Tech companies in Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile

Santiago Metropolitan Region has 36,312 tech company records in ISIC section J (information and communication), 35,726 of them active, according to the RES (datos.gob.cl) + SII nómina as of 2026-08-03. That is 66.0% of the section in Chile and makes Santiago Metropolitan Region the largest of 16 regions for tech. The sector is over-represented here: section J is 2.2% of all records in Santiago Metropolitan Region against 1.6% nationally, a location quotient of 1.37.

Providencia concentrates 25.7% of the active companies, followed by Las Condes (7,562) and Santiago (5,604); the three together hold 62.6%. The median active company is 5.8 years old; 14% were registered in the last year and 31% in the last three. In the 12 months to July 2026, 4,859 new tech businesses were registered in Santiago Metropolitan Region, +47.1% on the previous 12 months (national section J: +46.5%). By ISIC division, 62 (computer programming, consultancy and related activities) is 61.8% of the records and 61 (telecommunications) 12.6%. Size is known for 43% of the active companies; 65% of those are micro and 1,455 are medium or large.

Division 62 is the 'tech and software' core: software houses, IT consultancies and integrators, the first accounts and the reseller channel for any SaaS or devtool entering the region. 63 adds hosting, SaaS operators and portals; 61 the ISPs and carriers; 58-60 media and publishing. Our LATAM Tech & Software package is this section's divisions 62 and 63 across all seven countries.