Bogota, Colombia
What Bogota is made of: the communities whose institutions are here, the sectors its 113,666 businesses sit in, the franchises already on the ground, and the services a newcomer could start.
113,666 businesses on file · 84 trades · 62 sectors · · built from geonet.colombia 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 co-bogota 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spanish-speaking | 3 | — | 986 | trade on CL 28 25-18 (3) · Cl 73 10-10 Of 301 (3) · Cl 28 25-18 (3) · Cl 75 14-05 (3)
Colombian American Chamber of Commerce · Camara de Comercio Hispano Colombiana · Swiss Colombian Chamber of Commerce |
| German | 1 | — | 135 | trade on CL 80 9-17 (2)
Gimnasio Aleman iller Deutsche Schule |
| Italian | 1 | — | 96 | trade on Cr29 66-15 (2) · Cl 19 7-48 Of 1303 (2)
Camera di Commercio Italiana per la Colombia |
| Swiss | 1 | — | 7 |
Swiss Colombian Chamber of Commerce |
| Persian | — | — | 35 | |
| Islamic | — | — | 21 | |
| Chinese | — | — | 14 | trade on CL 98 9A-59 (2)
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| Caribbean | — | — | 9 | |
| Korean | — | — | 7 | |
| Polish | — | — | 5 | |
| French | — | — | 3 | |
| Dutch | — | — | 2 | |
| Jewish | — | — | 2 | |
| Thai | — | — | 1 | |
| South Asian | — | — | 1 | |
| Scottish | — | — | 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.
Spanish-speaking
German
Italian
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 113,666 businesses actually are, and the specific trades inside each sector.
| Sector | Businesses | Share | What is in it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dining | 8,023 | 7.1% | restaurant (7738) · pizza (264) · steakhouse (14) · diner (6) · pubs (1) |
| electric | 832 | 0.7% | |
| Tech | 731 | 0.6% | telecom (664) · computers (63) · wireless (4) |
| Living | 725 | 0.6% | veterinary (635) · appliances (37) · cleaning (20) · fire safety (8) · laundry (7) · furniture (7) · swimming pools (5) · apartment (3) |
| Retail | 628 | 0.6% | flowers (555) · office equipment (30) · toys (14) · photography (12) · jeweler (5) · pet supply (4) · department store (4) · antiques (2) |
| Travel | 623 | 0.5% | hotel (373) · travel agent (131) · motel (83) · airline (23) · parking (13) |
| giftshops | 612 | 0.5% | |
| cafes | 537 | 0.5% | |
| booksmusic | 349 | 0.3% | |
| movies | 308 | 0.3% | |
| emergency | 275 | 0.2% | |
| sandwiches | 176 | 0.2% | |
| Automotive | 175 | 0.2% | autos (145) · auto parts (18) · tires (7) · motorcycle (5) |
| Health | 166 | 0.1% | medical clinic (85) · cardiologist (81) |
| Education | 148 | 0.1% | school (145) · writing (3) |
| banks | 140 | 0.1% | |
| travelagents | 112 | 0.1% | |
| Media | 95 | 0.1% | signs (61) · advertising (34) |
| Business | 94 | 0.1% | consulting (40) · accounting (35) · association (12) · cemetary (6) · foundation (1) |
| taxis | 89 | 0.1% |
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.
43 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dunkin' Donuts | donuts | 13 | 6,000 |
| Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) | chicken | 11 | 11,000 |
| Pizza Hut | pizza | 11 | 10,000 |
| Blockbuster Video | video | 9 | 5,900 |
| Leon's | retail | 4 | 61 |
| Pizza Factory | pizza | 4 | 135 |
| Days Inn | economyhotel | 3 | — |
| Salvatore Ferragamo | retail | 3 | — |
| Yogen Früz | dessert | 3 | 4,000 |
| Baskin Robbins | dessert | 2 | 2,800 |
| Dollar Rent A Car | car | 2 | 600 |
| Domino's Pizza | pizza | 2 | 8,000 |
| Embassy Suites | upscalehotel | 2 | — |
| Franklin Covey | retail | 2 | 100 |
| Harley Davidson locations | motorcycle | 2 | — |
| John Deere | auto | 2 | — |
| Pizza Inn | pizza | 2 | 410 |
| Pizza Pizza | pizza | 2 | 313 |
| Archie's Pizza | pizza | 1 | 11 |
| Bridgestone/Firestone | auto | 1 | — |
| Carlson Wagonlit Travel | travel | 1 | 4,300 |
| Chico's | retail | 1 | — |
| Crowne Plaza | upscalehotel | 1 | — |
| Four Points by Sheraton | businesshotel | 1 | — |
| Hard Rock Cafe | food | 1 | 140 |
| Hertz Rent A Car | car | 1 | 7,000 |
| Worldwide Express | post | 1 | — |
| Diana name only | supermarket | 82 | 3 |
| Honda name only | car | 42 | — |
| Cintas name only | specialty | 29 | 350 |
| Volkswagen name only | — | 26 | — |
| InterContinental name only | luxuryhotel | 25 | — |
| Makro name only | home | 23 | 33 |
| Toyota name only | car | 22 | — |
| Nissan name only | auto | 19 | — |
| Valero name only | fuel | 18 | 5,500 |
| Mitsubishi name only | auto | 16 | — |
| Bebe name only | retail | 12 | — |
| Irma name only | supermarket | 10 | 71 |
| Jeep name only | suv | 9 | — |
| Limited name only | retail | 9 | — |
| Carrefour name only | supermarket | 8 | 2,455 |
| Champion name only | supermarket | 8 | 1,000 |
| Sears name only | inc | 7 | 2,300 |
| Sheraton name only | upscalehotel | 5 | — |
| HESS name only | fuel | 4 | 1,250 |
| Radisson name only | upscalehotel | 4 | — |
| Aldo name only | retail | 3 | — |
| Beltone name only | specialty | 3 | 1,500 |
| Michelin name only | auto | 3 | — |
| Tiffany name only | retail | 3 | 150 |
| YMCA name only | fitness | 3 | — |
| Aldi name only | supermarket | 2 | 5,000 |
| Jacob name only | retail | 2 | 200 |
| Kamay name only | retail | 2 | 5 |
| MANGO name only | retail | 2 | 850 |
| Midas name only | auto | 2 | 1,800 |
| Publix name only | supermarket | 2 | 889 |
| Sephora name only | inc | 2 | — |
| Cartier name only | retail | 1 | — |
| Centra name only | convenience | 1 | 350 |
| Gymboree name only | retail | 1 | 550 |
| Husky name only | fuel | 1 | — |
| Lexus name only | luxurycar | 1 | — |
| Orvis name only | retail | 1 | 36 |
| Roxy name only | retail | 1 | — |
| Sofitel name only | luxuryhotel | 1 | — |
| SuperC name only | supermarket | 1 | 55 |
| Versace name only | designerclothing | 1 | 61 |
| Wellcome name only | retail | 1 | 240 |
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
- Avaluos Salazar Giraldo Ltda — Cl.84 No. 7-59 Of. 204
- Camara de La Propiedad Raiz — Cra. 40 No. 105A-12
- Inmobiliaria Aliadas and Cia Ltda — Calle 78 No. 13A-08
- Inmobiliaria Americana Ltda — Cl.98 No. 15-17 Of. 302
- Isabel De Mora Finca Raiz Ltda — Cr.11 No. 79-52
- Lonja Colombiana Avaluos e Inmobiliaria — Av. 19 No. 95-20
- Lonja de Profesionales Avaluadores — Cr.28Bis No. 52-37
- Lonja de Profesionales Avaluadores — Calle 53 No. 27-33
- Lonja de Propiedad Raiz de Bogota — Cl.76 No. 8-28
- Lonjanap — Dg.109 No. 21-05 Of. 503
- Orjuela and Cia Ltda — Cl.71A No. 15-27
- Rugeles and Rugeles — Cl.63A No. 11-40 Of. 304
- RV Inmobiliaria SA — Calle 78 No. 12A-30
- Soto Sinisterra and Asociados Ltda — Cra. 11 No. 84-40
Owning and letting
5311Lessors of real estate: the buildings themselves, filed under the building rather than the owner.
Named in the register
- Apartamentos Amoblados Travel and Business — Av. 15 No. 119-76
- Grupo Tr3s de Colombia Ltda — Calle 39 No. 19 - 39 Piso 1
- RentasEnLinea — Calle 169 No. 63 - 81
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 public: COP 23,000 per folio certificate; no free or bulk owner search.
Landowners
- Bogotá Distrito Capital — inventory kept by the Defensoría del Espacio Público (DADEP) — 69,981 bienes inmuebles (land and buildings), central level, 31 Mar 2018
- Empresa Metro de Bogotá S.A. — 1,373 of 1,427 lots acquired for Line 1 (Mar 2023)
- Nación — Unidad Administrativa Especial de Aeronáutica Civil (Aerocivil) — 74 airports nationally, El Dorado among the 16 concessioned
- Universidad Nacional de Colombia (Ciudad Universitaria) — 121 ha; c. 300,000 m² built
- Empresa de Renovación y Desarrollo Urbano de Bogotá (RenoBo) — Plan Parcial Estación Metro 26: 9.3 ha; c. 87,000 m² buildable
- Patrimonio Autónomo Estrategias Inmobiliarias (Pei) — 1.15M+ m² lettable nationally; Bogotá towers listed on its portfolio page
Homebuilders
- Constructora Bolívar — 293,000 homes sold, 274,000 delivered (40+ years, national)
- Amarilo — 150+ active projects in 18 cities and municipalities
- Marval — 170,000+ 'espacios' built over 45+ years; 13 cities
- Constructora Conconcreto S.A. (Vivienda) — 270 homes sold, 150 deeded, 551 launched (2025)
Commercial landlords
- Patrimonio Autónomo Estrategias Inmobiliarias (Pei) — administered by Pei Asset Management; trustee Aval Fiduciaria S.A. — 1.15M+ m² lettable; portfolio valued at COP 10.1 trillion; c. 1,500 tenants in 32 cities
- Fondo de Capital Privado Terranum (administered by Alianza Fiduciaria S.A.) — 500,000+ m² developed (offices, industrial, logistics); portfolio under contract to Pei
- Fondo de Capital Privado Pactia Inmobiliario (manager Pactia S.A.S.; Conconcreto a 37.18% investor) — NOI COP 307,258 million (2025); 85.7% of assets stabilised
- Cenco Malls (subsidiary of Cencosud S.A.) — 51% of Centro Comercial Plaza Central (from 1 Jun 2026)
10 marquee buildings examined, 7 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 Bogotá 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. 0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| los Andes | University | — | — |
| Pontificia Javeriana | University | — | — |
| Universidad Nacional de Colombia | 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 MUNDIAL DE ANIMAL DESAMPARADO — AV 27 22-61S
- HOSPITAL RAFAEL URIBE URIBE — CR 13 26 A 34 S
- HOSPITAL DEL VESTIDO — CR 77A 61 51
- HOSPITAL CHAPINERO ESE — CL 76 21 10
- HOSPITAL NAZARED — CR 40 22 A 70
- HOSPITAL SANTA CLARA — CARRERA 15 #1-59 SUR
- HOSPITAL VETERINARIO SANTA FE DE BOGOTA — DG 103 56 A 30
- HOSPITAL VETERINARIO — CL 126 B 40 A-35
- ABC HOSPITAL VETERINARIO AUTOP NORTE — AV 13 138-73 P2
- HOSPITAL SAN BLAS EPS — CR 3 CL 16 S
- GB HOSPITAL VETERINARIO — CL 72 28-31
- HOSPITAL MILITAR CENTRAL — TR 3 49-00
- HOSPITAL VETERINARIO DOGO — AV 30 6 08 S
- HOSPITAL LA VICTORIA — DG 39 S 3 20 E
- FUNDACION HOSPITAL DE LA MISERICORDIA — AV CARACAS 1 -13
- HOSPITAL ENGATIVA ESE II NIVEL — CL 48 73 A-55
- HOSPITAL FONTIBON ESE — CR 104 29-41
- HOSPITAL ENGATIVA ESE — Carrera 83 # 78-53
- FUNDACION HOSPITAL DE AL MISERICORDIA — AV CARACAS 1 -13
- Hospital Mundial del Animal Desamparado — Av27 22-61 S
- Hospital Rafael Uribe Uribe — Cr13 26 A-34 S
- Hospital del Vestido — Cr77 A 61-51
- SKIN and BODY HEALTH CENTER — Cl 47 21 A -33 Consult 206
- GB Hospital Veterinario — Cl 72 28-31
- Hospital Chapinero ESE — Cl 76 21-10
- Hospital de San José — Cl 10 18-75
- Hospital Nazared — Cr40 22A-70
- Hospital Santa Clara — Cr15 1-59 S
- HOSPITAL VETERINARIO SANTA FE DE BOGOTA — Dg103 56 A-30
- Hospital Veterinario — Cl 126 B 40 A-35
- ABC HOSPITAL VETERINARIO AUTOPISTA NORTE — Autop Norte 138-73 P-2
- HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO CLINICA SAN RAFAEL — Cr8 17-45S
- Skin and Body Health Center — Cl 47 21 A -33 Consult 206
- Hospital San Blas EPS — Cr3 Cl 16S
- HOSPITAL MATERNO INFANTIL — Cr. 10 no. 1-66 S.
- CENTRO MEDICO VETERINARIO PET HOSPITAL — Dg53 41-51
- Asociación Nal de Trabajadores y EE de Hospital — Cl 16 9-45 Of 305
- Hospital Militar Central — Tr3 49-00
- Hospital Veterinario Dogo — Av30 6-08 S
- FUNDACION HOSPITAL DE LA MISERICORDIA — Av Caracas 1-13
- Hospital Engativa ESE II Nivel — Cl 48 73 A-55
- Hospital Fontibón ESE — Cr104 29-41
- Colombia Hospital Ltda — Cr49 137B-60 Trr 2 Ap 504
- HOSPITAL DE LOS VESTIDOS SASTRERIA — Cl 140 23-25
- Hospital de Animales Sta Paula 24 Horas — Dg109 16-40
- Hospital Simón Bolívar — Cr7 165-00
- Hospital Suba — Cr90 144-60
- Hospital Vista Hermosa — Cl 64 C S 27-32
- Hospital Meissen II Nivel ESE — Cl 60 S 18 K-13
- Hospital El Tunal — Tr22 47 B-51 S
- COLOMBIA HOSPITAL LTDA — CR 49 137 B-60 TRR 2 AP 504
- HOSPITAL DE LOS VESTIDOS SASTRERIA — CL 140 23 25
- HOSPITAL DE ANIMALES STA PAULA 24 HORAS — DG 109 16-40
- HOSPITAL SIMON BOLIVAR — CR 7 165-00
- HOSPITAL SUBA — CR 90 144 60
- HOSPITAL VISTA HERMOSA — CL 64 C S 27 32
- HOSPITAL MEISSEN II NIVEL ESE — CL 60 S 18 K-13
- HOSPITAL EL TUNAL — TR 22 47 B-51 S
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.
Careers pages — 2 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.
| Company | Staff here | Jobs |
|---|---|---|
| TorreBusiness | — | Careers → |
| Voice123.comBusiness | — | Careers → |
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.colombia— the local business registerwander.regions— city name, population, metrosearch.local— trait vocabulary and the come-to-you servicessearch.cozfranchises— 2,024 franchise brands