Colombian Business Registrations Renewed in 2020 with Financial and Legal Data

Matriculas renovadas en el plazo legal vigencia 2020 contains records of companies that renewed their commercial registration within the legal period for 2020 (January to July 3). The dataset is hosted on the Socrata platform via the Colombian open data portal www.datos.gov.co. It includes columns for financial metrics, legal representatives, economic activity codes, and renewal dates.

Use Cases

• Analyze the relationship between a company's subscribed capital (CAPITAL-SUSCRITO) and its net utility (UTIL-NETA) or total assets (ACTIVO-TOTAL).
• Classify companies by economic sector using the CIIU-4 and CIIU-2 activity codes alongside the ACTIVIDAD description.
• Model the likelihood of a legal embargo (CTR-EMBARGO) based on financial indicators like current assets (ACTIVO-CORRIENTE) and time in operation (TIEMPO-FUN).
• Track renewal timelines and compliance by analyzing the renewal month (MES REN) and payment date (FEC-PAG-REN 2020) against the original registration date (FEC-MATRICULA).

Strengths

• Includes over 30 distinct columns covering legal, financial, and operational aspects of registered businesses.
• Provides specific temporal coverage for renewals occurring from January to July 3, 2020.
• Offers multiple identifiers and classification codes (NIT-PROP., CIIU-4, CLASE-ID) for entity matching and categorization.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• The dataset's last update timestamp is 2026-05-18, which may indicate a future date or require verification of freshness.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Likely an administrative extract from the national commercial registry system.

Time Range

Renewals for the 2020 validity period, with data covering January to July 3, 2020.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 16:41:18; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Colombia, with municipality-level detail (MUNICIPIO column).