# How many manufacturers are there in Chile?

Nómina SII + RETC, published by SII · Ministerio del Medio Ambiente, lists 76,464 manufacturing rows for Chile in its 2026-01-29 edition. Testigo holds 28,208 of them.

- Registry: Nómina SII + RETC (SII · Ministerio del Medio Ambiente)
- Edition: 2026-01-29
- Rows in the source: 76,464
- Rows loaded by Testigo: 28,208
- Licence stated by the publisher: SII: no licence statement found. RETC: Creative Commons Attribution; one file is ODbL.
- Data file generated: 2026-10-12

## By region

| Region | Plants | Share | With a website on record |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Santiago Metropolitan Region | 13,960 | 49% | 0 |
| Biobío | 2,273 | 8% | 0 |
| Valparaíso | 2,209 | 8% | 0 |
| Los Lagos | 1,712 | 6% | 0 |
| Maule | 1,373 | 5% | 0 |
| O'Higgins | 1,344 | 5% | 0 |
| Antofagasta | 1,110 | 4% | 0 |
| La Araucanía | 1,038 | 4% | 0 |
| Coquimbo | 740 | 3% | 0 |
| Los Ríos | 547 | 2% | 0 |
| Ñuble | 537 | 2% | 0 |
| Tarapacá | 424 | 2% | 0 |
| Magallanes | 314 | 1% | 0 |
| Atacama | 308 | 1% | 0 |
| Arica y Parinacota | 174 | 1% | 0 |
| Aysén | 143 | 1% | 0 |

Rows with no region in the source: 2 (<1%).

## By sector (ISIC division)

| ISIC division | Sector | Plants | Share |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10 | Food products | 5,992 | 21% |
| 33 | Repair and installation of machinery | 5,464 | 19% |
| 25 | Fabricated metal products | 4,216 | 15% |
| 18 | Printing | 1,693 | 6% |
| 16 | Wood products | 1,308 | 5% |
| 31 | Furniture | 1,264 | 4% |
| 11 | Beverages | 1,084 | 4% |
| 22 | Rubber and plastics | 880 | 3% |
| 23 | Glass, cement and ceramics | 872 | 3% |
| 20 | Chemicals | 856 | 3% |
| 14 | Clothing | 731 | 3% |
| 13 | Textiles | 664 | 2% |
| 28 | Machinery and equipment | 646 | 2% |
| 32 | Other manufacturing | 626 | 2% |
| 17 | Paper and paper products | 371 | 1% |
| 24 | Basic metals | 355 | 1% |
| 27 | Electrical equipment | 335 | 1% |
| 26 | Electronics and optics | 241 | 1% |
| 29 | Motor vehicles and parts | 215 | 1% |
| 21 | Pharmaceuticals | 134 | <1% |
| 30 | Other transport equipment | 119 | <1% |
| 15 | Leather and footwear | 110 | <1% |
| 19 | Coke and refined petroleum | 28 | <1% |
| 12 | Tobacco products | 4 | <1% |

## Largest activities

| Code | Activity | Plants |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 3312 | Repair of machinery | 3,595 |
| 1071 | Manufacture of bakery products | 2,868 |
| 2511 | Manufacture of structural metal products | 2,307 |
| 2599 | Manufacture of other fabricated metal products n.e.c. | 1,451 |
| 3100 | Manufacture of furniture | 1,264 |
| 1079 | Manufacture of other food products n.e.c. | 1,247 |
| 1812 | Service activities related to printing | 1,018 |
| 1410 | Manufacture of wearing apparel, except fur apparel | 719 |
| 2220 | Manufacture of plastics products | 677 |
| 1811 | Printing | 670 |
| 3314 | Repair of electrical equipment | 626 |
| 1610 | Sawmilling and planing of wood | 535 |
| 1104 | Manufacture of soft drinks; production of mineral waters and other bottled waters | 468 |
| 3320 | Installation of industrial machinery and equipment | 385 |
| 1622 | Manufacture of builders' carpentry and joinery | 373 |
| 1102 | Manufacture of wines | 364 |
| 1010 | Processing and preserving of meat | 333 |
| 2395 | Manufacture of articles of concrete, cement and plaster | 328 |
| 1050 | Manufacture of dairy products | 324 |
| 3315 | Repair of transport equipment, except motor vehicles | 304 |
| 3250 | Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies | 298 |
| 2029 | Manufacture of other chemical products n.e.c. | 270 |
| 1392 | Manufacture of made-up textile articles, except apparel | 261 |
| 2023 | Manufacture of soap and detergents, cleaning and polishing preparations, perfumes and toilet preparations | 261 |
| 2310 | Manufacture of glass and glass products | 257 |

## Files

- https://testigomexico.com/data/manufacturers-cl-by-region.csv
- https://testigomexico.com/data/manufacturers-cl-by-sector.csv
- https://testigomexico.com/data/manufacturers-cl-by-activity.csv
- Method: https://testigomexico.com/methodology

Cite as: Testigo, "How many manufacturers are there in Chile?", from SII · Ministerio del Medio Ambiente Nómina SII + RETC, edition 2026-01-29, https://testigomexico.com/statistics/chile, data file 2026-10-12.

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This is the Markdown version of https://testigomexico.com/statistics/chile. Testigo: Testigo is supplier intelligence for people who source from Latin America: a search over manufacturers taken from the official public registry of each country. Each record shows its source, its date and what was not checked.