Overview
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Region | Latin America |
| ISO 3166-1 | CL / CHL |
| Registry | Registro de Comercio (Conservador de Bienes Raíces) + SII (tax authority) |
| Last updated | 2026-05-04 |
Identifiers
Collect two identifiers from each business customer in Chile and submit them as strings on the application body.| API field | Local name | Issuer |
|---|---|---|
businessInfo.taxId | RUT | SII (Servicio de Impuestos Internos) |
businessInfo.businessEntityId | Inscripción del Registro de Comercio | Conservador de Bienes Raíces |
Sector regulators
CMF · UAF · Sec. Salud
Legal structures
| Local name | Abbreviation | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sociedad Anónima Abierta | S.A. | Publicly traded corporation regulated by the CMF; shares freely transferable on the stock exchange; board of directors required. Equivalent to a US public C-Corp. |
| Sociedad Anónima Cerrada | S.A. | Privately held corporation; shares not listed but transferable; board of directors required; at least two shareholders. Equivalent to a US C-Corp. |
| Sociedad por Acciones | SpA | Flexible share-capital company introduced by Law 20.190; one or more shareholders; multiple share classes permitted; dominant startup and VC vehicle. Equivalent to a US C-Corp. |
| Sociedad de Responsabilidad Limitada | SRL / Ltda. | Quota-based limited-liability company with 2–50 partners; liability capped at each partner’s contribution; no freely transferable shares. Equivalent to a US LLC. |
| Empresa Individual de Responsabilidad Limitada | EIRL | Single natural-person limited-liability enterprise; owner’s personal patrimony legally separated from business patrimony; no additional partners. Equivalent to a single-member LLC or sole proprietorship. |
| Persona Natural con Giro Comercial | — | Individual entrepreneur trading under their personal RUT with no separate legal entity; unlimited personal liability for business debts. Equivalent to a US sole proprietorship. |
| Sociedad Colectiva Comercial | SCC | General commercial partnership of two or more partners; all partners bear unlimited joint-and-several liability for firm obligations. Equivalent to a US general partnership (GP). |
| Sociedad en Comandita Simple | SCS | Limited partnership with at least one managing partner (gestor) bearing unlimited liability and one or more silent partners (comanditarios) liable only to the extent of capital contribution; no shares. Equivalent to a US limited partnership (LP). |
| Sociedad en Comandita por Acciones | SCpA | Hybrid limited partnership whose silent partners hold transferable shares; managing partners retain unlimited liability; governed partly by corporation law. Equivalent to a US limited partnership (LP). |
| Cooperativa | — | Member-owned cooperative governed by the General Cooperative Law (Ley 19.832); surplus distributed in proportion to activity, not capital. Equivalent to a US cooperative. |
| Sociedad Civil | — | Civil-law non-commercial partnership (including Sociedad Colectiva Civil and Sociedad en Comandita Civil) governed by the Civil Code rather than the Commercial Code; used for professional firms and non-trading ventures. Equivalent to a US general partnership (GP). |
How documents combine
For each evidence area, this table shows whether the listed documents are alternatives (any one of) or a bundle (all required). The artifact-by-artifact lookup follows below.| Evidence area | Documents needed |
|---|---|
| Legal Registration | Required: (Any one of: Inscripción Reg. de Comercio · Diario Oficial) + Certificado RES |
| Constitutive Documents | All required: Escritura Pública + Estatutos |
| Tax Registration | Cédula RUT |
| Operating Permit | All required: Patente Municipal + Inicio de Actividades SII |
| Ownership Records | Registro de Accionistas |
| Governance Records | Acta de Sesión de Directorio |
| Signing Authority | Any one of: Inscripción de Poderes · Escritura de Poder |
| Address | Any one of: Contrato de Arrendamiento · Cuenta de Servicios · Estado de Cuenta Bancario |
| Good Standing | Any one of: Certificado de Vigencia · Certificado de Vigencia |
Documents to collect
The physical documents you’ll collect from your customer, with the evidence area each one proves. One document can prove multiple areas — for example, Brazil’s Cartão CNPJ covers both tax and business-registration proof, so it appears once with both areas listed.| Document | Proves |
|---|---|
| Certificado del Registro de Empresas y Sociedades (Tu Empresa en un Día) | Legal Registration |
| Inscripción Reg. de Comercio | Legal Registration |
| Diario Oficial | Legal Registration |
| Escritura Pública | Constitutive Documents |
| Estatutos | Constitutive Documents |
| Cédula RUT (SII) | Tax Registration |
| Patente Municipal | Operating Permit |
| Inicio de Actividades SII | Operating Permit |
| Registro de Accionistas | Ownership Records |
| Acta de Sesión de Directorio | Governance Records |
| Inscripción de Poderes | Signing Authority |
| Escritura de Poder | Signing Authority |
| Contrato de Arrendamiento | Address |
| Cuenta de Servicios (≤90 días) | Address |
| Estado de Cuenta Bancario (≤90 días) | Address |
| Certificado de Vigencia de Sociedad (Registro de Comercio / CBR) | Good Standing |
| Certificado de Vigencia (Registro de Empresas y Sociedades — Tu Empresa en un Día) | Good Standing |
| Sector-Specific License | CMF, UAF, Sec. Salud |
Collection notes
- Legal Registration: Two pathways. Traditional pathway (pre-2013 and still in use for SAs and complex structures): notarised Escritura Pública → Inscripción in the Registro de Comercio at the local Conservador de Bienes Raíces → publication of an Extracto in the Diario Oficial — both artifacts required together. Simplified pathway under Ley 20.659 (“Tu Empresa en un Día”, eff. 2013-05): incorporation via the electronic Registro de Empresas y Sociedades (registrodeempresasysociedades.cl) — produces a single Certificado de Estatuto Actualizado / Certificado de Vigencia from RES, no Diario Oficial publication required. As of 2020 ~85% of new Chilean entities are RES-formed (predominantly SpA, Ltda, EIRL). Accept either pathway.
- Address: Lease agreement (no time bound) OR utility bill OR bank statement dated within 90 days. Same evidence satisfies both registered-address and operating-address checks.
- Good Standing: Two issuance paths mirroring Chile’s two incorporation paths. Traditional path: Certificado de Vigencia de Sociedad from the Registro de Comercio at the Conservador de Bienes Raíces of the entity’s domicile. Simplified path (Ley 20.659 ‘Tu Empresa en un Día’): Certificado de Vigencia online from the Registro de Empresas y Sociedades (RES) portal. Banks typically require issuance within 30 days.
Person roles
When you submit a person on the application body, set theirrole to one of Conduit’s canonical BusinessPersonRole values. Use this table to map a local corporate-governance title onto the right canonical role.
| Local role | Canonical API role | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Director | CONTROLLING_PERSON | Board member. Required in S.A. |
| Presidente del Directorio | CONTROLLING_PERSON | Heads the board. |
| Gerente General | CONTROLLING_PERSON | Day-to-day management. |
| Representante Legal | LEGAL_REPRESENTATIVE | Legal representative. |
Notes
- Publication in the Official Gazette (Diario Oficial) is a required formation step.