# How many manufacturers are there in Ecuador?

Directorio de compañías, published by Superintendencia de Compañías, lists 14,840 manufacturing rows for Ecuador in its 2026-10-03 edition. Testigo holds 11,767 of them.

- Registry: Directorio de compañías (Superintendencia de Compañías)
- Edition: 2026-10-03
- Rows in the source: 14,840
- Rows loaded by Testigo: 11,767
- Licence stated by the publisher: No licence statement found.
- Data file generated: 2026-10-12

## By region

| Region | Plants | Share | With a website on record |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Guayas | 4,641 | 39% | 0 |
| Pichincha | 3,987 | 34% | 0 |
| Azuay | 639 | 5% | 0 |
| Manabí | 479 | 4% | 0 |
| Tungurahua | 359 | 3% | 0 |
| El Oro | 273 | 2% | 0 |
| Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas | 179 | 2% | 0 |
| Imbabura | 156 | 1% | 0 |
| Los Ríos | 146 | 1% | 0 |
| Cotopaxi | 117 | 1% | 0 |
| Santa Elena | 115 | 1% | 0 |
| Loja | 109 | 1% | 0 |
| Chimborazo | 108 | 1% | 0 |
| Orellana | 84 | 1% | 0 |
| Sucumbíos | 80 | 1% | 0 |
| Esmeraldas | 64 | 1% | 0 |
| Galápagos | 63 | 1% | 0 |
| Cañar | 45 | <1% | 0 |
| Zamora Chinchipe | 34 | <1% | 0 |
| Napo | 23 | <1% | 0 |
| Carchi | 17 | <1% | 0 |
| Pastaza | 17 | <1% | 0 |
| Bolívar | 16 | <1% | 0 |
| Morona Santiago | 16 | <1% | 0 |

## By sector (ISIC division)

| ISIC division | Sector | Plants | Share |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10 | Food products | 2,497 | 21% |
| 33 | Repair and installation of machinery | 1,557 | 13% |
| 20 | Chemicals | 919 | 8% |
| 14 | Clothing | 864 | 7% |
| 25 | Fabricated metal products | 782 | 7% |
| 18 | Printing | 540 | 5% |
| 11 | Beverages | 531 | 5% |
| 22 | Rubber and plastics | 481 | 4% |
| 21 | Pharmaceuticals | 437 | 4% |
| 31 | Furniture | 420 | 4% |
| 23 | Glass, cement and ceramics | 378 | 3% |
| 28 | Machinery and equipment | 351 | 3% |
| 13 | Textiles | 318 | 3% |
| 32 | Other manufacturing | 260 | 2% |
| 16 | Wood products | 228 | 2% |
| 17 | Paper and paper products | 227 | 2% |
| 27 | Electrical equipment | 192 | 2% |
| 24 | Basic metals | 171 | 1% |
| 29 | Motor vehicles and parts | 162 | 1% |
| 26 | Electronics and optics | 161 | 1% |
| 30 | Other transport equipment | 122 | 1% |
| 15 | Leather and footwear | 103 | 1% |
| 19 | Coke and refined petroleum | 57 | <1% |
| 12 | Tobacco products | 9 | <1% |

## Largest activities

| Code | Activity | Plants |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1410 | Manufacture of wearing apparel, except fur apparel | 836 |
| 1030 | Processing of fruit and vegetables | 563 |
| 2511 | Manufacture of structural metal products | 498 |
| 3320 | Installation of industrial machinery and equipment | 470 |
| 2100 | Manufacture of pharmaceuticals, medicinal chemical and botanical products | 437 |
| 2220 | Manufacture of plastics products | 429 |
| 3100 | Manufacture of furniture | 420 |
| 1811 | Printing | 400 |
| 3312 | Repair of machinery | 353 |
| 2023 | Manufacture of soap and detergents, cleaning and polishing preparations, perfumes and toilet preparations | 350 |
| 3314 | Repair of electrical equipment | 305 |
| 1079 | Manufacture of other food products n.e.c. | 292 |
| 1104 | Manufacture of soft drinks; production of mineral waters and other bottled waters | 275 |
| 1071 | Manufacture of bakery products | 256 |
| 1020 | Processing of fish, crustaceans and molluscs | 236 |
| 1050 | Manufacture of dairy products | 222 |
| 2395 | Manufacture of articles of concrete, cement and plaster | 201 |
| 1080 | Manufacture of prepared animal feeds | 192 |
| 1010 | Processing and preserving of meat | 184 |
| 1073 | Manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery | 184 |
| 1061 | Manufacture of grain mill products | 163 |
| 3311 | Repair of fabricated metal products | 161 |
| 3313 | Repair of electronic and optical equipment | 152 |
| 1101 | Distilling, rectifying and blending of spirits | 138 |
| 2819 | Manufacture of other general-purpose machinery | 133 |

## Files

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

Cite as: Testigo, "How many manufacturers are there in Ecuador?", from Superintendencia de Compañías Directorio de compañías, edition 2026-10-03, https://testigomexico.com/statistics/ecuador, data file 2026-10-12.

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