Buenos Aires, Argentina
What Buenos Aires is made of: the communities whose institutions are here, the sectors its 49,886 businesses sit in, the franchises already on the ground, and the services a newcomer could start.
49,886 businesses on file · 50 trades · 23 sectors · registry population 3,100,000 · built from geonet.argentina on 2026-10-27
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The local economy
What the business base is made of, what it is specialised in against the national pattern, and what that mix implies. This is the part a development office would read first.
Composition, not health. geonet records what trades exist and where; it does not record formation, closure, employment or revenue, so none of those appear here. What makes this economics rather than a directory is the NAICS coding: it lets the local mix be read against the BLS survival curves and against the 323 industry groups this research has screened.
Every industry group on this page links through to its NAICS page, and to the screened market report where this research has one — that is what the trait-to-NAICS coding buys.
What this city is specialised in
Location quotient is this city's share of a trade divided by the same share across 26 metro tables worldwide. Above 1.25 is the conventional threshold for a local specialisation.
Thin against the national pattern
Common trades that are under-represented here. For someone deciding what to open, this is the more useful half of the table — though a gap can mean unmet demand or a market that does not work here, and this does not tell you which.
The base against the entry screen
Businesses by the entry signal of the industry group they sit in, from the /markets screen. A large "structure decides" share means most local trades are ones where being better than the incumbent does not by itself win. A trade is matched to the screened record at whatever level the research wrote it — the same code, a broader one, or a narrower one. Where a group holds several screened sub-markets the count is shown, because no single one of them speaks for the whole group.
How to read the survival figure
Each sector's five-year establishment survival rate, weighted by how many of this city's businesses sit in that sector. It is a property of the MIX, not of these businesses — it says what survival this composition would imply at US private-sector rates, because no Canadian equivalent series exists.
Weighted over 100% of the coded base — public administration carries no curve. Source: Business Employment Dynamics — Table 7, Survival of private sector establishments by opening year, US Bureau of Labor Statistics.
And what it does not measure
A "mixed" trait is one that genuinely spans codes — "computers" covers systems design, repair and supply. The clear share is how much of this reading rests on unambiguous coding. Business density also reflects how completely the directory covers a place, not only how many businesses are in it — so it compares poorly between a city the register knows well and one it does not.
Who lives here, and who the city is for
The census: the only figures on this page that count people rather than businesses, and the three cohort readings they make possible.
No census subdivision is mapped for ar-buenos-aires in local/census-map.json, so this page carries no census figures. The mapping is kept explicit because Canada has several places called London, Toronto and Kelowna, and attaching the wrong one would put another city's demographics on this page.
The communities the register shows
A community appears in the business register before it appears in prose — a national church, a society, a credit union, a newspaper. Those are counted as institutions, and they are what suggests residents. A restaurant serving a cuisine is counted separately as trade, because every city has those and they say nothing about who lives nearby. The ranking is by institutions.
| Community | Institutions | Worship | Trade | Where it shows |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portuguese | 1 | — | 3 |
Camara de Comercio Argentino Portuguesa |
| Italian | — | — | 40 | |
| Spanish-speaking | — | — | 27 | trade on Bouchard 547 (2) · Av. Belgrano 863 (2)
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| German | — | — | 17 | |
| Islamic | — | — | 7 | |
| Swiss | — | — | 6 | trade on San Martin 390 (2)
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| South Asian | — | — | 5 | |
| Persian | — | — | 3 | |
| Chinese | — | — | 2 | |
| French | — | — | 2 | |
| Jewish | — | — | 2 | |
| Greek | — | — | 1 | |
| Czech | — | — | 1 | |
| Danish | — | — | 1 | |
| Dutch | — | — | 1 | |
| Arabic-speaking | — | — | 1 | |
| Caribbean | — | — | 1 |
Where the communities are
Streets, not neighbourhood names. The data knows that Greek institutions sit on one street and Greek restaurants on another; it does not know the word "Greektown", so it does not use it.
What the city is made of
Every business on file, grouped by the sector it trades in. This is the economic-development view: where the 49,886 businesses actually are, and the specific trades inside each sector.
| Sector | Businesses | Share | What is in it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dining | 396 | 0.8% | restaurant (368) · pizza (23) · pubs (4) · diner (1) |
| Living | 336 | 0.7% | veterinary (324) · cleaning (7) · fire safety (5) |
| Travel | 210 | 0.4% | hotel (138) · travel agent (55) · airline (8) · parking (5) · motel (1) · real estate (1) · bank (1) |
| Tech | 145 | 0.3% | telecom (137) · computers (8) |
| Entertainment | 109 | 0.2% | video producer (71) · games (27) · zoo (10) · dj (1) |
| Manufacturing | 62 | 0.1% | pallets (62) |
| Business | 48 | 0.1% | association (28) · consulting (20) |
| Construction | 43 | 0.1% | carpet (43) |
| Beauty | 36 | 0.1% | dentist (25) · hair stylist (11) |
| Sports | 28 | 0.1% | boating marine (12) · golf course (11) · martial arts (5) |
| Finance | 19 | 0% | bank (18) · mortgage (1) |
| Retail | 17 | 0% | pet supply (5) · flowers (5) · antiques (3) · photography (3) · convenience (1) |
| guesthouses | 12 | 0% | |
| Logistics | 12 | 0% | packaging (10) · railroad (1) · storage (1) |
| Media | 10 | 0% | signs (8) · advertising (2) |
| Education | 8 | 0% | school (8) |
| Agribusiness | 4 | 0% | landscaping (4) |
| Food | 4 | 0% | baker (3) · ice cream (1) |
| Realty | 2 | 0% | realtor (2) |
| Energy | 1 | 0% | petroleum (1) |
The franchises already here
Brands from a register of 2,024 franchise systems, matched into this city by name. A high count is a signal in both directions: the territory works, and it may be taken.
40 of these brands are a single common word — Metro, Avenue, Budget — so their counts include businesses that merely share the word. They are marked rather than dropped.
| Brand | Category | Here | Worldwide |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best Western | businesshotel | 4 | 4,200 |
| Showcase Cinemas | entertainment | 2 | 19 |
| Burger King | fastfood | 1 | 11,000 |
| Calvin Klein | mensunderwear | 1 | — |
| Cash Converters | retail | 1 | 16 |
| Comfort Inn | familyhotel | 1 | — |
| Dunkin' Donuts | donuts | 1 | 6,000 |
| Hard Rock Cafe | food | 1 | 140 |
| Hertz Rent A Car | car | 1 | 7,000 |
| Jani-King | cleaner | 1 | 115 |
| Rotary Club | club | 1 | — |
| Aldo name only | retail | 29 | — |
| Bebe name only | retail | 12 | — |
| Diana name only | supermarket | 11 | 3 |
| Cintas name only | specialty | 10 | 350 |
| Irma name only | supermarket | 7 | 71 |
| Honda name only | car | 5 | — |
| Toyota name only | car | 4 | — |
| Falabella name only | retail | 3 | — |
| HESS name only | fuel | 3 | 1,250 |
| Netto name only | supermarket | 3 | 371 |
| Valero name only | fuel | 3 | 5,500 |
| Hofer name only | supermarket | 2 | — |
| Husky name only | fuel | 2 | — |
| InterContinental name only | luxuryhotel | 2 | — |
| Jacob name only | retail | 2 | 200 |
| Lacoste name only | — | 2 | — |
| MANGO name only | retail | 2 | 850 |
| Mitsubishi name only | auto | 2 | — |
| Orvis name only | retail | 2 | 36 |
| Auchan name only | supermarket | 1 | 472 |
| Benetton name only | retail | 1 | — |
| Borders name only | book | 1 | 559 |
| Brunet name only | pharmacy | 1 | 112 |
| Burton name only | retail | 1 | — |
| Champion name only | supermarket | 1 | 1,000 |
| Coach name only | luggage | 1 | — |
| Hannaford name only | supermarket | 1 | 150 |
| Hyatt name only | upscalehotel | 1 | — |
| Lenox name only | retail | 1 | — |
| Limited name only | retail | 1 | — |
| Loeb name only | supermarket | 1 | 35 |
| Marciano name only | retail | 1 | 36 |
| Marriott name only | upscalehotel | 1 | 2,800 |
| Midas name only | auto | 1 | 1,800 |
| Nissan name only | auto | 1 | — |
| Papyrus name only | retail | 1 | 170 |
| Safeway name only | supermarket | 1 | 1,767 |
| Tesco name only | retail | 1 | 1,780 |
| Wellcome name only | retail | 1 | 240 |
| YMCA name only | fitness | 1 | — |
Real estate as a local trade
Four unrelated jobs share the name: selling existing homes, owning and letting them, managing them for someone else, and building new ones. For anyone weighing a move or a licence these are the counts — and the ownership question goes to /property, which answers it building by building.
Real estate is a local job market in its own right, and four unrelated trades get the same name. Counts are businesses filed under each trade in the register, which lists a brokerage once however many agents work there — so this measures firms, not licensees.
Selling homes
5312Offices of agents and brokers — the resale market, and the biggest single trade in most Canadian cities.
Named in the register
- Facio Zeballos Co Real Estate — Esmeralda 961
- Facio Zeballos Co Real Estate — Esmeralda
- IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anóni — C/ Bolivar No. 108
Financing it
5222Mortgage brokers and non-bank lenders.
Named in the register
- First Argentina Mortgage Corp SA — San Martín 323
Who actually owns it
The full property record →From the /property research for this city, which asks a different question: not who trades in property here, but who owns it. An owner is named there only where a document says so. Title on sale per property: ARS 6,000 Informe 1, matrícula needed; no bulk.
Landowners
- Gobierno de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires (GCBA) — Costa Salguero, Circ. 19 Secc. 15 Manz. 184 (dominio público), let for ARS 240M/month
- Estado Nacional — Agencia de Administración de Bienes del Estado (AABE) — e.g. Juncal 847/51, Retiro: 499.67 m² plot, 1,638.48 m² built, base USD 1,592,142 (auction 8 Jul 2026)
- Administración de Infraestructuras Ferroviarias (ADIF) / Trenes Argentinos — The Retiro terminals (Mitre: Monumento Histórico Nacional, Decreto 262/1997) and the railway lines
- Ministerio de Defensa — Tandanor — 8.3 ha 'Planta 1', Puerto Retiro (restitution ordered Nov 2024)
- Corporación Antiguo Puerto Madero S.A. — 170 ha transferred to it (1989), since largely sold to private buyers
- Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA) — 20,000 m² at Av. de los Italianos and Macacha Güemes (Puerto Madero)
Homebuilders
- Instituto de Vivienda de la Ciudad (IVC) — 1,290 new homes in two settlement projects (678 + 612)
- IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones S.A. — Ramblas del Plata: c. 866,806 m² buildable; first phase 20 lots, c. 163,800 m² saleable
- RAGHSA S.A. — 678 flats in its Le Parc towers (90 + 462 + 126), all sold
Commercial landlords
- IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones S.A. — 6 CABA malls, c. 148,160 m² GLA; offices 58,074 m² GLA
- RAGHSA S.A. — Centro Empresarial Libertador 100,000 m² (for lease); Madero Office 11% retained
- Cencosud S.A. — 279,505 m² mall GLA nationally (21.99% share)
14 marquee buildings examined, 12 with an owner established.
On "how many doors"
How many doors a landlord holds is not in any of this. The register files an apartment building under the building, not its owner, and carries no unit count; there is no open dataset of Canadian landlords by portfolio. Where this research has established ownership it is in the Buenos Aires property record for the city, building by building, which is a different and much slower exercise.
Work on the go, mobile services
The Ultimate 411 half of local: everything where the customer does not have to come to you. Each service opens a page on Ultimate 411 to request a quote or book a time.
A shop needs the customer to walk in. These 186 services do the opposite — the mobile mechanic, the mobile groomer, the bookkeeper, the junk haul — and they are the ones a person can start without a lease. 1 of them already match a trait filed in this city's register.
The 186 Service=1 rows in search.local: work on the go, mobile services, where the provider travels to the customer. "present" counts businesses already filed under that exact trait name; a blank is a coverage gap, not proof of absence, because the two vocabularies were built separately.
home services
services
events
pets
luxury
healthcare
sporting goods
sports
business
outdoors
travel
construction
Schools and colleges
wander.schools is a post-secondary table — universities and colleges. K-12 public and private schools are not in it, and only 7 of its 1,686 rows carry coordinates, so these are listed and not mapped.
| Institution | Type | Students | Founded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgrano (UB) | University | — | — |
| Institute of Economic and Social Development (IDES) | University | — | 1960 |
| Palermo (UP) | University | — | — |
| Pontificia | University | — | — |
| UBA | University | — | — |
In the business register
Where schooling shows up as a business rather than an institution — which is where K-12, tutoring and childcare appear.
Health and care
What a person moving a parent here would ask first. The register files clinics and pharmacies; it has no category for a hospital at all, so hospitals are matched by name and the limit is stated rather than hidden.
Matched on the name "hospital"
- Hospital Veterinario Avellaneda — Pavon 1671
- Hospital Veterinario Molina Arrotea — Molina Arrotea 1307
- Hospital Veterinario Barracas — Av. M. De Oca 1685
- Hospital San Juan De Dios — G. Ardoino 714
- Hospital Veterinario San Jose Del Oeste — Av. H. Yrigoyen / Esq. Uruguay 605
- Hospital Veterinario De Villa Urquiza — Pacheco 1934
- Hospital Veterinario De Flores — Nazca 110
- Hospital Veterinario Ituzaingo — Av. Rivadavia 22054
- Hospital Veterinario De Isidro Casanova — Av. J. M. De Rosas 6751
- Hospital Veterinario San Jose Ciudadela — Av. Rivadavia 12950
- Hospital Veterinario Del Sol — Pte. Illia 105
- Parada Taxis Puerta Hospital Dr Larcade — Av. J D Peron 2321
- Hospital Privado De Niños — Cramer 4601
- Hospital Veterinario General Pacheco — H. Yrigoyen 408
- Hospital Veterinario Animals Life SA — Moldes 1924
- Hospital Privado Modelo SA — Gral. Roca 1811
- Hospital Veterinario Central — Paunero 2717
- Hospital Ramos Mejia — Gral Urquiza 609
- Hospital De Asma Y Alergia — Potosi 3880
geonet carries no 'hospital' trait, so these are matched on the business name. A distance-to-hospital figure needs a source that states hospital locations.
Funded & hiring here
Companies in this city that have raised money, and the careers pages of employers here, from the /employers research and the company database. For someone looking for work here, this is the shortlist.
Funded here — 1 company has raised money
A fresh round usually means hiring. Largest raise first; the amount links to its source where one is on file, and the currency is as the source wrote it.
| Company | Raised | Staff here | Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|
| RSKFintech | $4.9M | — | — |
Careers pages — 1 more employers here
Each link goes to the company's own careers page or official job board, not a third-party listing site. Largest local staff first.
What this record cannot tell you
Named in full, because the gaps are the part most likely to be misread as an answer.
- No census figures on this page: this region is not mapped to a census subdivision in local/census-map.json, so the community counts here are business-register institutions, which is a different measurement and cannot substitute for a population.
- wander.schools is now readable, but it holds universities and colleges only and 1,679 of its 1,686 rows have no coordinates. K-12 public and private schools need a separate source — in Ontario the Ministry of Education school finder, in British Columbia the provincial school list. wander.citytowns, hotels and territories remain denied to the ru user.
- No 'hospital' trait exists in geonet; distance to a hospital needs an external source such as StatCan's Open Database of Healthcare Facilities.
- 100.0% of businesses here carry no coordinates, so a map or address lookup would miss them. Postal codes reach 0%.
Built from
geonet.argentina— the local business registerwander.regions— city name, population, metrosearch.local— trait vocabulary and the come-to-you servicessearch.cozfranchises— 2,024 franchise brands