Latin America Company Data by Country: Where to Get It
Latin America company data by country: free official registers in Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Peru and Ecuador vs ready files, with row counts, contacts and prices.
Short answer: in several Latin American countries the official company register is a free download: the DENUE from INEGI in Mexico, CNPJ open data in Brazil, the SII company roll in Chile, the SUNAT RUC register in Peru and the SRI RUC register in Ecuador. Only Mexico and Brazil also publish phone and email in that official source. At datasets.lat we sell those same sources already cleaned (for example, 9,951,931 active companies in Brazil or 886,182 active companies in Peru) and contact directories where there is no open register.
This page sums up, country by country, which official source exists, what it contains, when it is enough and which of our files matches it. Every number comes from our dataset pages.
Summary by country
| Country | Free official source | Contacts in it? | Ready file at datasets.lat | Rows | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | DENUE (INEGI) | Yes, when the business provided them | DENUE with phone and email | 2,968,857 | US$399 |
| Brazil | CNPJ open data (Receita Federal) | Yes, as registered with the Receita | Brazil companies CNPJ | 9,951,931 | US$499 |
| Chile | SII company roll | No | Chile companies by size | 961,472 | US$399 |
| Peru | SUNAT RUC register | No | Peru companies with RUC 20 | 886,182 | US$349 |
| Ecuador | SRI RUC register | No | Ecuador companies with RUC | 534,467 | US$349 |
| Colombia | RUES (lookup) and Supersociedades | Partly | Colombia financial statements | 39,314 companies | US$349 |
| Argentina | Official Gazette (company notices) | No | New companies 2025-2026 | 23,205 companies | US$349 |
| Central America | No bulk download we use | Guatemala, El Salvador, Panama, Nicaragua | 62,785 | US$49 to US$59 each |
Mexico: the DENUE already has phone and email
INEGI publishes the full DENUE as a free bulk download, with commercial use allowed if you cite the source. The 05/2026 edition has 6,138,075 establishments; 2,968,857 have at least one valid phone, email or website. Our version keeps only those, with a +52 phone for 2,400,038 and an email for 918,138, and 16 states are sold separately from US$49.
When free is enough: market studies by neighborhood or activity code, or a single state if your team uses SQL or Python. We explain it in the Mexico DENUE database download guide. All Mexican files are on the Mexico data page.
Brazil: the CNPJ is the most complete register in the region
The Receita Federal publishes the CNPJ register with the email and phone each company registered. It has 73,809,379 establishments in every status; filtered to active legal entities with a contact and without MEI micro-entrepreneurs, 9,951,931 remain. Many emails belong to the accountant: only 4,998,168 rows have an email used by a single company.
When free is enough: if you need the partners or every registration status and you have a data team. Details in the Brazil CNPJ database with emails guide and the guide by state. See also Brazil data.
Chile: size and employees, no contacts
The SII publishes the roll of legal entities with sales bracket in UF, employees and sector. For commercial year 2024, excluding companies that ceased trading, there are 961,472, of which 35,412 are medium and 17,510 large. The Companies and Partnerships Register covers incorporations: we have 1,277,622 companies from 2013 to 2024 and 368,300 from 2025-2026.
For contacts the official source does not help: use the Chile company database with phone and email (60,975 companies, 30,278 emails). More in Chile company database by size and on the Chile company databases page.
Peru: the SUNAT register
SUNAT, Peru's tax authority, publishes the reduced RUC register and a monthly register on the National Open Data Platform. Filtered to active RUC 20 (legal entities), there are 886,182 companies, 867,351 of them "habido" (verified at their tax address). It has no contacts; for that there is the Peru business database with phone numbers (52,537 businesses, 1,250 emails). See Peru SUNAT taxpayer list in Excel.
Ecuador: the SRI RUC register
The SRI publishes the RUC register by province. Filtered to legal entities there are 534,467 (288,550 active), with shell company flags. The Superintendency of Companies publishes balance sheets: we have financial statements for 191,277 companies. See Ecuador shell companies list (SRI).
Colombia: RUES is for checking, not for lists
The RUES lets you look up one company at a time by NIT (tax ID) or name for free. For lists, the Superintendency of Companies (Supersociedades) publishes the financial statements of the companies it supervises: our file brings together 234,459 filings from 39,314 companies, with NIT, ISIC code, city, email and corporate mobile. For small businesses that do not report to Supersociedades, the Colombia business database with phone numbers has 74,799 businesses. See Colombia company databases.
Argentina: incorporations and a directory
We do not use a downloadable national register with activity and contacts. What we have comes from the Official Gazette (BoletÃn Oficial): 23,205 companies incorporated in 2025-2026 with capital and corporate purpose, plus 58,458 corporate change notices with CUIT (tax ID). For contacts, the Argentina company database with phone and email has 78,112 companies and 34,517 emails. See Argentina company databases.
Central America: directories only
For Guatemala (22,661 companies), El Salvador (16,589), Panama (15,865) and Nicaragua (7,670) we do not work with a downloadable tax register. Our files come from business directories, with an E.164 phone on almost every row and few emails.
How to choose in 4 steps
- Decide whether you need a register or contacts. For KYB, segmentation by size or tax ID validation, the official register is the base. To call or email, you need phone and email.
- Look for the free source first. If it exists and your team can process it, start there.
- Compare with the sample. Every dataset page shows the schema and 100 rows without signing up, and a free account lets you download 500 rows.
- Pay only if it saves you time. Payment is one-time, with PayPal in USD, and downloads come in CSV, Excel or JSON (no Excel for the Brazil national file, which is over 3.1 million rows).
FAQ
Which Latin American countries publish their company list for free?
Among those we cover: Mexico (DENUE), Brazil (CNPJ), Chile (SII roll and Companies and Partnerships Register), Peru (SUNAT register) and Ecuador (SRI RUC register).
In which countries does the official source include phone and email?
In Mexico, the DENUE includes the contact each business reported, and in Brazil the CNPJ includes the email and phone registered with the Receita. In Chile, Peru and Ecuador the tax register does not publish contacts.
Do you have a database for all of Latin America?
Yes. The Latin America business directory brings together 364,669 companies in 9 countries with phone and 69,558 emails, for US$499. It does not include the tax registers. We break it down in Latin America company database with emails and phones.
Is this data legal to use?
The official sources we use are public, and each dataset page states its license and origin. Use of contact data must follow each country's law.
How much does a company database per country cost?
In our catalog, national registers range from US$349 to US$499, and state files or directories for smaller countries start at US$49.
Continue with your country
Pick your country in the table above, review the free sample and download 500 free rows with a free account. If you cannot find what you need, you can request custom data or browse all company databases.