colombia, with municipality-level detail.