Construction companies in Azuay, Ecuador

Azuay has 2,339 construction company records in ISIC section F (construction), 1,412 of them active, according to the SRI Catastro RUC as of 2026-10-01. That is 5.5% of the section in Ecuador and makes Azuay the 3rd largest of 24 provinces for construction. Its weight in the local economy is close to the national mix: 8.1% of Azuay's records against 7.5% nationally (location quotient 1.08).

Cuenca concentrates 78.8% of the active companies, followed by Gualaceo (58) and Paute (50); the three together hold 86.4%. The median active company is 3.1 years old; 22% were registered in the last year and 49% in the last three. In the 12 months to September 2026, 310 new construction businesses were registered in Azuay, +19.2% on the previous 12 months (national section F: +2.7%). By ISIC division, 41 (construction of buildings) is 52.5% of the records and 42 (civil engineering) 33.5%.

One of the largest sections in every registry and the noisiest: developers register a company per project (SPE/SPV), so division 41 overstates the number of operating builders. Division 43 (specialised trades) is where the actual contractors are. Construction-tech, building-materials distributors, equipment rental and fintech lenders use this section with a size or age filter.