1,816,257live registrations (one row per NIT)
827,742active
824,782clean B2B universe: active, private, not sole-owner, unmasked
31departments
91%with an ISIC division
n/awith an ISIC class
2%with a known size class
1.2%with website or corporate domain
Companies by ISIC section
Each section links to a page with regions, divisions, size mix and a sample. status is derived: not cancelled, not in liquidation (by name), renewed in 2025 or 2026. 42% of registrations labelled ACTIVA by RUES carry 'EN LIQUIDACION', so is_active is the field to filter on (45.6% of rows).
| ISIC section | Records | Active | Share |
|---|
| AAgriculture, forestry and fishing | 54,331 | 30,989 | 3.0% |
| BMining and quarrying | 12,810 | 5,090 | 0.7% |
| CManufacturing | 154,823 | 72,338 | 8.5% |
| DElectricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply | 4,718 | 2,579 | 0.3% |
| EWater supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation | 16,371 | 9,315 | 0.9% |
| FConstruction | 154,044 | 77,365 | 8.5% |
| GWholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles | 337,225 | 153,574 | 18.6% |
| HTransportation and storage | 58,462 | 30,242 | 3.2% |
| IAccommodation and food service activities | 45,396 | 24,848 | 2.5% |
| JInformation and communication | 71,696 | 37,317 | 3.9% |
| KFinancial and insurance activities | 37,358 | 18,649 | 2.1% |
| LReal estate activities | 86,671 | 55,571 | 4.8% |
| MProfessional, scientific and technical activities | 192,212 | 109,143 | 10.6% |
| NAdministrative and support service activities | 87,711 | 40,835 | 4.8% |
| OPublic administration and defence; compulsory social security | 3,746 | 1,265 | 0.2% |
| PEducation | 27,834 | 15,861 | 1.5% |
| QHuman health and social work activities | 47,211 | 25,931 | 2.6% |
| RArts, entertainment and recreation | 25,041 | 13,084 | 1.4% |
| SOther service activities | 230,371 | 103,129 | 12.7% |
| TActivities of households as employers; undifferentiated goods and services | 275 | 103 | 0.0% |
| UActivities of extraterritorial organizations and bodies | 186 | 60 | 0.0% |
| No ISIC section (no activity registered or unmapped legacy code) | 167,765 | 454 | 9.2% |
Top departments
| Department | ISO | Records | Active | Share |
|---|
| Bogotá D.C. | CO-DC | 674,563 | 277,183 | 37.1% |
| Antioquia | CO-ANT | 231,212 | 129,874 | 12.7% |
| Valle del Cauca | CO-VAC | 160,687 | 70,691 | 8.8% |
| Atlántico | CO-ATL | 123,026 | 51,677 | 6.8% |
| Bolívar | CO-BOL | 74,561 | 30,976 | 4.1% |
| Santander | CO-SAN | 71,645 | 35,443 | 3.9% |
| Meta | CO-MET | 36,623 | 19,283 | 2.0% |
| Norte de Santander | CO-NSA | 33,944 | 15,555 | 1.9% |
| Cundinamarca | CO-CUN | 33,401 | 18,019 | 1.8% |
| Magdalena | CO-MAG | 31,687 | 13,811 | 1.7% |
Largest ISIC divisions
| ISIC division | Records | Active |
|---|
| 94 Activities of membership organizations | 215,516 | 97,009 |
| 46 Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles | 157,918 | 68,956 |
| 47 Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles | 141,432 | 66,136 |
| 68 Real estate activities | 86,671 | 55,571 |
| 70 Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities | 69,061 | 36,995 |
| 42 Civil engineering | 56,633 | 29,115 |
| 43 Specialized construction activities | 50,868 | 27,372 |
| 01 Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities | 49,403 | 28,501 |
| 41 Construction of buildings | 46,543 | 20,878 |
| 86 Human health activities | 41,866 | 22,448 |
Size class
| size_class | Records | Share |
|---|
| unknown | 1,775,835 | 97.8% |
| micro | 18,513 | 1.0% |
| small | 9,903 | 0.5% |
| medium | 8,454 | 0.5% |
| large | 3,552 | 0.2% |
Status
| status | Records | Share |
|---|
| active | 827,742 | 45.6% |
| liquidation | 695,965 | 38.3% |
| not_renewed | 291,722 | 16.1% |
| cancelled | 828 | 0.0% |
Legal form (normalised)
| legal_form_normalized | Records | Share |
|---|
| corp_like | 1,117,894 | 61.5% |
| llc_like | 302,965 | 16.7% |
| nonprofit | 276,355 | 15.2% |
| sole_owner_llc | 47,266 | 2.6% |
| coop | 41,946 | 2.3% |
| partnership | 24,843 | 1.4% |
| foreign_branch | 3,409 | 0.2% |
| other | 1,487 | 0.1% |
Fields available
Coverage of the unified 44-column schema for Colombia. 47,266 rows (2.6%) have the legal name masked as *** because the legal form carries a person's name. Company e-mail and phone exist for ~5% of active rows (Supersociedades filers and two chambers) and ship only in the Colombia-only file; the LATAM unified set carries the corporate e-mail domain.
| Column | Populated | Coverage |
|---|
| tax_id (NIT) | 1,816,257 | 100.0% |
| legal_name | 1,768,991 | 97.4% |
| trade_name | 347,628 | 19.1% |
| legal_form | 1,816,257 | 100.0% |
| status / is_active | 1,816,257 | 100.0% |
| isic_division | 1,648,492 | 90.8% |
| isic_class | 0 | 0.0% |
| size_class (known) | 40,422 | 2.2% |
| employees | 0 | 0.0% |
| region_name | 1,816,257 | 100.0% |
| city | 48,650 | 2.7% |
| address | 48,562 | 2.7% |
| zip | 0 | 0.0% |
| email_domain (corporate) | 22,464 | 1.2% |
| website | 0 | 0.0% |
| website_verified = true | 0 | 0.0% |
| registration_date | 1,810,938 | 99.7% |
What is excluded
- Natural persons (organización jurídica 01) are never downloaded. Legal representatives, their IDs and names, and owner e-mails are never downloaded either.
- 194,432 registrations whose identifier is not a NIT (cédulas) and 2,896 duplicate registrations of a NIT.
- Empresas unipersonales (sole-owner form) have their names masked as ***.
- The Supersociedades 'celular corporativo' is kept out of every public product.
Known limitations
- The national RUES has no address. Department is the chamber's seat for 97.6% of rows (about 95% correct at department level); city and street exist only for Supersociedades filers and the two chambers (~1.6% of rows).
- No ISIC class: Colombian CIIU classes are national; the ISIC division is reliable (90.8% of rows).
- Size (Decreto 957/2019 on 2025 revenue) is known for 2.2% of rows, the Supersociedades filers.
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