Zona Franca de Occidente

What Zona Franca de Occidente does

Zona Franca de Occidente is a Colombian free trade zone operator headquartered in Mosquera, Cundinamarca, near Bogotá. Founded in 2008, the company operates a designated "zona franca" — a government-sanctioned special economic area that provides member companies with customs, tax, and regulatory advantages for manufacturing, logistics, trade, and service operations. The business model of a Colombian free trade zone operator typically centers on leasing built industrial/warehouse space to tenants, charging service and administration fees, and earning revenue tied to tenant import/export or operating activity. The company employs approximately 75 people.

The firm's core product is its physical free trade zone infrastructure and the associated regulatory framework it administers on behalf of tenants. Underlying "technology" in this context is largely physical — serviced industrial lots, warehousing, customs-adjacent logistics facilities, and the licensed free trade zone designation itself rather than a software platform. No proprietary software, AI systems, or digital product offerings are disclosed in the source data. The business model is therefore primarily an industrial real estate and regulatory-services business rather than a technology company.

No customer disclosures, pricing, leadership team, ownership structure, funding history, or financial information were available in the source data. The company website returned only a verification/loading page during collection, leaving significant data gaps for an investment assessment.

Name

Zona Franca de Occidente

Website

https://zonafrancaoccidente.com

Company type

Private

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Zona Franca de Occidente is a Colombian free trade zone operator founded in 2008, headquartered in Mosquera, Cundinamarca, serving industrial, commercial, and logistics tenants with licensed tax-advantaged zone infrastructure.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure

Core offering

Zona Franca de Occidente is a Colombian free trade zone (zona franca) operator located in Mosquera, Cundinamarca. Based on its legal designation as a "zona franca," the entity provides companies with access to a designated customs and tax-advantaged territory for industrial, commercial, or service operations, including warehousing, logistics support, and foreign-trade benefits. Direct service offerings are not detailed in the supplied source material because the company website displayed only a verification/loading page.

Product overview

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Others

• ProColombia: Not a peer operator but the Colombian government agency that promotes and administers the country's FTZ regime. Relevant ecosystem participant as the regulator that licenses and supports Colombian FTZ operators including Zona Franca de Occidente.

Direct peers

• Zona Franca de Barranquilla: Operates a free trade zone in Barranquilla serving Caribbean port and BPO/manufacturing tenants. Comparable as a Colombian FTZ operator under the same regulatory framework, though geographically focused on the Atlantic coast.
• Zona Franca de Santa Marta: Operates a free trade zone in Santa Marta serving port-related and industrial tenants. Comparable as a Colombian FTZ operator within the same MINCIT-regulated FTZ regime.
• Zona Franca de Cartagena: Operates a free trade zone in Cartagena tied to the city's port and petrochemical clusters. Comparable as a Colombian FTZ operator competing for industrial and logistics tenants nationwide.
• Zona Franca de Bogotá: Operates the original Bogotá free trade zone, the most established FTZ in Colombia. Directly comparable to Zona Franca de Occidente as a Colombian FTZ operator competing for the same Bogotá-area tenants and exporters.
• Zona Franca de Palermo: Operates a free trade zone in Palermo (Magdalena) connected to coal and bulk commodity logistics. Comparable as a Colombian FTZ operator targeting industrial and logistics tenants.
• Zona Franca del Cauca: Operates a free trade zone in Cauca (southern Colombia) focused on agroindustry and manufacturing. Comparable as a Colombian FTZ operator competing for regional industrial tenants.

Regional players

• Zonamerica: Operates a technology and services free trade zone near Montevideo, Uruguay. Comparable as a Latin American FTZ operator, though serving a different geography and primarily focused on software and shared services.
• Panama Pacifico: Operates a former military base converted into a special economic zone near Panama City. Comparable as a Latin American FTZ/special economic zone operator targeting multinational tenants, though operating under a different national regime.
• Zona Franca Rionegro: Operates a free trade zone near Medellín's José María Córdova International Airport. Comparable as a Colombian FTZ operator targeting logistics and manufacturing tenants, though geographically focused on the Antioquia region.

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