# How many manufacturers are there in Colombia?

RUES, published by Confecámaras, lists 202,881 manufacturing rows for Colombia in its 2026-10-02 edition. Testigo holds 70,609 of them.

- Registry: RUES (Confecámaras)
- Edition: 2026-10-02
- Rows in the source: 202,881
- Rows loaded by Testigo: 70,609
- Licence stated by the publisher: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0.
- Data file generated: 2026-10-12

## By region

| Region | Plants | Share | With a website on record |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bogotá D.C. | 2,234 | 3% | 1,042 |
| Antioquia | 656 | 1% | 280 |
| Valle del Cauca | 549 | 1% | 215 |
| Atlántico | 398 | 1% | 117 |
| Cundinamarca | 350 | <1% | 131 |
| Santander | 254 | <1% | 78 |
| Bolívar | 184 | <1% | 36 |
| Boyacá | 126 | <1% | 20 |
| Meta | 117 | <1% | 18 |
| Huila | 112 | <1% | 28 |
| Tolima | 109 | <1% | 20 |
| Caldas | 107 | <1% | 44 |
| Risaralda | 101 | <1% | 38 |
| Norte de Santander | 89 | <1% | 20 |
| Casanare | 64 | <1% | 9 |
| Cesar | 63 | <1% | 11 |
| Cauca | 59 | <1% | 10 |
| Nariño | 55 | <1% | 5 |
| Córdoba | 50 | <1% | 4 |
| Magdalena | 48 | <1% | 8 |
| Quindío | 41 | <1% | 10 |
| Putumayo | 32 | <1% | 4 |
| Sucre | 26 | <1% | 4 |
| La Guajira | 22 | <1% | 2 |
| Arauca | 20 | <1% | 1 |
| Chocó | 17 | <1% | 0 |
| Caquetá | 13 | <1% | 0 |
| San Andrés, Providencia y Santa Catalina | 10 | <1% | 3 |
| Amazonas | 5 | <1% | 0 |
| Guaviare | 2 | <1% | 0 |
| Vaupés | 2 | <1% | 0 |
| Vichada | 2 | <1% | 0 |
| Guainía | 1 | <1% | 0 |

Rows with no region in the source: 64,691 (92%).

## By sector (ISIC division)

| ISIC division | Sector | Plants | Share |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10 | Food products | 12,305 | 17% |
| 33 | Repair and installation of machinery | 10,478 | 15% |
| 14 | Clothing | 8,954 | 13% |
| 25 | Fabricated metal products | 7,309 | 10% |
| 20 | Chemicals | 3,385 | 5% |
| 18 | Printing | 3,160 | 4% |
| 31 | Furniture | 3,153 | 4% |
| 22 | Rubber and plastics | 2,781 | 4% |
| 32 | Other manufacturing | 2,672 | 4% |
| 13 | Textiles | 2,268 | 3% |
| 16 | Wood products | 1,987 | 3% |
| 28 | Machinery and equipment | 1,918 | 3% |
| 15 | Leather and footwear | 1,915 | 3% |
| 23 | Glass, cement and ceramics | 1,673 | 2% |
| 11 | Beverages | 1,395 | 2% |
| 29 | Motor vehicles and parts | 1,049 | 1% |
| 21 | Pharmaceuticals | 922 | 1% |
| 24 | Basic metals | 888 | 1% |
| 27 | Electrical equipment | 734 | 1% |
| 17 | Paper and paper products | 650 | 1% |
| 26 | Electronics and optics | 416 | 1% |
| 19 | Coke and refined petroleum | 308 | <1% |
| 30 | Other transport equipment | 268 | <1% |
| 12 | Tobacco products | 21 | <1% |

## Largest activities

| Code | Activity | Plants |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1410 | Manufacture of wearing apparel, except fur apparel | 8,833 |
| 3312 | Repair of machinery | 6,538 |
| 2511 | Manufacture of structural metal products | 4,462 |
| 3110 | Manufacture of furniture | 2,891 |
| 1081 | Manufacture of bakery products | 2,539 |
| 1811 | Printing | 2,507 |
| 1089 | Manufacture of other food products n.e.c. | 2,025 |
| 2229 | Manufacture of plastic articles n.e.c. | 1,838 |
| 2599 | Manufacture of other fabricated metal products n.e.c. | 1,640 |
| 2023 | Manufacture of soap and detergents, cleaning and polishing preparations, perfumes and toilet preparations | 1,292 |
| 1084 | Manufacture of prepared meals and dishes | 1,227 |
| 1011 | Processing and preserving of meat and meat products | 1,150 |
| 1020 | Processing of fruit and vegetables | 1,125 |
| 1040 | Manufacture of dairy products | 1,095 |
| 1630 | Manufacture of wooden builders' carpentry and joinery parts | 1,015 |
| 3311 | Repair of fabricated metal products | 1,013 |
| 2100 | Manufacture of pharmaceuticals, medicinal chemical and botanical products | 922 |
| 3314 | Repair of electrical equipment | 914 |
| 3290 | Other manufacturing n.e.c. | 837 |
| 1104 | Manufacture of soft drinks; production of mineral waters and other bottled waters | 791 |
| 2592 | Treatment and coating of metals; machining | 750 |
| 1521 | Manufacture of leather footwear with any type of sole | 744 |
| 1392 | Manufacture of made-up textile articles, except apparel | 674 |
| 3250 | Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies | 649 |
| 3320 | Installation of industrial machinery and equipment | 644 |

## Files

- https://testigomexico.com/data/manufacturers-co-by-region.csv
- https://testigomexico.com/data/manufacturers-co-by-sector.csv
- https://testigomexico.com/data/manufacturers-co-by-activity.csv
- Method: https://testigomexico.com/methodology

Cite as: Testigo, "How many manufacturers are there in Colombia?", from Confecámaras RUES, edition 2026-10-02, https://testigomexico.com/statistics/colombia, data file 2026-10-12.

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