Manufacturing companies in Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile

There are 58,373 companies in manufacturing (ISIC C) registered in Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile: 57,694 active and 46,136 in the clean B2B universe. Santiago Metropolitan Region ranks 1st of 16 regions for the section and holds 44.0% of its national total (data as of 2026-08-03). Its weight in the local economy is close to the national mix: 3.6% of Santiago Metropolitan Region's records against 4.0% nationally (location quotient 0.91).

The city of Santiago concentrates 12.6% of the active companies, followed by Providencia (4,374) and Las Condes (3,624); the three together hold 26.5%. The median active company is 6.4 years old; 10% were registered in the last year and 25% in the last three. In the 12 months to July 2026, 4,513 new manufacturing businesses were registered in Santiago Metropolitan Region, +9.4% on the previous 12 months (national section C: +5.4%). By ISIC division, 10 (manufacture of food products) is 18.4% of the records and 33 (repair and installation of machinery and equipment) 15.6%. Size is known for 45% of the active companies; 62% of those are micro and 2,692 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.