Professional services companies in Los Lagos, Chile

The RES (datos.gob.cl) + SII nómina lists 4,886 professional services companies (consultancies, law, accounting, engineering and agencies) in Los Lagos, of which 4,823 are active. With 3.4% of Chile's section M records, Los Lagos is the 4th largest of the country's 16 regions for this sector (extraction 2026-08-03). The sector is under-represented here: 3.1% of Los Lagos's records against 4.3% nationally (location quotient 0.73).

Puerto Montt concentrates 39.4% of the active companies, followed by Osorno (994) and Puerto Varas (924); the three together hold 79.2%. The median active company is 5.2 years old; 11% were registered in the last year and 31% in the last three. In the 12 months to July 2026, 474 new professional services businesses were registered in Los Lagos, -13.5% on the previous 12 months (national section M: -2.2%). By ISIC division, 70 (activities of head offices; management consultancy activities) is 35.9% of the records and 71 (architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis) 23.1%. Size is known for 46% of the active companies; 77% of those are micro and 35 are medium or large.

Consultancies, law and accounting firms, engineering offices, agencies and design studios. Division 70 also holds 'activities of head offices', where many group holding companies register, so it overstates consultancies. Division 69 is a channel in itself: accountants file for most small companies in Brazil and Colombia. Professional-services software, payroll, legal-tech and B2B marketing vendors buy this section.