Manufacturing companies in Biobío, Chile

The RES (datos.gob.cl) + SII nómina lists 10,584 manufacturing companies (factories and industrial producers) in Biobío, of which 10,459 are active. With 8.0% of Chile's section C records, Biobío is the 3rd largest of the country's 16 regions for this sector (extraction 2026-08-03). Its weight in the local economy is close to the national mix: 4.5% of Biobío's records against 4.0% nationally (location quotient 1.14).

Concepcion concentrates 25.9% of the active companies, followed by Los Angeles (1,604) and Talcahuano (1,014); the three together hold 51.0%. The median active company is 5.1 years old; 12% were registered in the last year and 31% in the last three. In the 12 months to July 2026, 995 new manufacturing businesses were registered in Biobío, +1.2% on the previous 12 months (national section C: +5.4%). By ISIC division, 10 (manufacture of food products) is 21.7% of the records and 33 (repair and installation of machinery and equipment) 16.6%. Size is known for 45% of the active companies; 70% of those are micro and 291 are medium or large.

This is the section industrial software, ERP, IIoT, logistics, trade-finance and equipment vendors buy most. Division 10 (food) and 25 (fabricated metal products) are usually the largest; 14 (apparel) and 31 (furniture) add many small workshops; 33 (repair and installation of machinery) inflates the count with small service shops, so filter it out for a pure producer list. Size and employee fields matter here more than anywhere: use them where the registry publishes them.