Manufacturing companies in Valparaíso, Chile

There are 12,397 companies in manufacturing (ISIC C) registered in Valparaíso, Chile: 12,244 active and 8,581 in the clean B2B universe. Valparaíso ranks 2nd of 16 regions for the section and holds 9.3% of its national total (data as of 2026-08-03). Its weight in the local economy is close to the national mix: 3.8% of Valparaíso's records against 4.0% nationally (location quotient 0.95).

Vina del Mar concentrates 20.6% of the active companies, followed by Valparaiso (1,775) and Quilpue (1,149); the three together hold 44.5%. The median active company is 5.0 years old; 11% were registered in the last year and 32% in the last three. In the 12 months to July 2026, 1,021 new manufacturing businesses were registered in Valparaíso, -6.1% on the previous 12 months (national section C: +5.4%). By ISIC division, 10 (manufacture of food products) is 26.9% of the records and 33 (repair and installation of machinery and equipment) 12.6%. Size is known for 44% of the active companies; 74% of those are micro and 259 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.