Recycling Companies and Associations in Huila Department, Colombia

A dataset of recycling companies and associations in the Huila department of Colombia. It includes 15 columns detailing business size, economic activity codes, registration dates, and gender composition of personnel. The data was last updated on 2026-05-18 and is hosted on the Colombian open data portal www.datos.gov.co.

Use Cases

• Analyze the distribution of company sizes (TAM-EMPRESA) across municipalities (MUN-COMERCIAL) to map the recycling industry's structure.
• Study gender representation in the sector by calculating the percentage of female participation (%-PART-MUJ) and the count of women in director roles (CANT-MUJERES-CAR-DIR).
• Classify business activities using the multi-level CIIU codes (CIIU-1, CIIU-2, CIIU-3, CIIU-4) to understand the primary economic focus of recycling entities.
• Track business longevity and registration activity using dates like registration (FEC-MATRICULA) and renewal (FEC-RE-NOVACION, ULT-ANO_REN).

Strengths

• Includes 15 distinct columns covering business identification, activity classification, personnel, and administrative dates.
• Provides specific gender composition metrics (%-PART-MUJ, CANT-MUJERES, CANT-MUJERES-CAR-DIR) for analyzing workforce diversity.
• Data is available in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV, JSON, XML, and RDF.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality, completeness, and potential biases require manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Likely an administrative registry of formally registered businesses.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 16:31:58; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Huila department, Colombia