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Companies in Guayas, Ecuador

184,779 company records from the SRI Catastro RUC, 88,739 active, data as of 2026-10-01: sectors, municipalities, size and age mix, monthly openings.

SRI Catastro RUCdata as of 2026-10-01CC-BY-4.0company data only

With 184,779 records (88,739 active) as of 2026-10-01, Guayas holds 32.5% of the companies in Ecuador's SRI Catastro RUC and is 1st of 24 provinces by count. The largest sectors are wholesale and retail (43,706), real estate (22,900), professional services (17,919). Relative to the national mix, real estate is the most over-represented sector (location quotient 1.67).

Guayaquil is the largest municipality with 70,728 active companies (79.7%), ahead of Samborondon and Daule. The median active company is 6.6 years old and 27% were registered in the last three years. 8,447 new businesses were registered in the 12 months to September 2026, +9.8% on the previous 12 months, against +9.9% for Ecuador as a whole. 99.6% of the active records are in the clean B2B universe (private, not sole-owner, name unmasked).

184,779company records

88,739active

88,372clean B2B: active, private, unmasked

1st of 24provinces by records

32.5%of Ecuador's records

6.6 ymedian company age

8,447new in 12 months to Sep '26

+9.8%openings vs previous 12 months

Companies by sector

ISIC section	Records	Active	Share	LQ
GWholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles	43,706	21,244	23.7%	1.31
LReal estate activities	22,900	6,504	12.4%	1.67
MProfessional, scientific and technical activities	17,919	10,936	9.7%	1.01
SOther service activities	12,375	5,107	6.7%	0.49
AAgriculture, forestry and fishing	12,182	4,447	6.6%	1.27
FConstruction	11,764	5,747	6.4%	0.85
CManufacturing	11,261	5,209	6.1%	1.04
KFinancial and insurance activities	10,140	4,891	5.5%	1.41
NAdministrative and support service activities	8,868	5,221	4.8%	0.89
HTransportation and storage	8,134	5,717	4.4%	0.96
QHuman health and social work activities	6,776	3,793	3.7%	0.69
JInformation and communication	4,835	3,009	2.6%	0.98
IAccommodation and food service activities	3,664	2,235	2.0%	0.85
PEducation	3,371	1,995	1.8%	0.67
RArts, entertainment and recreation	1,784	1,073	1.0%	0.72
OPublic administration and defence; compulsory social security	1,318	412	0.7%	0.44
BMining and quarrying	705	264	0.4%	0.41
EWater supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation	669	423	0.4%	0.46
DElectricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	615	459	0.3%	0.80
UActivities of extraterritorial organizations and bodies	18	8	0.0%	0.20
TActivities of households as employers; undifferentiated goods and services	6	3	0.0%	0.66

LQ = location quotient: the section's share of Guayas divided by its share of Ecuador. Above 1 = over-represented. Linked sectors have their own Guayas page.

New businesses per month in Guayas

Head offices of private, non-sole-owner companies by activity start date, outside public administration and associations; last 24 complete months.

Show the numbers

Month	Openings
September 2026	797
August 2026	875
July 2026	777
June 2026	710
May 2026	656
April 2026	645
March 2026	678
February 2026	626
January 2026	756
December 2025	599
November 2025	576
October 2025	752
September 2025	707
August 2025	678
July 2025	788
June 2025	683
May 2025	681
April 2025	604
March 2025	618
February 2025	640
January 2025	605
December 2024	522
November 2024	587
October 2024	580

New businesses per month, Guayas.

Largest municipalities

City / municipality	Active	Share
Guayaquil	70,728	79.7%
Samborondon	6,456	7.3%
Daule	3,306	3.7%
Duran	2,534	2.9%
Milagro	1,217	1.4%
Naranjal	505	0.6%
San Jacinto de Yaguachi	443	0.5%
Playas	401	0.5%
El Empalme	375	0.4%
El Triunfo	283	0.3%

Size mix

size_class	Active	Share
unknown	88,739	100.0%

Company age

Company age	Active	Share
under 1 year	8,824	9.9%
1–3 years	14,869	16.8%
3–5 years	13,727	15.5%
5–10 years	17,175	19.4%
10–20 years	17,971	20.3%
20 years or more	16,173	18.2%

Preview: 10 companies

Company	City	ISIC division	Size	Registered
ASOCIACION DE TRABAJADORES DE LAN ECUADOR DE LA COMPAÑIA AEROLANE LINEAS AEREAS NACIONALES DEL ECUADOR S.A.	Guayaquil	94 Activities of membership organizations	unknown	2012
LOJENAR S.A.	Guayaquil	01 Crop and animal production, hunting and rela…	unknown	2008
ABBYTEX S.A.S.	Guayaquil	47 Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and m…	unknown	2026
MLRQ MARIALU S.A.S.	Guayaquil	86 Human health activities	unknown	2023
SCTX, AUDITORES INDEPENDIENTES CIA. LTDA.	Guayaquil	66 Activities auxiliary to financial service an…	unknown	2010
CREANOVA S.A.	Guayaquil	41 Construction of buildings	unknown	2010
ADIXPA S.A.ADIXPA	Guayaquil	70 Activities of head offices; management consu…	unknown	2001
IMPORTACIONES AGROINDUSTRIALES ACUICULTURA ACUIMPO S A	Duran	03 Fishing and aquaculture	unknown	2016
ECUASESOR S.A.S.	Guayaquil	70 Activities of head offices; management consu…	unknown	2022
PRIVATA-DPO S.A.S.PRIVATA	Guayaquil	69 Legal and accounting activities	unknown	2020

Ten companies in Guayas drawn at random (seeded) from the clean B2B universe: active, private, not sole-owner, head office. Same public fields as the free samples; no contact data.

Questions about Guayas

How many companies are registered in Guayas?

184,779 records in the SRI Catastro RUC as of 2026-10-01: 88,739 active and 88,372 in the clean B2B universe (active, private, not sole-owner, name unmasked).

What are the largest sectors in Guayas?

Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles (43,706); Real estate activities (22,900); Professional, scientific and technical activities (17,919).

Which municipalities in Guayas have the most companies?

Guayaquil (70,728), Samborondon (6,456), Daule (3,306) active companies.

How many new companies opened in Guayas in the last 12 months?

8,447 businesses in the 12 months to September 2026 (+9.8% year on year), by activity start date, head offices of private non-sole-owner companies.

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Source and licence

Registry: Servicio de Rentas Internas (SRI) — Catastro RUC
Data as of: 2026-10-01
Refresh: Monthly. SRI republishes the 24 province files each month (current cut 2026-10-01).
Licence: CC BY 4.0
Identifier: RUC
Activity: National CIIU 4.0 codes (INEC): the section letter plus six digits, whose first four digits are the ISIC Rev.4 class

Fuente: Servicio de Rentas Internas (SRI) del Ecuador, Catastro RUC (www.sri.gob.ec/datasets), corte 2026-10-01, CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Datos transformados por LatSouth (solo sociedades, un registro por RUC, clasificación ISIC en inglés, forma jurídica inferida del nombre); no es un producto oficial del SRI.

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