Colombia— CO

Company data in Colombia, by industry

Browse Colombia company directories across 56 industries — 3,603,498 businesses in the InfobelPRO database, registry-sourced from RUES (Confecámaras) and enriched with firmographics, location, financials and group structure.

3,603,498

Registered companies

ECOPETROL S A

Largest company

Other retail sale of food in specialised stores

Largest sector

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Rankings

Largest companies in Colombia

By revenue, one row per corporate group — reported (actual) revenue, updated August 2026.

#	Company (group)	Industry	HQ	Revenue (USD)
1	ECOPETROL S A	Extraction of crude petroleum	Bogotá	$30.8B
2	EMPRESA DE EXPLOTACION PETROLERA COLOMBIANA EMEXPETROCOL	Extraction of crude petroleum	Bogotá	$29B
3	BANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA ARGENTARIA COLOMBIA S A	Other monetary intermediation	Bogotá	$15.3B
4	GRUPO CIBEST S A	Other monetary intermediation	Medellín	$10.9B
5	CONSORCIO SAYP 2011	Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.	Bogotá	$8.6B
6	ORGANIZACION TERPEL S A	Wholesale of coffee, tea, cocoa and spices	Bogotá	$7B
7	GRUPO AVAL ACCIONES Y VALORES S A	Other monetary intermediation	Bogotá	$6.7B
8	CITIBANK COLOMBIA S A	Other monetary intermediation	Bogotá	$5.4B
9	EMPRESAS PUBLICAS DE MEDELLIN E S P	Electric power generation, transmission and distribution	Medellín	$5.2B
10	ALMACENES EXITO S A	Other retail sale of food in specialised stores	Envigado	$4.4B
11	JERONIMO MARTINS COLOMBIA SAS	Other retail sale of food in specialised stores	Bogotá	$4.4B
12	COMUNICACION CELULAR S A COMCEL S A	Other telecommunications activities	Bogotá	$4.4B
13	ENEL COLOMBIA S A E S P	Electric power generation, transmission and distribution	Bogotá	$4B
14	GRUPO BOLIVAR S A	Other monetary intermediation	Bogotá	$3.9B
15	SEGUROS DE VIDA ALFA S A VIDALFA S A	Life insurance	Bogotá	$3.9B

Top 15 of 25 · COLOMBIANA DE COMERCIO S A, KOPPS COMMERCIAL S A S, AEROVIAS DEL CONTINENTE AMERICANO S A AVIANCA, FRONTERA ENERGY CORPORATION, VALOREM S A S, PRIMAX COLOMBIA S A, GRUPO DE INVERSIONES SURAMERICANA S A, ITAU COLOMBIA SA, EPS SURAMERICANA S A, PRECOOPERATIVA INTEGRAL DE TRABAJO ASOCIADO SOLUCIONES follow. Methodology →

ECOPETROL S A leads by reported revenue at $30.8B, the largest of 25 ranked corporate groups.

Coverage

Companies by industry

The B2B industries we cover, ranked by number of companies. Each links to the full directory.

Retail companies

1,265,119

Manufacturing companies

411,389

Distribution & wholesale

284,076

Architecture & engineering firms

210,660

Construction companies

163,593

+ 51 more industries below ↓

Retail companies is the most populated sector we cover, with 1,265,119 companies — 35% of Colombia's 3,603,498 registered.

Distribution

Company size & revenue

By number of employees

1–4

3,174,908

5–9

198,972

10–19

86,927

20–49

46,231

50–99

15,159

100–199

8,584

200–499

5,187

500–999

1,754

1000+

1,441

The 1–4 band is shown with a broken bar — it is ~16× the next band; the smaller bands are scaled against each other so they stay readable. 53,584 companies have no disclosed headcount (excluded).

Around 90% of companies with disclosed headcount employ fewer than five people, so the market skews heavily toward micro-enterprises.

By revenue (local currency)

1–100K

1,290

100K-499K

5,640

500K-999K

6,041

1M-4.99M

38,319

5M-9.99M

32,435

10M-49.99M

142,846

50M-99.99M

89,155

100M-499.99M

2,867,755

500M-999.99M

150,772

1B+

175,623

82,871 companies have no disclosed revenue (excluded from the chart).

The most common disclosed-revenue band is 100M-499.99M, covering 82% of companies with reported revenue.

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Geography

Where Colombian companies are based

Distribution by region.

Capital District

958,053

Antioquia

415,818

Valle del Cauca

277,848

Cundinamarca

220,088

Atlántico

197,546

Capital District holds the largest regional share, with 33% of companies that have a disclosed region.

Group linkage

Corporate structure in Colombia

How much of the market is part of a corporate group vs independent.

Part of a corporate group

91%

Independent

9% of companies belong to a corporate group; the remaining 91% operate independently.

Corporate groups

Largest corporate groups in Colombia

Colombian-headquartered groups ranked by total group entities worldwide — a measure of corporate reach.

#	Group	Group entities (worldwide)
1	GRUPO AVAL ACCIONES Y VALORES S A	119
2	ALMACENES EXITO S A	98
3	GRUPO BOLIVAR S A	88
4	JGDB HOLDING S A S	87
5	GRUPO DE INVERSIONES SURAMERICANA S A	74
6	CARVAJAL S A	64
7	GRUPO CIBEST S A	63
8	GRUPO ARGOS S A	51
9	KERALTY S A S	47
10	UNION DE DROGUISTAS S A S UNIDROGAS S A S	46

Group entities = total members of the corporate family worldwide, for groups whose ultimate parent is in Colombia.

GRUPO AVAL ACCIONES Y VALORES S A is the largest corporate group headquartered in Colombia, with 119 entities worldwide.

Foreign ownership

Foreign-owned vs domestic

Among Colombia's larger companies, the share ultimately controlled from abroad — and the leading countries of ownership.

21%

Foreign-owned

79%

Colombian-owned

Leading countries of ownership

United States of America

27.8%

Germany

10.3%

Spain

7.6%

France

6.7%

England

5.8%

Shares calculated on the largest companies by revenue with ownership data available, not an absolute national figure.

United States of America is the leading country of foreign ownership, at 27.8%.

FAQ

Colombia company data — frequently asked questions

There are 3,603,498 registered companies in Colombia across all sectors, from sole traders to large enterprises.

By reported revenue, ECOPETROL S A is the largest company in Colombia, followed by EMPRESA DE EXPLOTACION PETROLERA COLOMBIANA EMEXPETROCOL and BANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA ARGENTARIA COLOMBIA S A.

Other retail sale of food in specialised stores, Restaurants and mobile food service activities, Engineering activities and related technical consultancy have the most registered companies.

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Sourced from the Infobel DaaS database. The largest-companies ranking is consolidated at corporate-group level (one row per group) and shows reported (actual) revenue in USD; modeled figures are excluded. Distributions cover all registered companies. Industry directories use a NACE-based B2B taxonomy. Last updated August 2026.

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