In 2021, 15,714 companies were established, that is, an increase of 44% compared to 2020.
2021 is the year in which more companies have been established compared to 2020 and this is revealed by the Superintendency of Companies, Securities and Insurance (SCVS).
In 2020 they had a growth of 9% compared to 2019 and a total of 10,941 companies were constituted. But, in 2021, they have increased by 44% in relation to the previous period: 15,714 companies incorporated, of which 58% have been electronically and 42% physically.
Likewise, electronic constitutions rose 126% and physical ones decreased 4%.
Regarding the sectors, according to the Superintendency of Companies, there is no greater variation throughout the year.
The wholesale and retail trade sector accounts for 22% of the companies incorporated annually, during the 2014 period up to the accumulated total as of December 2021.
It is followed by other services sector, which represents 17%. Third are the sectors of professional, scientific and technical activities and construction and real estate activities with a participation of 13% and 12%, respectively, during the period analyzed.
Then the transport and storage sector with 11% of the total companies constituted.
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And the natural resources sector, which is made up of agriculture, livestock and fishing, energy, water, oil and mines, follows closely with 8% during said period, as well as the sector of administrative and support activities.
Meanwhile, Simplified Stock Companies (SAS) have had a positive reception from entrepreneurs, according to the Superintendency of Companies.
10,848 SAS were created, representing 69% of constitutions in 2021.
Since May 2020, 15,160 SAS have been created. “It is expected that these support measures for MSMEs prompted the formalization of many small and micro-enterprises, which with the new type of company, SAS, saw an opportunity to maintain their operations during the critical months of the pandemic,” says the Superintendency of Companies .
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Regarding the constitutions by economic sectors within the corporate type SAS, there are: wholesale and retail trade with 27%, other services with 22%, professional, scientific and technical activities with 18% and construction with 12%.
Corporate investment
The corporate investment during the period 2014 until the accumulated as of December 2021, of the total number of companies that carried out some legal investment act, 17% made investments through capital increases and 83% were incorporations and direct debits.
In the accumulated total to December 2021, the number of companies that made some type of investment grew by 57% compared to its similar the previous year.
Regarding invested capital, 86% comes from capital increases and 14% from incorporations and domiciliations. In the accumulated as of December 2021, the capital amounted to $ 1,303 million and decreased by 9% compared to its similar the previous year.
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While the economic sector that has received the most corporate investment from January 2014 to December 2021 is the natural resources sector, followed by the manufacturing industries and wholesale and retail trade sector.
The natural resources sector represents 23%; that of manufacturing industries 20% and that of commerce with 18%.
Foreign investment
Between 2014 and December 2021, 62% of companies that obtain foreign direct investment do so through new constitutions, while the remaining 38% correspond to existing companies that carry out capital increases.
By 2021, The number of companies that received direct foreign investment is 877 and the amount amounts to $ 525 million.
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The natural resources sector is the one that concentrates 31% of foreign investment, followed by the manufacturing industries sector with 21% between 2014 and December 2021.
Then the wholesale and retail trade sector is located with 15%. (I)
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