Colombian SME Registry from Magdalena Medio and Nordeste Antioqueño Chambers of Commerce

A database of SMEs in Colombia, registered and/or renewed in the last decade with the Chambers of Commerce of Magdalena Medio and Nordeste Antioqueño. The dataset includes columns for company size, total assets, economic activity codes, registration status, and renewal dates. It is provided by www.datos.gov.co and was last updated on 2025-12-19.

Use Cases

• Classify company size (TAM-EMPRESA) using total assets (ACTIVO-TOTAL) and number of employees (PERSONAL).
• Analyze business survival rates using registration date (FEC-CONSTITUCION), last renewal year (ULT-ANO_REN), and cancellation date (FEC-CANCELACION).
• Map economic activity clusters using multi-level industry classification codes (CIIU-2, CIIU-3, CIIU-4) and municipality (MUN-COMERCIAL).
• Predict registration status (EST-MATRICULA) using renewal payment dates (FEC-PAG-REN 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021) and cancellation reason (MOT-CAN).

Strengths

• Contains detailed company attributes including legal form (ORGANIZACION), total assets (ACTIVO-TOTAL), and multi-year activity status (ACTI 2018, 2021, 2022).
• Includes temporal data points for registration, renewal, and potential cancellation events.
• Uses standardized international industry classification codes (CIIU) at multiple levels of detail.

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

Collection Method

Likely administrative records from the Chambers of Commerce of Magdalena Medio and Nordeste Antioqueño.

Time Range

Covers registrations and renewals from the last decade, with specific annual data points for 2018-2022.

Freshness

Last updated 2025-12-19 23:04:47.

Geography

Colombia, specifically the Magdalena Medio and Nordeste Antioqueño regions.