Colombian Company Registrations from 2005 to 2019

2005 to 2019 records detail business registrations in the Meta, Guainía, Vaupés, Vichada departments and Paratebueno municipality in Cundinamarca. The data includes company names, registration numbers, dates, contact information, and primary activities. It was published by the Colombian open data portal, datos.gov.co.

Use Cases

• Analyze business density and formation trends over time using FEC-MATRICULA and MUNICIPIO COMERCIAL.
• Study the distribution of business types across municipalities using TIPO ORGANIZACION and ACTIVIDAD PRINCIPAL.
• Assess registration renewal compliance by comparing FEC-MATRICULA, FEC-RENOVACION, and ESTADO MATRICULA.
• Map business contact information for regional economic studies using RAZON SOCIAL, EMAIL-COMERCIAL, and TELEFONO COMERCIAL.

Strengths

• Covers a 15-year time range from 2005 to 2019.
• Includes 13 distinct columns of business information.
• Provides data for five specific Colombian geographic regions.

Limitations

• Unknown total row count prevents assessment of dataset scale.
• Sample data unavailable to verify data quality and completeness.
• Geographic coverage is limited to specific, non-major departments.

Provenance

Source

Colombian Public Registries (Registros Públicos).

Collection Method

Official registration records compiled by government entities.

Time Range

2005 to 2019.

Freshness

Data last updated on the platform in December 2025, but the underlying records stop at 2019.

Geography

Departments of Meta, Guainía, Vaupés, Vichada, and the municipality of Paratebueno in Cundinamarca, Colombia.