Short answer
Ecuador's public record of manufacturers is the Directorio de compañías of the Superintendencia de Compañías, which lists registered companies with tax ID, activity, address, phone and legal status. Testigo holds 11,767 active manufacturing companies from the 2026-10-03 edition.
Key facts
- Registry
- Directorio de compañías (directory of companies)
- Publisher
- Superintendencia de Compañías, the companies regulator
- Edition read
2026-10-03- One row is
- One company
- Manufacturing companies in the file
- 14,840
- On Testigo
- 11,767. Loaded so far: Active legal entities
- Tax ID in the file
- Yes, RUC, for 98.3% of manufacturing rows
- Licence
- No licence statement found
The Directorio de compañías: what it is
The regulator of companies publishes one spreadsheet of every company under its supervision: 228,099 rows in the edition read. It covers companies only. Sole proprietors are not in it.
Each company has an activity code in CIIU, the international classification. 14,840 are in section C, manufacturing. 11,767 of those have the legal situation ACTIVA, and those are on Testigo. The other 3,073 are in dissolution, liquidation, cancelled or inactive.
Which fields exist, and which do not
| Field | In the directory | What to know |
|---|---|---|
| Tax ID | 98.3% of rows | The RUC. |
| Legal name | Yes, every row | There is no trade name. |
| Activity | Yes, every row | A CIIU code at its most detailed level. |
| Address | 99.6% of rows | Street, number and cross street, with province, canton and city. It is the registered address. |
| Phone | 97.8% of rows | As registered with the regulator. |
| Legal situation | Yes | For example ACTIVA. |
| Date of incorporation | Yes | The record shows the year. |
| Email and website | No | Neither exists in the file. |
| Size | No | The size filter leaves Ecuador out. |
| Coordinates and postal code | No | Testigo shows an approximate position from the canton. |
What "active" means in Ecuador
ACTIVA is the company's legal situation with the regulator. It means the company has not entered dissolution or liquidation and has not been cancelled. It is a legal status, not a sign that a plant is producing.
The tax ID: RUC
The RUC of an Ecuadorian company has 13 digits. It is issued by the tax office, SRI, and the companies regulator publishes it next to each company.
Official lists, and one that could not be read
No list is loaded for Ecuador.
The tax office, SRI, publishes a list of ghost companies and files of the RUC by province. Its site timed out or returned a placeholder page each time it was tried, and the national open data portal refused the request. So those files were not read, and it is not known whether they would add establishment addresses.
How to search Ecuador on Testigo
- Search by product or processUse the Ecuador search. Words are matched against the legal name and the activity description.
- Narrow by province and sectorThere is no size filter for Ecuador.
- Open the recordWith a free account you see the RUC, the registered address and the phone.
- Or browse by activityThe Ecuador directory has 122 pages, one per manufacturing activity.
What is not checked
- Where the plant is. The address is the registered one and the position is approximate.
- Whether the phone still reaches the company.
- Tax standing. The tax office's lists could not be read.
- Certificates, capacity, quality and financial health.
- Sole proprietors. They are not in this directory.
Frequently asked questions
Is there a public directory of companies in Ecuador?
Yes. The Superintendencia de Compañías publishes a directory of every company it supervises as one spreadsheet. It gives the RUC, legal name, legal situation, date of incorporation, address, phone and activity code. No licence statement was found for it. It does not include sole proprietors, email addresses, websites or company size.
How many manufacturers are registered in Ecuador?
The directory read by Testigo lists the companies in section C of the activity classification, manufacturing, and marks each one's legal situation. Testigo holds the ones marked active. Both counts, with the edition date, are at the top of this page and on the coverage page. Sole proprietors are not counted, because the directory covers companies only.
Can I check an Ecuadorian supplier against a tax blacklist on Testigo?
No. Ecuador's tax office publishes a list of ghost companies, but its site could not be read when it was tried, so the list is not on Testigo. A record shows the company's legal situation with the companies regulator only. Check the tax office's own site for the rest.
Sources
- Directorio de compañíasSuperintendencia de Compañías, Valores y Seguros · edition 2026-10-03