What our Argentina company report includes
Our Argentina reports draw on sources including the IGJ or provincial Registros Públicos, the ARCA tax authority (Agencia de Recaudación y Control Aduanero, successor to AFIP), the Comisión Nacional de Valores for listed entities, the Banco Central for FX-regulated transactions, and the federal and commercial court systems; fees may apply for certain records. Coverage of any individual source depends on what the subject company has filed and what is publicly accessible at the time of the search. Local agents can document trading premises and active operating status.
Argentina's federal tax authority AFIP (Administración Federal de Ingresos Públicos) was dissolved in October 2024 and replaced by ARCA (Agencia de Recaudación y Control Aduanero), an autonomous body under the Ministry of Economy comprising the tax directorate (DGI) and the customs directorate (DGA).
Identity & registration
- ✓ CUIT (Clave Única de Identificación Tributaria)
- ✓ Razón social and trading names
- ✓ Legal form (SA, SRL, SAS, sucursal)
- ✓ Date of incorporation and registered domicile
- ✓ IGJ or provincial registry standing
People & ownership
- ✓ Directorio (board) and authorised signatories
- ✓ Síndico (statutory auditor) where applicable
- ✓ Shareholders and capital social
- ✓ Beneficial ownership disclosure
- ✓ Parent company and corporate group
Financial & trading
- ✓ Filed balance sheets in ARS (with USD reference)
- ✓ Authorised business activities
- ✓ Sectoral licences (BCRA, CNV, ENRE, ENARGAS) (case-specific)
- ✓ Risk indicator and calculated credit limit
Risk & public records
- ✓ Comercial and civil court judgements
- ✓ Concurso preventivo or quiebra (insolvency) proceedings
- ✓ AFIP tax compliance status (case-specific)
Note on Argentine data: Argentine accounts in pesos require careful interpretation due to chronic high inflation: ARS figures from different periods are not directly comparable without adjustment for ajuste por inflación.
Why verify an Argentine company?
Argentina is one of the most analytically demanding markets in Latin America, not because counterparty information is hard to find (it isn't; the IGJ register and ARCA records are reasonably accessible) but because interpreting that information requires understanding the country's specific macroeconomic context. Triple-digit inflation in recent years, multiple parallel exchange rates (oficial, MEP, CCL, blue), exchange controls administered through the Banco Central's Comunicaciones, and the periodic restructuring of sovereign and corporate debt all mean that filed accounts need translation as much as Argentine companies' Spanish does.
The most useful aspects of an Argentina report are usually around foreign-exchange standing, debt history and active commercial status. A company that looks solvent on its ARS balance sheet may have very limited access to official-rate dollars for paying foreign suppliers, and may need to settle through alternative mechanisms that affect timing and amount. Our reports can flag the FX classification (Cepo regime, MULC access, importer category) where it materially affects the relationship.
Standard verification, such as court judgements, concurso preventivo (the local insolvency procedure), tax compliance, beneficial ownership and registered address, is all accessible and our local agents can cover each as part of the report. The Argentine commercial court system is reasonably efficient and judgement records are a useful indicator of counterparty discipline.
For supplier qualification, distribution agreements, trade credit, joint ventures or any transaction involving cross-border payment flows with an Argentine counterparty, an investigated report combines the public-register data with the foreign-exchange and inflation-adjustment context that meaningful interpretation requires.