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Companies in Cesar, Colombia

31,052 company records from the RUES + Supersociedades (datos.gov.co), 13,705 active, data as of 2026-10-02: sectors, municipalities, size and age mix, monthly openings.

RUES + Supersociedades (datos.gov.co)data as of 2026-10-02CC BY-SA 4.0company data only

Cesar has 31,052 company records in the RUES + Supersociedades (datos.gov.co) (13,705 active), 1.7% of Colombia's total and the 12th largest of 31 departments (data as of 2026-10-02). The largest sectors are other services (8,570), wholesale and retail (4,223), construction (3,161). Relative to the national mix, other services is the most over-represented sector (location quotient 2.18).

Colombian rows carry the department of the chamber of commerce; the registry publishes a municipality for under 3% of them, so there is no city breakdown for Colombia. The median active company is 4.1 years old and 42% were registered in the last three years. 1,739 new businesses were registered in the 12 months to September 2026, +30.8% on the previous 12 months, against +4.5% for Colombia as a whole. 99.8% of the active records are in the clean B2B universe (private, not sole-owner, name unmasked) and size is known for 1% of them. 0.4% of the active companies have a website or corporate domain in the file.

31,052company records

13,705active

13,671clean B2B: active, private, unmasked

12th of 31departments by records

1.7%of Colombia's records

4.1 ymedian company age

1,739new in 12 months to Sep '26

+30.8%openings vs previous 12 months

Companies by sector

ISIC section	Records	Active	Share	LQ
SOther service activities	8,570	3,737	27.6%	2.18
GWholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles	4,223	1,944	13.6%	0.73
FConstruction	3,161	1,644	10.2%	1.20
MProfessional, scientific and technical activities	2,651	1,212	8.5%	0.81
AAgriculture, forestry and fishing	1,566	812	5.0%	1.69
CManufacturing	1,419	566	4.6%	0.54
QHuman health and social work activities	1,265	605	4.1%	1.57
HTransportation and storage	1,217	662	3.9%	1.22
NAdministrative and support service activities	977	407	3.1%	0.65
JInformation and communication	752	323	2.4%	0.61
LReal estate activities	688	457	2.2%	0.46
IAccommodation and food service activities	612	335	2.0%	0.79
BMining and quarrying	457	231	1.5%	2.09
RArts, entertainment and recreation	454	196	1.5%	1.06
EWater supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation	395	163	1.3%	1.41
PEducation	377	204	1.2%	0.79
KFinancial and insurance activities	355	134	1.1%	0.56
OPublic administration and defence; compulsory social security	127	34	0.4%	1.98
DElectricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	75	36	0.2%	0.93
UActivities of extraterritorial organizations and bodies	8	1	0.0%	2.52
TActivities of households as employers; undifferentiated goods and services	6	2	0.0%	1.28

LQ = location quotient: the section's share of Cesar divided by its share of Colombia. Above 1 = over-represented. Linked sectors have their own Cesar page.

New businesses per month in Cesar

Head offices of private, non-sole-owner companies by commercial registration date, outside public administration and associations; last 24 complete months.

Show the numbers

Month	Openings
September 2026	253
August 2026	110
July 2026	222
June 2026	120
May 2026	140
April 2026	136
March 2026	165
February 2026	197
January 2026	120
December 2025	66
November 2025	92
October 2025	118
September 2025	130
August 2025	106
July 2025	123
June 2025	109
May 2025	102
April 2025	119
March 2025	136
February 2025	127
January 2025	119
December 2024	69
November 2024	79
October 2024	111

New businesses per month, Cesar.

Size mix

size_class	Active	Share
micro	30	0.2%
small	58	0.4%
medium	44	0.3%
large	7	0.1%
unknown	13,566	99.0%

Company age

Company age	Active	Share
under 1 year	2,279	16.6%
1–3 years	3,433	25.0%
3–5 years	1,878	13.7%
5–10 years	2,889	21.1%
10–20 years	2,361	17.2%
20 years or more	865	6.3%

Preview: 10 companies

Company	City	ISIC division	Size	Registered
CORPORACION FESTIVAL DE LA CANCION INEDITA Y PIQUERIA VALLENATA DE ARENAL SUR DE BOLIVAR	—	90 Creative, arts and entertainment activities	unknown	1999
MODAL TRACK SERVICES S.A.S	—	49 Land transport and transport via pipelines	unknown	2023
FUNDACION JEO AMBIENTALES COLOMBIA	—	94 Activities of membership organizations	unknown	2021
REPRESENTACIONES DOMINGUEZ NIETO S.A.S	—	47 Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and m…	unknown	2019
ASOCIACION DE VENDEDORES ESTACIONARIOS DEL TERMINAL DE VALLEDUPAR	—	94 Activities of membership organizations	unknown	2019
DISEÑO, ASESORIA, SEGUIMIENTO Y AUDITORIAS SGI S.A.S.DASASGI S.A.S.	—	70 Activities of head offices; management consu…	unknown	2024
GANADERIA LA INMACULADA SAS	—	01 Crop and animal production, hunting and rela…	unknown	2024
VIACOM CONECTATEL SAS	—	73 Advertising and market research	unknown	2025
ASOCIACION DE DESPLAZADOS AFRODESCENDIENTES RAIZALES Y PALENQUEROS VICTIMA DEL CONFLICTO ARMADO DEL DEPARTAMENTO DEL CESAR POR CODAZZI PRESENTE	—	94 Activities of membership organizations	unknown	2024
CENTRO VETERINARIO VERAGRO S.A.S.	—	46 Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles an…	unknown	2024

Ten companies in Cesar drawn at random (seeded) from the clean B2B universe: active, private, not sole-owner, head office. Same public fields as the free samples; no contact data.

Questions about Cesar

How many companies are registered in Cesar?

31,052 records in the RUES + Supersociedades (datos.gov.co) as of 2026-10-02: 13,705 active and 13,671 in the clean B2B universe (active, private, not sole-owner, name unmasked).

What are the largest sectors in Cesar?

Other service activities (8,570); Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles (4,223); Construction (3,161).

How many new companies opened in Cesar in the last 12 months?

1,739 businesses in the 12 months to September 2026 (+30.8% year on year), by commercial registration date, head offices of private non-sole-owner companies.

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Source and licence

Registry: Confecámaras RUES, Superintendencia de Sociedades and the Ibagué and Pereira chambers of commerce (datos.gov.co)
Data as of: 2026-10-02
Refresh: Monthly pull of the live RUES registry (data_as_of = latest RUES update date in the pull); Supersociedades is the 2025 year-end filing.
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 (share-alike)
Identifier: NIT
Activity: CIIU Rev.4 A.C. (DANE) codes; the division equals the ISIC Rev.4 division, Colombian classes are not ISIC classes

Fuente: Confecámaras – RUES; Superintendencia de Sociedades; Cámaras de Comercio de Ibagué y Pereira (datos.gov.co). CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Datos transformados por LatSouth; las filas colombianas y sus derivados se comparten bajo CC BY-SA 4.0.

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