Wholesale and retail companies in Valparaíso, Chile

Valparaíso has 40,240 wholesale and retail company records in ISIC section G (wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles), 39,540 of them active, according to the RES (datos.gob.cl) + SII nómina as of 2026-08-03. That is 9.3% of the section in Chile and makes Valparaíso the 2nd largest of 16 regions for wholesale and retail. Its weight in the local economy is close to the national mix: 12.2% of Valparaíso's records against 13.0% nationally (location quotient 0.94).

Vina del Mar concentrates 25.0% of the active companies, followed by Valparaiso (5,147) and Quilpue (3,257); the three together hold 46.2%. The median active company is 4.7 years old; 13% were registered in the last year and 36% in the last three. In the 12 months to July 2026, 4,228 new wholesale and retail businesses were registered in Valparaíso, +0.6% on the previous 12 months (national section G: +3.2%). By ISIC division, 47 (retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles) is 67.0% of the records and 46 (wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles) 22.5%. Size is known for 46% of the active companies; 71% of those are micro and 950 are medium or large.

The largest section everywhere. Division 46 (wholesale) is the B2B half: distributors and importers that payments, trade-finance, logistics and B2B-marketplace vendors target. Division 47 (retail) is the merchant universe for payments, POS and e-commerce enablement. 45 holds dealerships and repair shops. Filter by division first; the section total is too broad for any single campaign.