Colombian Business Registry: Natural Persons, Legal Entities, and Non-Profits

A national mercantile registry extraction from the Colombian Chambers of Commerce, synchronized in the Unified Business and Social Registry (RUES). The data includes basic registration details for natural persons, legal entities, and non-profit organizations. It is published by www.datos.gov.co and was last updated on 2026-02-27.

Use Cases

• Analyze business registration trends over time using fecha_matricula, fecha_cancelacion, and estado_matricula.
• Classify entities by legal structure using organizacion_juridica, tipo_sociedad, and categoria_matricula.
• Link legal representatives to their companies using Representante Legal and Num Identificacion Representante Legal.
• Study economic activity distribution using ciiu4 and cod_ciiu_act_econ_pri columns.
• Verify entity identification and status using numero_identificacion, digito_verificacion, and codigo_estado_matricula.

Strengths

• Includes 30 distinct columns covering identification, legal status, economic activity, and administrative details.
• Data is synchronized at a national level via the Unified Business and Social Registry (RUES).
• Available in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV, JSON, XML, and RDF.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• License information is unknown, which may restrict certain uses.

Provenance

Source

Colombian Chambers of Commerce, synchronized in the Unified Business and Social Registry (RUES).

Collection Method

Administrative extraction from the national mercantile registry.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-02-27 21:57:03; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Colombia (national level).