Abstract: Scientific and technological management is essential for regional and national development, especially in sectors with social and economic importance and projection. For this reason, this study presents a technological surveillance study for the identification of business models for Internet of Things (IoT) developments, based on search equations in the Scopus database. Likewise, a plan for the study was defined, considering the evolution of IoT research over time and the business models proposed and applied to the IoT. In this regard, around 10 proposals for business models for the IoT were identified. On the other hand, the recent field of study of the phenomenon was evidenced, placing it at the beginning of the 21st century.