What Grabando Archivos does

Grabando Archivos is a privately held Colombian document technology and management company founded in 2010 and headquartered in Bogotá. The firm was established to commercialize services that emerged in response to Colombia's Law 594 of 2000 (Ley General de Archivos), with its founders initially focused on rescuing the country's audiovisual archives. Its core offerings fall into four service lines: (1) document digitization (paper-to-digital conversion, indexing, and EDMS implementation), (2) audio and video digitization across legacy formats including VHS, Betacam, U-Matic, Mini DV, Hi8, Betamax, MII, DAT, and various audio cassette standards, plus film digitization (35mm, 16mm, 8mm, Super 8) and slide/negative scanning, (3) microfilming in 16mm and 35mm with silver-salt duplication, optical quality control, and claimed up to 500-year preservation lifespan, and (4) document management consulting covering archival instruments (PGD, TRD, TVD, Cuadro de Clasificación), document organization and inventory, advisory, training, and physical restoration services. The underlying technology combines specialized photographic and electronic media hardware for analog-to-digital conversion with proprietary cataloging/indexing systems and software-implementation capabilities for EDMS/ECM platforms.

The company operates a sales-led, direct-engagement model: clients reach the firm via website contact forms, phone (+57 310 482 9216), and email ([email protected]), with pricing determined per-project through consultation rather than published rate cards. The customer base is concentrated in Colombian government entities, public broadcasters (RTVC, Radio Nacional de Colombia, Canal Tr3ce, Comisión Nacional de Televisión), regulators and public institutions (SENA, Banco de la República, Agencia Colombiana para la Reintegración, Caja Honor), cultural organizations (Patrimonio Fílmico Colombiano, Orquesta Filarmónica de Bogotá), universities (Universidad de La Salle), and select private enterprises including Iron Mountain. Cumulative disclosed scale is 10+ million documents microfilmed, 10+ million documents digitized (per company website counters), and 250,000+ hours of audiovisual content restored, digitized, and archived. There is no evidence of external investment, parent company, partnerships, or distribution outside Colombia, aside from a single cross-border reference client (TV Perú).

Name

Grabando Archivos

Legal name

Grabando Archivos

Website

https://grabandoarchivos.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Grabando Archivos is a Bogotá-based document technology and management firm founded in 2010 that provides digitization, microfilming, audiovisual restoration, and archival consulting services to Colombian government entities, broadcasters, cultural institutions, and private companies under Law 594/2000.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Document Management and Archival Services

NAICS

Libraries and Archives (51921), Software Publishers (513210)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro primary industry

Records Digitization & Archiving (Legacy Files, Retention Support) (BPAAAKAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Records, Archive & Offsite Storage Management (IMAIALAI)

Keywords

• Document digitization services
• Audiovisual archive preservation
• Microfilming services
• Archival document management
• Film and video digitization

Headquarters

HQ city

Bogotá

HQ country

Colombia

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Document Digitization Services: Professional services for converting physical paper documents into digital format, including scanning, indexing, and electronic document management system (EDMS) implementation.
2. Audio and Video Digitization Services: Digitization of audio and video recordings from various analog and digital formats (VHS, Betacam, U-Matic, DAT, cassettes, film reels), including restoration and cataloging services.
3. Microfilming Services: Microfilming of documents in 16mm and 35mm formats, including roll duplication in silver salts, film development, digitization of microfilm rolls and microfiches, and rental of microfilm reading and visualization equipment.
4. Document Management Consulting and Training: Professional consulting services in archival science including document management program (PGD) implementation, archival instruments (TRD, TVD, Cuadro de Clasificación), archival regulations, document organization and inventory, and staff training in archival management.
5. Document Restoration and Preservation: Preventive conservation and restoration of documents on various media (paper, photographs, microfilm, magnetic tapes), with specialized professionals in conservation.
6. Document Management Software: Sale and implementation of document management software systems to support electronic document management (EDMS) and electronic content management (ECM) for organizations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Grabando Archivos is a Colombian document technology and management company that provides professional digitization and archival services, including conversion of paper documents, audio, video, and film into digital formats; microfilming services (16mm and 35mm) for long-term preservation; and comprehensive document management services (consulting, archival instruments, training, and restoration). It also sells and implements document management software (EDMS/ECM) for organizations seeking to digitize their archival workflows.

Product overview

Grabando Archivos is a document technology and management company founded in 2010 in Bogotá, Colombia, offering a portfolio of digitization and archival services. The core offerings include: Document Digitization (converting paper to digital), Audio and Video Digitization (including film, slides, and various tape formats), Microfilming (16mm and 35mm), and Document Management services (including archival instruments, consulting, training, and restoration). The company operates as a service provider rather than a software platform, offering specialized technical services for preserving and managing physical and digital documents. Key clients include Colombian government institutions, cultural organizations, universities, and private companies.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• +10 million documents microfilmed
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers13 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Access Information Management: US- and UK-based document scanning, digital transformation, and records management services provider. Direct comparable in physical-to-digital conversion and archival services for enterprise and regulated clients.
• Cintas Corporation: US-based business services company offering document destruction and records management. Comparable service-line overlap with Grabando's document management and microfilming workflows.
• ABBYY: Document digitization, OCR, and content intelligence vendor. Comparable to Grabando's document and A/V digitization capabilities, particularly around paper-to-digital conversion at scale.
• Iron Mountain: Global records management, document storage, and digitization services company. Iron Mountain is explicitly listed as a Grabando Archivos customer/collaborator and represents the dominant global player in the same core services.
• DocuWare: Document management and workflow automation software provider. Direct peer to Grabando's document management software (EDMS/ECM) sales and implementation offering.
• Kodak Alaris: Information management division focused on document scanning hardware and digitization services. Direct comparable for high-volume scanning and digitization workflows at the core of Grabando's services.

Broad incumbents

• Hyland Software: Enterprise content services and document management platform vendor. Comparable to Grabando's ECM/document management software offering for regulated and compliance-heavy clients.
• OpenText: Large enterprise content management and information governance software vendor. Comparable to the ECM/document management software component of Grabando's portfolio, though it operates at much greater scale.
• M-Files: Intelligent information management platform for document and records management. Comparable in the EDMS and document management software category in which Grabando competes and implements.
• Ricoh (Document Services): Global document services and imaging solutions provider. Overlaps with Grabando on document digitization, microfilm-related workflows, and document management consulting at enterprise scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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