# Colombia Company Registry + Public Contract History (`automatic/colombia-nit-scraper`) Actor

Look up Colombian companies in the national business registry (RUES on datos.gov.co) by NIT or company name: legal name, status, chamber of commerce, CIIU activity. Each company also gets its public contract history from SECOP II: award count, total value, top public buyers and latest award.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/automatic/colombia-nit-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Philip Kirkbride](https://apify.com/automatic) (community)
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## Pricing

from $1.50 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Colombia Company Registry + Public Contract History

Join each registry company to SECOP II contracts (`jbjy-vk9h`) using server-side count/value/latest-date aggregation, with top five public buyers. `procurementProfile` includes explicit dates, COP totals and match method. Defaults to the last 24 months; override with `procurementDateFrom` and `procurementDateTo`. No awards is distinct from unavailable enrichment.

Example: `{"nit":"890900608","enrichProcurement":true,"procurementDateFrom":"2024-10-30","procurementDateTo":"2026-10-30"}`.

Enrichment is enabled by default and can be disabled with `enrichProcurement`: false. Every existing base field keeps its meaning. Extra-source failure leaves base rows with null enrichment and an unavailable status. Public registry records can be stale, duplicated across chambers, or absent; they do not verify tax status. Matching strips punctuation and leading zeros; a tenth digit is removed only when it validates as the check digit. No fuzzy name matching. Procurement history excludes drafts and includes all other published contract states; award counts are contract counts, not proof of paid expenditure. City is not published by this registry and is null.

One output row is one default dataset-item charge, including source-status notes. No custom charge events. Requests and retries share the actor deadline and reserve 20 seconds for output. Retry-After is honored in full; empty results are requested twice before confirmation.

### Quick Start

Look up Colombian companies in official public registry data.
Built for company research, prospect discovery, and counterparty enrichment.
Paste this input to start:

```json
{"nit": "890900608"}
```

### Input

| Field | Type | Default | What it does |
|---|---|---:|---|
| `nit` | string | `""` | NIT lookup, with or without formatting. |
| `companyName` | string | `""` | Company-name prefix search. |
| `maxResults` | integer | `30` | Maximum registry records returned (1–200). |
| `enrichProcurement` | boolean | `true` | Add a public-contract profile with fallback. |
| `procurementDateFrom` | string | 24 months ago | Inclusive YYYY-MM-DD signing-date start. |
| `procurementDateTo` | string | today | Inclusive YYYY-MM-DD signing-date end. |

Provide either `nit` or `companyName`.

### Output

Each item includes `companyKey`, `nit`, `digitoVerificacion`, `nitCompleto`, `razonSocial`, `sigla`, `camaraComercio`, `codigoCamara`, `matricula`, `claseIdentificacion`, `estadoMatricula`, `categoriaMatricula`, `tipoSociedad`, `organizacionJuridica`, `actividadEconomica`, `ciiu3`, `ciiu4`, `fechaMatricula`, `fechaRenovacion`, `fechaCancelacion`, `fechaVigencia`, `ultimoAnoRenovado`, `representanteLegal`, `representanteLegalDocumento`, `matchType`, `sourceQuery`, `source`, and `scrapedAt`.

Example record:

```json
{"companyKey":"datos.gov.co:matricula:ABURRA SUR:123456","nit":"890900608","nitCompleto":"890900608-9","razonSocial":"GRUPO NUTRESA S.A.","estadoMatricula":"ACTIVA","matchType":"nit","source":"datos.gov.co"}
```

### FAQ

**How fresh is the data?** Results come from the public registry dataset at run time, which is refreshed periodically.

**What lookup scopes are supported?** Search by NIT or company-name prefix.

**How many results can I receive?** You can request 1–200 records.

**What happens for missing values?** Registry sentinels and unavailable fields are returned as `null`.

### Support

For questions or issues, contact Apify support from the Actor page.

# Actor input Schema

## `nit` (type: `string`):

NIT to look up, e.g. '890900608'. Dots are tolerated ('890.900.608') and a check digit may be supplied after a hyphen ('890.900.608-9', checksum-validated before the request). Returns every matrícula registered under the number. Provide either this or Company name.

## `companyName` (type: `string`):

Razón social prefix to search (e.g. 'GRUPO NUTRESA'): matches company names that start with the fragment, active matrículas first. Provide either this or NIT number.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Stop after this many registry records.

## `enrichProcurement` (type: `boolean`):

Optional extra source; unavailable enrichment preserves base rows.

## `procurementDateFrom` (type: `string`):

YYYY-MM-DD; defaults to last 24 months through today.

## `procurementDateTo` (type: `string`):

YYYY-MM-DD; defaults to last 24 months through today.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "nit": "890.900.608-9",
  "companyName": "",
  "maxResults": 30,
  "enrichProcurement": true
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "nit": "890.900.608-9",
    "companyName": "",
    "maxResults": 30
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("automatic/colombia-nit-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "nit": "890.900.608-9",
    "companyName": "",
    "maxResults": 30,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("automatic/colombia-nit-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "nit": "890.900.608-9",
  "companyName": "",
  "maxResults": 30
}' |
apify call automatic/colombia-nit-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,automatic/colombia-nit-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/OaVrPXjhzCIqlUdBa/builds/s5Ra7VjSWDv0FHuBw/openapi.json