Tech companies in Santander, Colombia

The RUES + Supersociedades (datos.gov.co) lists 2,104 tech companies (software, IT services, telecoms and media) in Santander, of which 1,225 are active. With 2.9% of Colombia's section J records, Santander is the 5th largest of the country's 30 departments for this sector (extraction 2026-10-02). The sector is under-represented here: 2.9% of Santander's records against 3.9% nationally (location quotient 0.74).

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 5.1 years old; 15% were registered in the last year and 34% in the last three. In the 12 months to September 2026, 182 new tech businesses were registered in Santander, +31.9% on the previous 12 months (national section J: +36.8%). By ISIC division, 62 (computer programming, consultancy and related activities) is 45.8% of the records and 61 (telecommunications) 27.4%. Size is known for 2% of the active companies; 10% of those are micro and 11 are medium or large.

Division 62 is the 'tech and software' core: software houses, IT consultancies and integrators, the first accounts and the reseller channel for any SaaS or devtool entering the region. 63 adds hosting, SaaS operators and portals; 61 the ISPs and carriers; 58-60 media and publishing. Our LATAM Tech & Software package is this section's divisions 62 and 63 across all seven countries.