What it costs to open and carry each entity
Executive summary
- Bucaramanga remains the cheapest setup path, followed by Pereira and Pasto.
- Medellín and Envigado are still clear setup outliers and should only stay in scope if there is a strategic reason.
- The clean scaling logic still looks like few operating cores + lighter satellite entities, not full-complexity everywhere.
Monthly operating stack
Monthly only. Setup stays above.
Selected accounting plan
Numbi includes software, monthly bookkeeping, bank reconciliation, tax filings, financial statements, and annual compliance in the 12-month version used here.
VAT-refund success fee, legal/contracts, RUP if needed, and any temporary physical presence requested by distributor due diligence.
See assumption detail
- Tax service VAT was not loaded into the headline carry because recoverability depends on the tax position of the entity.
- Temporary showroom and distributor-facing physical setup costs remain outside this report.
City decision table
| # | City | Setup | Monthly carry | Digital setup | First month |
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Accounting proposal benchmark 4 real quotes, normalized
| Firm | Setup | Monthly | Annual treatment | Notes |
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See quote notes
References
VUE
Official baseline used to compare setup by city.
SAS
Base entity type assumed in this model.
TRM
Planning COP/USD reference used in the report.
SVE
Business banking layer used for the monthly bank cost.
VUE Mercantile Registry Pre-Liquidator
Standardized city setup-cost comparison route.
MinJusticia — SAS Constitution Guide
Base constitution logic for the SAS path.
DIAN — Electronic Invoicing Providers
Official frame for the invoicing ecosystem.
Alegra Colombia Pricing
Current software benchmark used in the monthly stack.
Bancolombia Transactional Tariffs
Visible tariff reference used for Sucursal Virtual Empresas monthly service.