La Estación, an informal commercial area of Ciénaga - Magdalena, is part of the productive fabric that boosts the economy of the municipality, however, its contributions in employability and generation of resources are given from the base of informality, for this reason, the present study It is important and necessary from a practical point of view to achieve a real characterization of these merchants focused on this geographical delimitation to support the future bases for guidelines on the formalization or creation of these businesses.