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Business data in Argentina. Where the records live.
Argentina has no single national company registry: firms are recorded by the IGJ in the City of Buenos Aires and by a separate public registry in each of the 23 provinces, all tied together by the CUIT tax identifier.
What Atlas holds for Argentina
Source: the Atlas database, updated automatically.
The official records
The legal source of truth for Argentina is IGJ + provincial registries.
Argentina has no single national company registry. Each firm is recorded by the public registry of its jurisdiction, the Inspección General de Justicia (IGJ) in the City of Buenos Aires, and a separate Registro Público in each of the provinces, while the tax authority issues the CUIT that identifies the business across the system. The most common forms are the sociedad anónima (S.A.) and the sociedad de responsabilidad limitada (S.R.L.), with the simplified SAS used by many newer firms. Activity concentrates in Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Santa Fe (Rosario) and Mendoza, spanning agribusiness, food processing, manufacturing, energy, including the Vaca Muerta shale play, and a sizeable software and knowledge-services sector.
How to use the register
- Start from the register, not from a bought list. It is the legal record of every company.
- Read the status field. Registers keep closed companies too. See how many have closed in other registers.
- Check the website belongs to the company, with the registration number or a distinguishing name on the page.
Sources
Descriptions are based on the national sources above. Figures in the text are rounded and change over time. Found an error? Write to atlasforgex@proton.me. More countries: business data by country and registers by country.