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Forming a SAS in Bogotá
In Bogotá, your SAS can be incorporated 100% online through the Cámara de Comercio de Bogotá. This guide summarizes the exact path: what gets filed, roughly what it costs, and what comes after registration.
Your Chamber of Commerce
Cámara de Comercio de Bogotá
Virtual filing confirmedConstitución SAS Virtual, integrated with the single business window (VUE): up to 10 shareholders, standard proforma bylaws, and e-signature.
CCB ↗The steps in Bogotá
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Check that the company name is available
100% onlineSearch the name in RUES (the national business registry). The check is nationwide: if the name already exists in any mercantile registry in the country, the Chamber will reject your filing.
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Draft the bylaws (private document)
100% onlineThe bylaws are signed as a private document by all shareholders, no notary in your case. Paid packages generate them from your answers; the free path is your Chamber's standard proforma.
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File your SAS with the Cámara de Comercio de Bogotá
100% onlineVirtual filing confirmed. Constitución SAS Virtual, integrated with the single business window (VUE): up to 10 shareholders, standard proforma bylaws, and e-signature. During registration you complete the mercantile registration, the RUES form, and the tax-responsibilities annex (Anexo de responsabilidades tributarias); the old separate Pre-RUT step no longer exists. Approximate fees for a small SAS: registration ≈ COP $75,000 to $120,000 (formula-based on declared assets) + RUES form ≈ COP $4,300. Check the exact amount in your Chamber's official calculator.
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Finalize the NIT/RUT with DIAN
100% onlineOnce the Chamber registration is approved, the NIT is assigned and the RUT is finalized with DIAN, typically 1 to 2 additional business days. This registration is free: be wary of anyone charging you to 'process the NIT'.
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Open the business bank account
Online with in-person validationLet's be upfront: today no major bank opens the account 100% remotely. All of them require in-person or video validation of the legal representative. Minimum opening deposits: from COP $0 (Davivienda/DAVIbank) and COP $100,000 (Bancolombia) up to COP $5,000,000 (BBVA). Confirm the current figure before you go.
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Enable e-invoicing with DIAN
100% onlineE-invoicing enablement is done online with DIAN and is what lets you issue valid invoices to companies and the government, one of the main reasons to formalize.
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Every year: renew the mercantile registration
100% onlineThe recurring obligation of a SAS: renew the registration with your Chamber in the first months of each year (the traditional deadline is March 31). Not a formation step, but note it now.
Approximate fees
Mercantile registration for a small SAS: roughly COP $75,000 to $120,000, formula-based on declared assets. RUES form: about COP $4,300. DIAN tax ID registration: free. Confirm the exact amount in your Chamber's official calculator before filing.
CCB ↗Verified as of August 2026
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